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UK vice-chancellor warns against international-student levy – sector revenue at risk
The University of Manchester’s president and vice-chancellor, Duncan Ivison, publicly warned that a proposed 6% surcharge on international student tuition will damage the UK higher-education...
College and church mobilize for detained Afghan student – campus support turns to legal advocacy
After an Afghan student, Ali Faqirzada, was detained following a routine asylum hearing in New York, Bard College and the local Episcopal Diocese mobilized networks to secure his release. College...
MacKenzie Scott ties personal loan to billions in education gifts: philanthropy that scales
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott recounted a $1,000 college loan from a roommate that kept her in school and inspired her large-scale giving, publishing an essay that frames her donations as...
Rhodes 2026 cohort: military academies well represented among American winners
The 2026 class of American Rhodes scholars includes 32 winners, with five recipients from U.S. service academies and three apiece from Yale, Harvard and MIT. Scholars plan to pursue research at...
Judge bars White House funding squeeze — UC wins injunction
A federal judge has stopped the Biden administration’s successor from using a blanket funding cutoff to punish the University of California, issuing an injunction that blocks agencies from denying...
UVA president says he was forced out after federal funding threat
James E. Ryan, former president of the University of Virginia, says he faced an ultimatum that ended his tenure after federal pressure mounted over diversity and civil-rights probes. In a detailed...
Fired scholars and big grants — inside a reshaped NEH
Internal changes at the National Endowment for the Humanities have prompted departures and accusations that grantmaking was tilted toward favored projects. Reporting shows scholars were dismissed...
Campus staff stretched thin after budget cuts — animal techs warn system strain
University of California San Diego animal technicians and other campus staff report deep exhaustion and operational risk after layoffs and hiring freezes. Employees say caseloads rose sharply when...
College leaders mobilize to free detained Afghan student — Bard case
Bard College officials and church leaders intervened after Ali Faqirzada was detained following an asylum hearing in New York, tapping alumni networks, legal advocates and diocesan contacts to...
MacKenzie Scott links small aid to massive giving — a college moment
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott recalled a college roommate’s $1,000 loan that prevented her from dropping out—an anecdote she says shaped her approach to large-scale giving. Scott’s Yield Giving...
Business schools rewire curriculum — AI and ESG move to core
Top European business schools are embedding artificial intelligence and sustainability into core MBA curricula and campus operations. IE Business School expanded campuswide access to ChatGPT Edu...
MBA pipelines hold — Stern banking placements and Ross internships
Graduate business programs continue to funnel students into lucrative finance and consulting pipelines even as hiring markets cool. NYU Stern reported a high share of recent MBAs moving into...
Research influence and AI risk economics reshape university priorities
Research rankings and new academic work on existential AI risk are changing how universities frame influence and investment. Poets & Quants highlighted the Financial Times research ranking that...
History and governance: posthumous bar admission and trustee guidance
Two developments touch university law, history and governance. Ely Samuel Parker, a Seneca leader who drafted the Civil War surrender terms at Appomattox, was posthumously admitted to the New York...
Judge bars Trump from cutting UC grants — system gets reprieve
A federal judge this week halted the administration’s effort to summarily cancel and withhold research funding from the University of California, issuing an injunction that stops agencies from...
UVA showdown: pressure from DOJ and trustees forces president out
Former University of Virginia president James E. Ryan says he was forced from office after an intense pressure campaign that included federal investigators, state political actors and dissident...
Inside Trump’s NEH shake-up — scholars fired and grants steered
Reporting and sources reveal leadership changes at the National Endowment for the Humanities accompanied by personnel removals and a reworking of grant priorities that critics say favors...
Small college collapse: Sterling to close after spring 2026
Sterling College in Vermont announced it will cease degree programs after the spring 2026 semester, citing steep enrollment declines and persistent financial shortfalls. The environmental-studies...
Work-study on the chopping block — colleges warn millions of students would lose aid
The administration’s budget proposal would cut federal work-study funding, a program that subsidizes part-time campus employment for roughly 700,000 students annually. College leaders and...
Yale publishes sweeping reckoning with its ties to slavery
Yale University’s new volume, authored by Pulitzer-winning historian David Blight and tied to the Yale and Slavery research project, documents the university’s deep historical entanglements with...