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Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressing the U.S. Department of Education to “rescind” its transfer of federal student aid services to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, arguing the move would...

Financial aid experts are flagging an approaching operational deadline for parents with Parent PLUS loans as rules require consolidation into a new loan by June 30 to preserve affordable payments....

UT Austin told faculty it is speeding up consolidation of seven College of Liberal Arts departments into two new departments starting this fall, according to written communication shared with...

Former University of Virginia President Jim Ryan is set to return as a graduation speaker, more than a year after resigning under federal pressure tied to a Department of Justice investigation...

Mercor, an AI training-data startup valued at $10 billion and serving customers including OpenAI and Anthropic, confirmed a major data breach tied to a supply-chain attack involving LiteLLM,...

A judge ordered the University of Pennsylvania to turn over personal contact information for employees affiliated with Jewish groups as part of a federal antisemitism investigation. The U.S. Equal...

Jay Rothman, president of the Universities of Wisconsin system, is resisting an ultimatum from the Board of Regents to resign or be terminated over unexplained “no confidence” findings. Rothman...

New data suggests generative AI is already reshaping higher education decision-making: a Gallup-Lumina analysis reports that 47% of college students have considered changing majors because of AI’s...

Two University of Wisconsin system stories signal a leadership standoff that is moving beyond internal disagreement into open board pressure. Jay Rothman, the system president, is resisting an...

Indiana’s public colleges are preparing to cut, merge, or suspend roughly 580 academic programs under a 2025 state law designed to remove offerings that fail to graduate enough students. The...

A federal judge ordered the University of Pennsylvania to turn over personal contact information for employees affiliated with Jewish groups, as part of an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Syracuse University announced it will eliminate 93 academic programs identified as having low or no enrollment, cutting offerings across bachelor’s degrees, certificates, and graduate programs....

Maine is considering making its free community college program a permanent feature of the state budget, but lawmakers are also moving to narrow eligibility and shift cost responsibility. Proposed...

The Department of Labor is seeking to increase H-1B wage rates for visa holders as part of efforts to curb alleged “abuse” of the program. The change revives earlier regulatory efforts associated...

Beyond Penn’s ruling, broader enforcement actions show how federal agencies are seeking granular employee contact details to investigate alleged antisemitism, leading institutions to evaluate data...

Mercor, a $10 billion AI startup that provides training data to major AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic, confirmed a major data breach that may have exposed sensitive customer and user...

A new working paper warns that the rapid buildout of AI data centers is creating measurable “heat island” effects that extend beyond the facility footprint. Researchers at the University of...

One Million Degrees and City Colleges of Chicago expanded their wraparound approach to student success by emphasizing what happens after credential completion, not just graduation. CEO Aarti...

Universities of Wisconsin president Jay Rothman is resisting a regents push to resign, setting up a high-stakes governance confrontation for the 25-campus system. Rothman said he has not received...

Conservative board leadership at George Mason University is reportedly escalating its campaign against president Gregory Washington over the university’s DEI programs, according to text messages...