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More than 300 colleges now use direct‑admissions offers to preserve enrollment, but early results show mixed outcomes. Institutions report direct admits often have lower engagement and different...

The University of Pennsylvania told schools and centers to trim certain expenditures by 4% as the Ivy‑League institution braces for higher endowment taxes, new graduate borrowing caps and other...

Higher education is splitting between institutions that are adopting coherent AI strategies and those that remain reactive. Purdue’s public push for a campus‑wide AI plan exemplifies a proactive...

A longitudinal Michigan State study found most college students reported improved life satisfaction and reduced loneliness in the four years after the pandemic, but recovery was uneven across...

Public systems and small private colleges are taking cash‑raising actions to stabilize budgets: Nevada’s regents approved a 9–12% tuition increase to cover a $46.5 million shortfall, while Averett...

More than 300 colleges have adopted direct‑admissions offers and are now grappling with how to manage a fundamentally different prospect pool. Enrollment‑management experts including Laura Rudolph...

Texas A&M moved this week to close its women’s and gender studies programs and ordered changes to hundreds of courses that address race and gender, citing new curricular rules. Administrators...

The University of Virginia filed its first quarterly compliance report under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice that followed multiple DOJ civil‑rights inquiries. Interim president...

Accreditors and campus leaders told the Council for Higher Education Accreditation that the Trump administration’s policy agenda is pressuring a broad overhaul of the accreditation system. Jon...

The University of Pennsylvania notified schools and centers to cut certain expenditures by about 4% next fiscal year as it prepares for new federal endowment taxes and student‑loan policy changes....

Community colleges are positioning themselves as the practical pipeline for applied AI talent after an NSF grant established the National Applied AI Consortium and put two‑year institutions at the...

Higher education faces a growing divide between institutions that articulate comprehensive AI strategies and those that default to bans or ad‑hoc policies. Purdue’s coordinated AI vision, which...

The College Board accelerated its push into career education with acquisitions and partnerships—buying District C’s Teamship program and partnering with the Carnegie Foundation to expand...

HBCU leaders and governance experts are re‑examining presidential turnover after high‑profile leadership crises, with sector stakeholders convening to craft retention and succession solutions...

Heightened federal immigration enforcement continues to reverberate through campus communities. Augsburg University’s president described a palpable sense of danger and anxiety on campus after...

The U.S. Department of Education has signaled a major regulatory overhaul of the nation’s accreditation system, moving from targeted enforcement to broad rule changes that would ease entry for new...

Two state-level moves this week put new limits on hiring foreign nationals at public universities. Florida’s Board of Governors advanced a proposal to pause new H‑1B hires at state institutions...

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights concluded San José State University violated Title IX by allowing a transgender woman to compete on the women’s volleyball team and by...

Reporting and university records show rare formal partnerships between immigration enforcement and several Florida higher‑education institutions, a practice that has heightened anxiety among...

Texas A&M University announced it will end its Women’s Studies program and has revised hundreds of courses covering race and gender after new campus policies restricting how those subjects are...