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EEOC subpoenas Penn — university resists handing over Jewish faculty and student lists
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal court to compel the University of Pennsylvania to comply with a subpoena in its probe of alleged antisemitic discrimination, while...
Academic‑freedom fights escalate in Texas — mixed rulings on faculty dismissals
Two high‑profile faculty‑dismissal cases in Texas produced contrasting outcomes this month, underscoring political pressure on campus speech and due process. At Texas A&M, a university committee...
Indiana may block degree proposals that don’t pledge ‘core American values’ — faculty alarmed
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education added a civics‑oriented question to its new degree‑proposal form that asks programs to demonstrate how they 'cultivate civic responsibility and...
First‑gen enrollment falls 13% since 1996 — Pell Institute links drop to rising degree attainment
A Pell Institute brief found the share of first‑generation students at degree‑granting Title IV institutions declined 13% between 1996 and 2020 even as overall U.S. bachelor’s attainment rose 14...
Education Department Outsources Grants — NDAs Stoke Legal Alarm
The U.S. Department of Education this week finalized agreements to move dozens of grant programs to other federal agencies while using nondisclosure agreements in talks, prompting scrutiny from...
Penn subpoena showdown: EEOC seeks court order — campus protests follow
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal court to compel the University of Pennsylvania to produce records and witness information in an investigation into alleged...
Texas academic freedom fights: A&M panel slams firing — State board backs another
Two high-profile Texas faculty dismissals have produced divergent institutional outcomes this month, underscoring rising political pressure on academic governance. Texas A&M’s Committee on...
International enrollment dips: Policy and visa changes hit campus bottom lines
A new NAFSA-backed survey found that nearly half of U.S. institutions reported declines in undergraduate international enrollment and 63% reported lower postgraduate enrollment this year....
Florida system trims programs — 18 degrees to be terminated after productivity review
The State University System of Florida announced plans to terminate 18 academic programs and suspend eight more following a productivity review of degree completions over three years. The system...
Moody’s warns: Negative outlook for higher education — policy and funding risks loom
Moody’s Investors Service projected a negative outlook for the higher education sector, citing federal policy risks, rising costs, regulatory changes and lost grant funding as key drivers. The...
Billionaires, philanthropy and power: Mega-donors reshape governance and campus coffers
Billionaires are playing an expanded and visible role in higher education governance and philanthropy under the current administration, affecting presidential turnover, research priorities and...
AI in the classroom: Faculty adapt as campuses wrestle with policy and pedagogy
Colleges and universities continue to grapple with generative AI’s classroom impact as faculty, administrators and legal teams balance pedagogy, integrity and student well‑being. Coverage shows...
Fei‑Fei Li’s arc: From student immigrant to global AI adviser and startup leader
Fei‑Fei Li, a leading computer scientist, is cited as an influential voice advising governments and running a major AI startup, illustrating the close ties between academic research leaders and...
Student doxxing suit: Columbia graduate sues for government records on Canary Mission ties
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate and detained student‑protester, sued the federal government seeking records about its use of doxxing sites such as Canary Mission to identify pro‑Palestinian...
Education Department overhaul: States cry foul — Warren demands probe
The Trump administration moved large swaths of the U.S. Department of Education’s programs into other federal agencies, prompting state education chiefs to warn of increased bureaucracy and...
Florida trims degrees: State system to terminate 18 programs after productivity review
The State University System of Florida will terminate at least 18 degree programs and suspend eight more after a systemwide productivity review identified 214 underperforming programs, officials...
Tribal colleges and consultation: Tribes say ED broke the law — private philanthropy steps in
Tribal leaders and Native-education advocates say the Education Department violated statutory obligations by not consulting tribes before shifting Native American education programs to other...
Academic freedom under strain: Tenure disputes and campus legal fights mount
Governance disputes intensified this month as Texas State University’s board upheld the firing of a tenured history professor whose conference remarks drew administrative ire, signaling tighter...
Doxing and campus politics: Student sues for gov’t records — alumni and students mobilize
A Columbia graduate who was detained by ICE after campus protests sued the Trump administration for records about its use of doxxing sites such as Canary Mission, alleging federal collusion in...
AI on campus: Colleges juggle academic policy and students’ changing work paths
Colleges are still wrestling with how to integrate generative AI into teaching, assessment and academic policy three years after ChatGPT’s debut, prompting institutions to pilot rules and revise...