Latest Higher Education News

At Cornell University, a dispute over an Israel-Palestine debate escalated into allegations that the university president, Michael Kotlikoff, struck protesters with his car. Cornell University has...

A first-year student at the University of Notre Dame, Caden Chuang, triggered an immediate academic integrity response after announcing an AI agent called “Kerra” that could connect to Canvas and...

DePauw University has drawn attention for spending far more than peer institutions on student support services, with the central question shifting to whether the increased investment improves...

Multiple colleges are reshaping commencement plans after fears of violence or political disturbance, including changes ranging from disinviting speakers to replacing speeches with pre-recorded...

Anthropic’s Mythos Preview model triggered renewed focus on AI governance and corporate cybersecurity controls after the company identified longstanding software flaws during testing. The report...

The Federal Communications Commission approved a new competitive bidding portal for E-rate, the federal program funding school internet connectivity, replacing self-certification procedures with...

R1 research universities are adapting their IT infrastructure as AI-driven experiments create unpredictable spikes in compute and network demand, according to a report focused on campus and...

The U.S. Department of Education is preparing an earnings-based accountability rule that would restrict access to federal student loans—and in some cases Pell Grants—for undergraduate and graduate...

A finalized Department of Education regulation changes how “professional” graduate degrees are treated for federal student loan limits, effectively lowering borrowing caps for many...

A cluster of colleges has adjusted commencement programming as concerns about political disturbance and fears of violence reached campus leadership. Utah Valley University canceled its...

Cornell University president Michael Kotlikoff accused demonstrators tied to an Israel-Palestine campus debate of harassing and intimidating him after he left the event area. The incident,...

Higher-education systems are increasingly turning to interim chief financial officers as the first line of financial triage. The reporting frames interim CFOs as a growing default for institutions...

A University of Notre Dame freshman’s AI agent that connects to Canvas triggered immediate institutional action after it was emailed to students with claims that it could diagnose where students...

R1 research universities are adapting their network and computing infrastructure as AI-driven experimentation increases demand while campus users push network capacity. Reporting highlights how...

Colleges are confronting a dual pressure: enrolling too few students while graduating too many, widening gaps between institutional capacity and student flow. In parallel, some institutions are...

The FCC approved a new competitive bidding portal for the E-rate program, which helps fund school internet connectivity, replacing a system of self-certifications. The FCC says the change is...

Bard College president Leon Botstein announced retirement after an independent review found he minimized aspects of his relationship and communications tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey...

Several U.S. colleges reshaped or curtailed commencement programming amid fears of political disruption and safety concerns. Utah Valley University disinvited a commencement speaker following...

University of Notre Dame confronted a student-developed AI tool marketed as study support that faculty and administrators described as a potential cheating instrument. A 20-year-old freshman...

Jensen Huang used a sharp critique of AI doomsaying to argue that companies and policymakers should focus on factual communication rather than job-destruction narratives. In parallel, new AI...