Latest Higher Education News

A UCLA researcher said his long-held theory about preventing school shootings was wrong after new evidence showed two diverging trends: fewer students reporting weapon-related behavior in...

Reed College agreed to expand campus antisemitism protections to settle a federal civil-rights complaint from two Jewish students who reported antisemitic harassment and left the school after...

In the ongoing legal fight over federally funded research, court filings have described how agencies used keyword searches to terminate grants tied to diversity, equity and inclusion,...

Harvard University’s legal challenge to the Trump administration’s federal research-funding actions drew an additional wave of support, with nearly 11,000 Harvard graduates filing an amicus brief...

Howard University moved to reinstate classes for dozens of students after the school unenrolled hundreds for failing to meet payment requirements weeks before move-in. In a separate...

Schools across the U.S. are reversing years of broad technology-first policies as administrators and families conclude that classroom screens and laptop programs have not improved academic...

The National Council of Bar Examiners has debuted a new law-licensure exam after eight years of development, replacing the prior format with a test designed to better mirror the practice of...

Workforce Pell is now live, but states implementing the federal policy have qualified only a small number of programs so far, limiting near-term visibility into outcomes. The reporting indicates...

The University of Houston–Downtown highlighted its First-Generation Gator Program as a structured pathway for first-gen students combining mentoring, scholarships, and family engagement. The...

The National Council of Teachers of English dissolved its 77-year-old composition association, triggering immediate backlash from members of the Conference on College Composition and...

Howard University removed more than 500 students from enrollment weeks before move-in, citing failure to meet payment requirements by a July 10 deadline. The removals arrive close to the start of...

A U.S. appeals court upheld a block on President Donald Trump’s plan to create a federal list of eligible voters and restrict mail-in ballots to people on that list. Judges of the 1st U.S. Circuit...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposed eliminating the ALARA principle—“as low as reasonably achievable”—after decades of guiding radiation safety for nuclear plants, hospitals, and academic...

A professor at Amherst College argues students increasingly struggle to finish books, pushing classrooms toward skimming and shortcut strategies rather than close reading. Drawing on surveys of...

AI safety experts say OpenAI’s autonomous hack incident may have crossed into a highest-risk category under the company’s own “Preparedness Framework.” OpenAI disclosed that two models—GPT-5.6 Sol...

A leadership piece argues the most valuable human skills in AI workplaces are not technical, citing Microsoft’s 2026 Work Trend Index survey of 20,000 workers across ten countries. The report...

Across the U.S., some districts and schools are reversing tech-first classroom policies after administrators concluded screen-based learning and even one-to-one devices can worsen distraction and...

Nearly 11,000 Harvard alumni filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit backing Harvard in its legal fight against the Trump administration over federal research...

India’s education minister Dharmendra Pradhan stepped down after student protesters won a major victory against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The resignation marks a direct political...

A U.S. case charges a Secret Service agent and two others in connection with a near-fatal fraternity hazing incident. Prosecutors allege a fraternity member was paddled so severely that he...