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Scholarly prize under scrutiny — Nazi-era links prompt campus review
An academic anatomical-sciences award at Stony Brook University is under renewed scrutiny after reporting tied the prize’s namesake to Nazi-era scientific networks. Historians and faculty...
Toxic social media: college athletes face harassment spike — NCAA escalates warnings
The NCAA and campus athletic programs report a surge in abusive and threatening social-media messages directed at student-athletes, particularly in men’s college basketball around postseason play....
AI complaints and campus comms: administrators swamped, vendors pitch unified platforms
Schools are reporting an uptick in long, legally styled complaints that administrators suspect were drafted with generative AI, forcing principals and district leaders to spend hours or hire...
UK tuition levy alarms universities — Manchester leader warns of sector damage
Duncan Ivison, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Manchester, warned that a proposed 6% levy on international tuition would harm the UK higher-education sector and undermine...
Judge bars funding squeeze—UCLA and UC system win temporary reprieve
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s broad effort to cut or withhold federal research grants from the University of California system without standard notice-and-hearing...
Ryan breaks silence: UVA president says board ousted him under DOJ pressure
Former University of Virginia president James E. Ryan published a detailed 12-page account saying he was forced from his post after a short ultimatum tied to federal civil-rights investigations...
NEH shake-up—scholars ousted and grants steered to favored projects
An internal overhaul at the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Trump administration has prompted criticism that institutional procedures were weakened and that grant-making skewed...
Small college collapse—Sterling College to close after spring 2026
Sterling College, a niche environmental-studies institution in Vermont, announced it will close after the spring 2026 semester, citing persistent enrollment declines and financial pressure. The...
Coursera shifts pay model—universities face new platform fee for upskilling work
Coursera will begin charging a 15% platform fee to colleges and employers using its learning platform starting in 2026, a move that signals a rebalancing of the online-programs market. The shift...
Work-study under threat—White House proposal would cut a key student support program
The Trump administration has proposed cuts to the federal work-study program, a move that would reduce subsidies helping roughly 700,000 students offset college costs through part-time campus and...
UK plans tuition levy—Manchester leader warns 6% surcharge will hurt universities
The University of Manchester’s president and vice-chancellor warned that a proposed 6% surcharge on fees paid by international students would damage the UK higher-education sector. Duncan Ivison...
Survivor stress on campus—staff spared layoffs face heavier loads and burnout
Staff members who kept their jobs after campus furloughs and cuts report anxiety, exhaustion and operational strain as remaining workloads balloon. At UC San Diego and other research universities,...
Academic reputational risk—award names scrutinized over Nazi-era links
A debate has surfaced at Stony Brook University over the namesake of an anatomical-sciences award with ties to Nazi-era science. Scholars and institutional historians argue the prize warrants...
Online abuse hits college athletes—NCAA flags threats and police involvement
College athletes are experiencing escalating harassment on social media, with NCAA research showing basketball players face especially high volumes of abusive messages around marquee events like...
Federal judge bars funding-cut playbook — UC wins injunction
A federal judge this week blocked the Trump administration from blanket-cutting or tying future grants to the University of California without notice or hearings. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin...
Ex‑UVA president details coercion — says board and DOJ forced his exit
James E. Ryan, the former president of the University of Virginia, released a detailed 12-page account describing intense political pressure from university board members and federal actors that...
Tiny Vermont college to close — Sterling ends operations after spring 2026
Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, Vt., will close after the spring 2026 semester, the institution announced, blaming persistent enrollment declines and a fragile financial base. Fewer than 40...
Domestic applicant diversity rises — international demand and selectivity shifts
New Common App data shows application growth this cycle from Black, first-generation, low-income and rural students, even as international applications fell by about 9 percent year-over-year. The...
Colleges rethink AI partnerships — liberal‑arts campus adopts LLMs as Coursera shifts fees
A liberal‑arts college has publicly embraced large language models for teaching and research tools as institutions experiment with campus deployments of AI; Inside Higher Ed highlighted the...
After cuts, campus morale frays — students and athletes face rising online abuse
University staff who survived layoffs and hiring freezes report rising workloads, anxiety and exhaustion as campuses shrink payrolls to close budget gaps. At the University of California San...