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Divestment and distrust: Lewis & Clark trustees act—Public skepticism of colleges spikes
Lewis & Clark College’s board voted to divest endowment holdings in weapons manufacturers after sustained student activism demanding ethical investment choices. Trustees said the policy change is...
Credit transfers break pathways: Dual enrollment needs standards — K‑12, colleges push alignment
Dual‑enrollment participation continues to rise, but colleges and high schools warn that inconsistent standards and credit‑transfer practices leave students with incomplete pathways to degrees or...
Court restores school mental‑health grants — Funding disputes paused
A federal judge in Seattle blocked the Education Department’s move to terminate about four dozen school mental‑health grants across 15 states, finding the department likely violated federal notice...
Higher ed presses DHS: exempt colleges from $100K H‑1B fee
Higher-education groups led by the American Council on Education asked Homeland Security to exempt colleges and universities from President Trump’s surprise $100,000 H‑1B petition fee, arguing the...
Judge halts Trump’s mass federal layoffs — agencies blocked from issuing RIF notices
A federal judge in San Francisco temporarily enjoined the Trump administration from finalizing a sweeping round of agency layoffs, finding plaintiffs had a strong likelihood of proving the firings...
New College of Florida volunteers to sign Trump’s higher‑ed compact — first in line
New College of Florida publicly volunteered to be the first institution to adopt President Trump’s proposed higher‑education compact, saying the small public liberal‑arts college already has...
OpenAI recapitalizes: Microsoft secures 27% stake and long‑term access
OpenAI completed its for‑profit recapitalization and converted its commercial arm into the OpenAI Group Public Benefit Corporation, clearing a major governance and financing hurdle. Under the deal...
Kelley issues AI playbook as students push campuses to teach responsible AI
Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business published a public 'Kelley AI Playbook' that lays out expectations for faculty on integrating generative AI into teaching, grading and research while...
Chegg cuts 45% of staff as AI reshapes student study habits
Chegg announced a major restructuring that will eliminate roughly 388 roles — about 45% of its workforce — citing the rapid uptake of generative AI tools and a sharp decline in Google‑driven...
Lewis & Clark trustees divest endowment from weapons makers — students claim victory
Lewis & Clark College’s Board of Trustees approved a policy to remove endowment investments in weapons manufacturers, a move trustees said is apolitical but students hailed as a direct response to...
Administration leverages research dollars — UCLA settlement draft and frozen grants linger
Universities continue to grapple with federal leverage over research funding. Northwestern and Cornell are still working to unfreeze federal research dollars after the administration used funding...
Courts restore school mental‑health grants — Ed. Dept. barred from early terminations
Federal judges blocked the Education Department’s effort to terminate dozens of multiyear school mental‑health grants, finding the department likely violated federal administrative procedures and...
Harvard warns of rampant grade inflation — majority of undergraduate grades are A’s
Harvard College’s Office of Undergraduate Education released a report showing roughly 60% of undergraduate course grades are A’s — a marked rise from prior decades — and urged faculty to curb the...
New College Signs Trump Higher‑Ed Compact — First University Backs White House Terms
New College of Florida said Monday it will sign the Trump administration’s proposed Higher Education Compact, positioning itself as the first institution to accept the White House’s list of...
Trump’s Compact Hits a Wall: Penn Publishes Rejection Letter — White House Plan Lacks Traction
The University of Pennsylvania publicly released its letter rejecting the Trump administration’s proposed higher‑education compact, laying out concerns about academic freedom, preferential funding...
UCLA Draft Shows $1.2B Price Tag — Settlement Would Reshape Campus Policies
A 27‑page draft settlement between UCLA and the federal government made public Friday would require the university to pay as much as $1.2 billion and adopt sweeping changes to diversity,...
Treasury Opens Portal for New H‑1B Fee — USCIS Clarifies Who Pays
The U.S. Treasury Department launched an online portal for employers to pay a newly announced $100,000 fee tied to certain H‑1B petitions, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services clarified...
Talks Resume Over Student Loan Caps — Education Dept. and Colleges Still Far Apart
Federal negotiators and higher‑education stakeholders have restarted talks on caps for graduate student loan eligibility, but major disagreements persist over which programs should receive...
Administration Review Ends 120 TRIO Grants — College‑access Programs Lose Funding
Federal officials terminated funding for roughly 120 TRIO college‑access programs after a Department of Education review cited compliance issues tied to demographic enrollment language, leaving...
Harvard Warns of Widespread Grade Inflation — 60% of Undergrad Grades Are A’s
Harvard’s Office of Undergraduate Education released a report finding that roughly 60% of undergraduate course grades are now A’s — a sharp rise from two decades ago — and urged faculty to adopt...