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New research and court rulings are putting governing boards at the center of higher‑education outcomes and political conflict. The Association of Governing Boards released a study showing...

Faculty labor and institutional budgets remain flashpoints: after a brief strike and intensive negotiations, the union at Harrisburg Area Community College reached a tentative contract covering...

Colleges and educators are shifting from bans to frameworks for generative AI, co‑creating agile academic integrity policies that center equity and faculty leadership. A higher‑education...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced a new wave of transformative donations aggregating in the hundreds of millions to historically Black colleges and universities. Several HBCUs reported...

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring the Trump administration from freezing University of California research funding, saying the government cannot use civil-rights probes to...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board seeking to end three state work-study programs, alleging their nonsectarian employment and seminary-exclusion...

Early fall data released in the Open Doors snapshot and Education Week reporting show sharp declines in new international student enrollment this fall, with the Open Doors survey indicating a 17%...

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott delivered another wave of multi‑million-dollar, largely unrestricted gifts to historically Black colleges and universities, with announcements this month...

Oxford Saïd Business School dean Soumitra Dutta resigned after an external university investigation substantiated multiple harassment complaints by a female colleague. University documents show...

As the 18‑year‑old population recedes, colleges across the U.S. are simplifying admissions to attract a smaller applicant pool — waiving fees, offering one‑click applications and proactively...

Faculty and campus leaders are piloting co‑creation processes to develop agile academic‑integrity guidelines for generative AI, emphasizing equity and frequent updates as the technology evolves....

Harvard University disclosed a nearly $442 million position in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), filings show, making the spot crypto ETF one of the endowment’s largest single holdings by...

The Chronicle of Higher Education is maintaining a running tracker of executive orders, agency actions and legal challenges from the Trump administration that affect colleges and universities. The...

New survey data shows faculty are eager to align curricula with employer needs but lack confidence that courses currently meet workforce expectations: only one in five faculty reported high...

A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from using civil‑rights probes to withhold research grants from the University of California system. U.S....

The administration’s flurry of executive orders, agency actions and new enforcement standards targeting campus speech and foreign‑influence issues has produced a wave of legal fights and policy...

New international student enrollment at U.S. colleges tumbled 17% this fall, the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors snapshot shows, a sharp drop that colleges and international...

MacKenzie Scott delivered another round of multi‑million dollar, mostly unrestricted gifts to historically Black colleges and universities, with sums announced this week that include some of the...

Two high‑profile business schools were singled out this cycle for embedding technology and AI across their MBA programs. The University of Washington’s Foster School earned recognition for...

Harvard’s recent SEC filings revealed a $442 million holding in a spot Bitcoin ETF, making the crypto investment the single largest named stock exposure in the endowment. The disclosure has...