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The Department of Education and the White House have pushed two parallel changes that could reshape college oversight. An ED advisory panel signed off on a new earnings test for program...

Federal lending changes set to take effect in July are prompting state-level action and fresh analysis of who will be hurt. A Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia study found roughly 28% of recent...

Faculty governance and academic integrity are at the center of new policy and personnel controversies. South Dakota’s Board of Regents adopted a post-tenure review policy described by officials as...

Trustees, lenders and governing boards are driving urgent leadership moves at financially stressed institutions. The University of West Florida’s Board of Trustees appointed former Florida...

Small and tuition-dependent colleges are expanding course-sharing consortia to preserve programs and shore up budgets. Adrian College and more than 130 institutions joined a course-sharing...

K‑12 and higher‑education leaders are reassessing AI’s role in teaching as pilot programs and classroom experiments reveal limits. A sector-wide review questions whether the initial 'AI glow' is...

Business schools are recalibrating admissions and delivery as AI and online formats change candidate behavior. Admissions consultancies predict 2026 will be defined by tighter rules on AI use in...

Colleges are confronting weakened literacy and are adapting pedagogies and student-success strategies. Professors report incoming undergraduates who struggle with sentence-level comprehension,...

Campus unrest and student-led communications platforms are changing how communities experience emergencies and protests. After a December campus shooting at Brown, students used Sidechat—an...

Federal moves to pause childcare and family-support funds have immediate consequences for student parents and campus services. A federal judge temporarily blocked the administration from freezing...

The Department of Education awarded $14.5 million to projects aimed at creating alternative accreditors and easing institutional switches, accelerating a federal effort to reshape college...

A Department of Education advisory panel approved a new earnings test intended to assess program outcomes for undergraduate certificates and related credentials, but the vote exposed continuing...

Federal changes set to take effect in July will end Grad PLUS loans and cap graduate borrowing, prompting states and institutions to scramble for alternatives. A Federal Reserve Bank of...

Campus governance turmoil continued at major public universities as boards and executives moved quickly to name presidents while internal tensions surfaced. At the University of Virginia, text...

The University of West Florida’s Board of Trustees voted 11–1 to make Manny Diaz Jr., a former Republican lawmaker and Florida education commissioner, the university’s permanent president after he...

Financial strain drove two small private colleges to divergent outcomes: Wells College agreed to sell its campus in Aurora to the Hiawatha Institute for Indigenous Knowledge, a nonprofit that...

State and institutional governance battles intensified as South Dakota adopted a post‑tenure review policy described by officials as accountability reform and decried by critics as a threat to...

Course‑sharing and cross‑campus collaboration gained traction as institutions seek revenue and program breadth without heavy hiring. Adrian College detailed how membership in a course‑sharing...

Artificial intelligence moved from novelty to core tension points in graduate admissions and MBA recruitment. Business‑school admissions forecasts call out a surge in video assessments and tighter...

Professors and administrators reported an acute drop in students’ basic reading skills alongside renewed attention on graduation rates and interventions. Faculty at selective institutions warned...