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College Board moves into career education — acquisitions and partnerships accelerate
The College Board announced acquisitions and partnerships to expand career‑connected learning and work‑based programs, including the purchase of District C’s Teamship platform and a partnership...
Community colleges positioned as America’s AI talent engine
A National Science Foundation‑backed National Applied AI Consortium places community colleges at the center of federal workforce strategy for AI, awarding $2.8 million to build applied training...
The worst AI strategy in higher ed is no strategy at all — Purdue sets an early template
Higher‑education leaders are under pressure to move beyond piecemeal AI policies; Purdue University released a campuswide strategy to make students ‘‘AI competent’’ by graduation and integrate...
HBCU leaders convene to tackle president turnover and governance churn
Historically Black colleges and universities are convening experts and leaders to confront high rates of presidential turnover and board conflict after recent governance crises at institutions...
Education Dept. Targets Accreditors: Rules Rewrite Poised to Reshape Oversight
The U.S. Department of Education moved this week from rhetoric to rule-making around accreditation, signalling a possible overhaul of how colleges are monitored and who can serve as accreditors....
States Move on H-1B Hiring: Florida and Texas Pause University Visas
Two major U.S. university systems faced sudden policy shifts as Florida and Texas advanced proposals to pause or ban new H-1B hires at public institutions. Florida’s Board of Governors opened a...
Northwestern, Evanston and the Capitol: Lawmakers Probe Campus Protests
Rep. Tim Walberg, chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, requested a briefing with Evanston’s mayor, Daniel Biss, to press officials on decisions surrounding the April 2024...
EEOC vs. Penn: Court Fight Over Demands for Jewish-Identified Lists
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the University of Pennsylvania of obstructing an investigation into allegations of antisemitism by resisting a subpoena for lists of Jewish...
Education Department Rules on Trans Athletes: San José State Found in Violation
The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights concluded that San José State University violated Title IX by allowing a transgender woman to compete on the women’s volleyball team and by...
Harvard Tenure Case Unsealed: Edelman Challenges Process in Public
Former Harvard Business School faculty member Ben Edelman released video evidence contesting the Faculty Review Board’s use of negative quotes in his denied tenure case, escalating a private...
The Worst AI Strategy? Colleges Divided—Detectors, Policy, and Classroom Practice
Higher education is wrestling with two concurrent AI problems: inconsistent campus policies and the unintended consequences of AI-detection tools. Purdue’s institutional AI strategy—widely...
Community Colleges as AI Talent Hubs: NSF Funds Applied-AI Consortium
The National Science Foundation awarded $2.8 million to launch a National Applied AI Consortium that centers community colleges in America’s AI workforce strategy. The initiative positions...
Tuition Pressure and Debt: Nevada Hikes, Kentucky Sees Fewer Borrowers
Two divergent affordability stories landed this week: Nevada’s governing board approved a 9–12% tuition increase across the state’s public institutions to close a $46.5 million budget shortfall,...
Campus Balance Sheets: Averett Sells Facilities While UC Davis Scores Major Gift
Small and mid‑sized colleges continue to reshape assets to stabilize operations: Averett University sold a 70‑acre athletic campus in an $18 million sale‑leaseback to local public entities to...
Education Dept. eyes accreditation overhaul — accreditors push back
Federal officials signaled a major rewrite of U.S. accreditation rules and accreditors are publicly bracing for change. At the Council for Higher Education Accreditation’s annual meeting,...
States move to restrict H‑1B hiring at public universities — Florida and Texas advance limits
Two large state university systems moved this week toward pausing new H‑1B hires, a step that would curtail how public campuses recruit international scholars and researchers. Florida’s Board of...
Education Department tightens loan rules — borrowers face looming changes
The Education Department moved a regulatory step closer to finalizing new loan‑limit rules and repayment frameworks that will take effect July 1, while advocates and higher‑ed groups prepare legal...
Free-speech fights escalate on campuses — protests, cancellations draw federal attention
Two high‑profile campus controversies this week highlighted the political pressure on university leaders over speech, guest events and local policing. Rep. Tim Walberg, chair of the House...
Education Dept. finds SJSU violated Title IX in transgender athlete case
The U.S. Department of Education concluded that San José State University violated Title IX when it allowed a transgender woman to compete on the women’s volleyball team and failed to promptly...
EEOC accuses Penn of resisting subpoena in antisemitism probe
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed court papers accusing the University of Pennsylvania of an “intensive and relentless public relations campaign” to resist producing records...