Latest Higher Education News

The Education Department’s ongoing effort to reshape accreditation oversight is continuing alongside personnel and governance disputes at NACIQI. Secretary Linda McMahon appointed Siri Terjesen as...

Florida’s Board of Governors removed Introduction to Sociology from its public-university general-education curriculum after years of conflict over course content, ideology, and compliance with SB...

Kentucky lawmakers advanced a proposal that could trigger a dramatic academic and operational overhaul at Kentucky State University, the state’s only public historically Black college. Under SB...

Hampshire College is facing renewed accreditation jeopardy after the New England Commission of Higher Education issued a show-cause notice requiring the institution to demonstrate why it should...

Portland Community College reached a tentative deal with one unionized staff group after a roughly two-week strike that effectively shut down campus and delayed the spring term. Remote operations...

Babson College named Kate Klepper as the new dean of its F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business, replacing Keith Rollag and taking effect in June. The appointment brings a long-tenured graduate...

Faculty members in Colorado and California are pushing back against higher-ed institutions’ custom OpenAI tool deals, as universities and colleges pay for access to AI-powered systems for students...

A pilot study led by researchers using think-aloud protocols at Kennesaw State University provides new evidence about how undergraduate writers interact with generative AI during...

The U.S. Department of Education has expanded its outsourcing model for major federal education functions through 10 new interagency agreements with five other federal agencies, moving program...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has appointed Siri Terjesen to the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI), replacing Joshua Figueira after the department...

The Department of Justice has issued data requests to three major medical schools—Stanford University, Ohio State University, and the University of California, San Diego—seeking years of...

Florida’s Board of Governors removed Introduction to Sociology from the general-education curriculum at the state’s 12 public universities, citing requirements in a 2023 law intended to bar...

Kentucky lawmakers advanced legislation that could trigger a dramatic overhaul of Kentucky State University, the state’s only public historically Black college. Under SB 185, the state could...

Portland Community College reached a tentative deal with unionized classified staff amid a roughly two-week strike that has shut down in-person operations and delayed the spring term. PCC began...

Hampshire College faces existential accreditation risk after its accreditor issued a “show cause” notice, requiring the school to demonstrate by June why it should not be put on probation or lose...

Anthropic acknowledged that human error in configuring its content management system exposed details of an unreleased AI model and other internal materials through an unsecured, publicly...

Faculty in Colorado and California are pushing back against institutional agreements providing students and faculty access to custom AI-powered tools, arguing over governance, academic integrity,...

Cornell University is expanding a shift toward oral exams designed to make it harder for generative AI to replace learning evidence. In Chris Schaffer’s biomedical engineering class, students...

Anthropic acknowledged that it is testing a new, more capable AI model—after an unsecured data cache accidentally exposed internal details, including draft blog material and references to the...

Defense startup Shield AI announced a $1.5 billion Series G round that more than doubles its valuation to $12.7 billion, alongside revenue projections of at least $540 million this year. The...