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Education Dept. opens Clery Act review of Brown after campus shooting
The Department of Education launched a Clery Act investigation into Brown University after a campus shooting that left two students dead and prompted a five‑day manhunt. Secretary Linda McMahon...
University of Oklahoma fires graduate instructor – zeroed student for citing Bible
The University of Oklahoma removed a graduate teaching assistant after an investigation found the instructor acted arbitrarily in assigning a zero to a student who cited the Bible in an essay on...
UNC system mandates public syllabi – transparency rule set for 2026‑27
The University of North Carolina System adopted a rule treating course syllabi as public records and will require instructors to post searchable syllabi starting in the 2026‑27 academic year. The...
Federal court orders mental‑health grants reinstated — lawsuits over grant cancellations mount
A federal judge permanently reinstated school‑based mental‑health grants to 16 states, ruling that the Education Department’s April cancellation of multi‑year funding was unlawful and politicized....
Teamsters at California State University authorize strike – campuses face winter labor risk
Members of Teamsters Local 2010, representing roughly 1,100 skilled trade workers across the California State University system, voted to authorize a statewide strike after disputes over withheld...
Ransomware evolves against universities — education sector sees surge in attacks
Cybersecurity firms report a sharp rise in sophisticated ransomware and extortion attacks targeting colleges and universities, with education organizations facing thousands of weekly probes and a...
New graduate loan caps risk shrinking talent pipeline – MBA access in question
A policy analysis warns that new federal limits on graduate lending—eliminating Graduate PLUS and imposing lifetime borrowing caps—will reconfigure who can afford advanced degrees and reshape the...
Accreditation in the crosshairs: Trump team reshapes NACIQI
The Department of Education has begun remaking its accreditation advisory apparatus, installing Jay Greene as chair of NACIQI and signaling a push to prioritize graduation rates, earnings and...
Brown probed: ED opens Clery Act review after campus shooting
The U.S. Department of Education launched a Clery Act review of Brown University after a campus shooting that killed two students, requesting security records, crime logs and...
Oklahoma fires instructor after zero grade on Bible‑cited gender essay
The University of Oklahoma fired a graduate teaching assistant after an investigation found she had acted "arbitrarily" in awarding a zero to a student who cited the Bible and argued against...
Wage garnishment begins: Education Dept. to notify defaulted borrowers in January
The U.S. Department of Education will begin sending notices the week of Jan. 7 to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default, signaling the restart of wage‑garnishment collections for borrowers who are...
Legal front: DOJ says race‑based grants unlawful — lawsuits pile up
The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel concluded that several Education Department grant programs with racial eligibility criteria — including grants for Hispanic‑serving institutions...
Judge restores school mental‑health grants — Education Dept. cancellation ruled unlawful
A federal judge ordered the permanent reinstatement of school‑based and professional development mental‑health grants in 16 states after finding the Education Department’s April cancellation...
Syllabi go public: UNC system to treat course materials as public records
The University of North Carolina System adopted a policy to treat course syllabi as public records as of Jan. 15 and will require instructors to post searchable syllabi online beginning in the...
CSU trade workers authorize strike: Teamsters push back over unpaid raises
Members of Teamsters Local 2010, representing roughly 1,100 skilled trades workers across the 22‑campus California State University system, voted to authorize a statewide strike after CSU declined...
Pomona and Claremont Graduate enter exclusive talks — merger option on the table
Pomona College and Claremont Graduate University confirmed exclusive, confidential talks about a potential transaction that could make CGU a legal subsidiary of Pomona while preserving CGU’s name,...
Graduate loan caps loom: analysis warns of talent pipeline damage
Analysts and academics warn that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s restructuring of federal graduate lending — eliminating Graduate PLUS and imposing lifetime borrowing caps ($200,000 for some...
Accreditation shake-up: Trump team moves to reshape oversight
The Department of Education and the Justice Department have taken coordinated steps this month to rewire higher-education oversight. At a Dec. 16 NACIQI meeting, Under Secretary Nicholas Kent...
Wage seizures return: Education Dept. to begin garnishing defaulted student pay
The U.S. Department of Education will start notifying defaulted federal student‑loan borrowers in early January that their wages can be garnished, the agency said this month. The first wave of...
Clery probe at Brown: Feds step in after deadly campus shooting
The U.S. Department of Education has opened a Clery Act review of Brown University following a campus shooting that left two students dead, Secretary Linda McMahon announced. The probe will...