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Higher education continued moving from AI readiness toward operational use in teaching and student support, with institutions and ed-tech providers highlighting campus applications that focus on...

Educators and instructional leaders emphasized responsiveness as a lever for student outcomes, focusing on tools that address confusion at the moment it arises. A just-in-time video...

Cyber risk continued to surface as higher education relied on major vendors for learning and administrative systems. In the latest development, the Instructure breach—described as part of an...

State and federal AI enforcement actions widened beyond research labs into student safety and misinformation risks. Pennsylvania sued Character.AI after the company’s chatbot allegedly held itself...

Concerns about college pricing trust and clarity sharpened as research highlighted how difficulty calculating real costs can weaken confidence among students and families. The reporting points to...

Board governance guidance for higher education leaned into the reality that institutions are confronting systemic transformation under budget pressure and governance complexity. A new...

The Department of Justice escalated its legal campaign against state policies that provide in-state tuition and scholarships to certain undocumented students. The DOJ appealed a federal judge’s...

Leadership turnover is intensifying across U.S. colleges and universities as presidents face shrinking tenures and fewer leaders pursue second presidencies, according to the “American College...

The San Diego Community College District said an attempted cyber attack led to system outages starting Saturday, prompting the district to take its internet, email, websites, web-based phones, and...

The U.S. Department of Education opened a Title IX investigation into Smith College after alleging the school admitted “biological men” to women’s spaces, potentially violating anti-discrimination...

A Washington school district moved beyond classroom-only phone restrictions with a districtwide push for students to turn off devices at night, tying the effort to behavior and learning...

The federal government is expected to phase out the remaining Special Student Relief designations, which provide regulatory flexibility for international students from countries in...

DOJ renewed its legal campaign against state higher-education affordability policies for undocumented students, filing an appeal in Minnesota after a federal judge sided with the state. The...

A national study of Yondr-style cellphone pouch bans found that restrictive policies removed phones from students during school hours but produced close to zero measurable gains in academic...

Higher education budget pressure translated into immediate staffing and program cuts, with colleges reporting hundreds of layoffs and buyouts in April as leaders tried to manage deficits driven by...

ServiceNow unveiled an expanded “autonomous workforce” at Knowledge 2026, positioning AI as a worker that can run end-to-end enterprise processes across IT, HR, finance, legal, procurement,...

Faculty and universities face increasing legal exposure when they respond to suspected AI misuse on coursework and exams, according to a legal-focused analysis. The piece highlights disputes...

The U.S. Department of Education has opened a Title IX investigation into Smith College, an all-women’s college in Massachusetts, over allegations that the school’s admissions policy may violate...

The San Diego Community College District reported system outages after an attempted cyber attack that began over the weekend. District officials said the incident was detected immediately and, as...

Bard College president Leon Botstein will retire at the end of the academic year following an independent investigation into his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Bard said an independent review concluded...