Latest Higher Education News

Higher‑education institutions are sharpening AI strategies while confronting new security risks from autonomous agents. Purdue published a campuswide AI plan aimed at integrating generative tools...

The National Science Foundation awarded a $2.8 million grant to create the National Applied AI Consortium, placing community colleges at the center of regional AI workforce development. Community...

Newly released documents tied to the Jeffrey Epstein investigation show repeated correspondence and references to Dan Ariely, a prominent Duke Fuqua School of Business professor. The Duke...

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves defended the government’s decision to freeze the student‑loan repayment threshold for some borrowers, saying it brings different repayment plans into alignment and is a...

MIT Sloan published profiles of its MBA Class of 2027, highlighting a cohort drawn from engineering, AI, sustainability and operations backgrounds. Students arriving from organizations such as...

Federal pressure and regulatory moves are forcing accreditation bodies and colleges to change how they demonstrate quality. At the Council for Higher Education Accreditation conference, sector...

Texas A&M announced it will end its women’s and gender studies program, cancel six classes and require changes to hundreds of syllabi after a systemwide review and a viral classroom confrontation....

The University of Virginia submitted a quarterly compliance report detailing steps taken to satisfy an agreement with the Justice Department, including shuttering diversity offices, removing...

The University of Pennsylvania directed schools and centers to reduce “certain expenditures” by roughly 4% for the coming fiscal year as administrators brace for new federal endowment taxes and...

More than 300 colleges now use direct admissions — a model that proactively offers admission to prospects who meet predetermined criteria — but enrollment leaders say the tactic demands different...

The National Science Foundation awarded $2.8 million to create the National Applied AI Consortium, placing community colleges at the center of regional AI workforce strategies. The grant funds a...

Colleges are split between crafting campuswide AI strategies and relying on ad hoc classroom rules. Opinion leaders warn that the worst policy is no policy at all, leaving faculty and students...

DeVry University announced that AI literacy will be embedded across all courses to give students technical skills and strategic thinking for an AI‑driven labor market. The initiative is designed...

Leaders at Ferris State University, Lamar University and California State University, San Bernardino described targeted interventions to boost economic mobility for low‑income graduates. Their...

Averett University sold its North Campus athletic facilities in an $18 million sale‑and‑leaseback to local entities to shore up cash after the discovery of a multi‑million dollar endowment...

Texas A&M announced it will close its women’s and gender studies program, cancel six classes and require instructors to remove or change course material after a systemwide review of 5,400 courses....

The University of Pennsylvania told schools and centers to trim certain expenditures by about 4% as it braces for federal policy shifts including higher endowment taxes and limits on graduate...

Accreditors and higher‑education leaders warned at a national conference that the federal government’s push to refocus accreditation on measurable student outcomes and allow new accrediting bodies...

More than 300 colleges now extend offers through direct admissions programs that proactively admit students who meet set criteria, and enrollment leaders say the tactic requires different outreach...

Higher education is diverging on artificial intelligence policy: some campuses are publishing cohesive AI strategies and integrating gen‑AI into curricula, while others still focus narrowly on...