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Harvard faculty to vote on capping A grades at 20% to curb inflation
Harvard University faculty are set to vote on a proposal to cap A grades at roughly 20 percent of course grades after a report found a majority of Harvard grades were As. The proposal is presented...
Bard president’s ties to Epstein draw scrutiny amid fundraising pressures
Reporting indicates Bard College president Leon Botstein had personal interactions with Jeffrey Epstein while the institution pursued philanthropic support, including a Caribbean visit and other...
Judge tosses antitrust suit against big academic publishers – case called speculative
A federal judge dismissed a class‑action complaint that accused six major academic publishers—Elsevier, Wiley, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Sage and Wolters Kluwer—and their trade group STM...
Cornell sued over alleged DEI hiring practice that excluded white candidates
A plaintiff filed suit alleging Cornell University restricted a faculty search to an interview list composed solely of underrepresented minority scholars, claiming the practice violated Title VII...
Student‑visa vetting and social‑media scrutiny are chilling international enrollment
An essay warns that intensified government vetting of student‑visa applicants—particularly via social media checks—has a chilling effect on international admissions and clashes with free‑speech...
CHEA opens nominations for board as accreditation debate intensifies
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) issued a call for nominations to its Board of Directors, seeking candidates for three‑year terms and emphasizing the organization’s role in...
Academic publishers cleared in court — U.K. universities still walk away
A federal judge dismissed a 2024 antitrust suit alleging the six largest academic publishers conspired to fix the value of peer review and restrict author behavior, ending a high-profile legal...
Oklahoma governor moves to end tenure at regional colleges
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed executive orders ending new lifetime tenure appointments at the state’s regional four‑year universities and community colleges, shifting hiring toward...
Education Department warns universities on student voting data use
The U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into alleged privacy violations tied to the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement and advised colleges not to use student...
Protests and arrests at Columbia... campuses confront ICE standoffs
Dozens of Columbia University professors and students were arrested during an anti‑ICE demonstration that blocked Broadway, part of a nationwide wave of student walkouts and protests over federal...
Cornell sued over alleged race‑based hiring exclusion
A plaintiff sued Cornell University claiming the institution refused to consider white candidates for a faculty opening by creating an interview list of only ‘underrepresented minority scholars,’...
Leadership churn: USC names president as a college ousts its leader
Major leadership moves landed at both research and community colleges this week. The University of Southern California appointed interim president Beong‑Soo Kim as its permanent president after he...
Research funding scare averted—for now: Washington bars indirect‑cost caps
Legislation passed in a set of bills signed by the White House prevents federal agencies from imposing abrupt caps on universities’ negotiated indirect‑cost (overhead) reimbursement rates for the...
Adjunct precarity: most part‑time faculty rely on outside income
A recent study finds that a vast majority of adjunct and part‑time faculty maintain another primary source of income, with only 7% relying on teaching as their main job. The findings underline...
AI search reshapes enrollment... MBA applications crater
AI‑driven search tools and changing applicant behavior are forcing admissions offices to rethink recruitment: EducationDynamics reports that 78% of education queries now return AI Overviews and...
Accreditation and rankings under pressure—CHEA board picks arrive
Business‑school evaluation systems and accreditation governance are under scrutiny as institutions debate how rankings and accreditation shape priorities. Critics argue rankings drive resource...
Congress blocks overhead shake-up — research universities spared
Congress inserted language in recent legislation that prevents federal agencies from changing how they calculate or cap reimbursement for universities’ indirect costs for the coming fiscal year....
Federal judge tosses antitrust claim — major publishers cleared
A federal judge dismissed an antitrust lawsuit accusing six dominant academic publishers of colluding to set the terms of peer review and submission practices, ending a high-profile legal...
USC confirms Kim as president — CSULB picks Blanchard
University searches and interim appointments concluded this week with the University of Southern California promoting interim leader Beong‑Soo Kim to permanent president and California State...
Oklahoma ends tenure for regional colleges — new hires on contracts
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed executive orders phasing out the awarding of new lifetime faculty tenure at the state's regional four‑year universities and community colleges. Under the order,...