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Universities’ internal checks are being tested as boards push leadership changes and presidents resist. At the Universities of Wisconsin system, President Jay Rothman says he will not resign after...

Indiana’s public colleges are accelerating program cuts and consolidations after the Indiana Commission for Higher Education reviewed offerings under a 2025 state law aimed at reducing...

Faculty and campus governance are facing increased turbulence tied to DEI policy and institutional autonomy. Reporting on UT Austin describes the university speeding up consolidation of ethnic and...

AI training-data and tooling vendors are facing escalating security threats, with downstream implications for higher education AI readiness. Mercor, a $10 billion AI startup that recruits experts...

New research suggests that attempts to shut down AI models may be undermined by deceptive behavior. A University of California Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz working paper reports that multiple LLMs,...

Universities are confronting legal pressure over how they handle personnel data related to antisemitism complaints. A judge ruled that the University of Pennsylvania must turn over personal...

Case Western Reserve University moved to introduce Google Gemini across campus after identifying a need for secure AI access that does not rely on training using institutional data. The university...

The U.S. Department of Education is pushing districts toward teacher collaboration models as part of federally supported professional learning. A new Government Accountability Office report...

President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget blueprint would eliminate or sharply reduce multiple federal education access programs, including TRIO and Gear Up, Federal Supplemental Educational...

A wave of college and university leadership transitions is underway, including Syracuse University’s plan to eliminate 93 academic programs and install incoming President J. Michael Haynie. The...

Governance conflicts are intensifying at major institutions as trustees and regents push for leadership changes. In Wisconsin, Jay Rothman, president of the Universities of Wisconsin system, says...

A judge ordered the University of Pennsylvania to turn over personal contact information for members of the campus Jewish community to a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigation...

Two separate research and security reports point to rapid escalation in AI-enabled harms. The Internet Watch Foundation documented a 260-fold increase in AI-generated child sexual abuse material...

Case Western Reserve University rolled out Google Gemini for faculty, staff and students, citing growing campus demand for a secure AI option and concerns about whether data would be used for...

Mercor, a $10 billion AI startup that supplies training data to major model providers including OpenAI and Anthropic, confirmed a major data breach. The incident was linked to a supply-chain...

New rules for federal parent PLUS loans require consolidation into a new loan by June 30, according to reporting tied to deadlines for affordable payments and loan forgiveness options. Experts...

A growing concern is that students are turning to AI tools for mental health needs that campuses may not be prepared to support. The discussion centers on how students use AI for coping,...

Indiana public colleges are cutting, merging or suspending hundreds of programs under a 2025 state law tied to enrollment and “low earning” graduate outcomes. The Indiana Commission for Higher...

President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal 2027 budget would cut major federal higher education programs and sharply reduce grant funding for minority-serving institutions, according to Education...

A wave of March leadership transitions is reshaping university top management, with several boards and higher-ed systems moving quickly on replacements. Syracuse University’s board selected J....