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Education Department pared back—programs shifted to Labor, loan garnishments on hold
The Education Department has begun transferring some higher-education functions to the Department of Labor under an administration plan to tie postsecondary programs more tightly to workforce...
OCR retreats: Education opens far fewer sexual‑violence investigations
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened far fewer sexual‑violence investigations since the current administration’s staffing and policy changes, the Associated Press...
Campus speech under siege: state laws and federal pressure reshape campus governance
A new wave of state legislation and federal actions has dramatically expanded constraints on what colleges may teach and how campuses govern speech, PEN America and multiple reporting outlets...
Settlements dent budgets: universities paid hundreds of millions in 2025
A United Educators analysis found U.S. colleges and universities reported hundreds of millions of dollars in legal settlements in 2025, spanning sexual‑abuse claims, campus shootings, antitrust...
Morris Brown reverses course—board reinstates turnaround president
Morris Brown College reinstated President Kevin James days after a sudden board removal, saying the separation did not comply with contractual and procedural requirements. The board’s reversal...
HBCU leadership churn: UNCF finds presidents serve just 4.22 years on average
A UNCF Institute for Capacity Building report found that presidents at historically Black colleges and universities serve shorter tenures than their peers—on average about 4.22 years—raising...
Faculty alarm: generative AI seen as a threat to learning and academic integrity
Faculty across higher education report deep concerns about generative AI’s impact on student learning, with a large majority warning that over‑reliance will erode critical thinking, shorten...
AI research under scrutiny: hallucinated citations and lab ethics rewritten
NeurIPS, one of the leading AI conferences, is under scrutiny after an analysis flagged hundreds of AI‑hallucinated citations across accepted papers, prompting questions about peer review and...
Congress rebukes administration—keeps NIH and Education budgets largely intact
In a high‑stakes pushback against administration proposals to slash domestic research and education programs, congressional appropriators released a bipartisan spending package that would preserve...
Federal policymaking in flux: college leaders say planning is paralyzed
Senior higher-education leaders report immediate, operational harm from shifting federal policy. A new American Council on Education pulse survey found 98% of senior leaders say federal...
Small-college pressure: Iowa privates vow closures—Brandeis warns of mass exits
Iowa private colleges warned lawmakers that letting community colleges award bachelor’s degrees could force some private campuses to close. Gary Steinke of the Iowa Association of Independent...
Morris Brown reverses course: president rehired after board misstep
Morris Brown College reinstated President Kevin James one week after the board abruptly terminated him, saying the separation did not comply with contractual and procedural requirements. The...
Education Department pared down: postsecondary staff move to Labor — collections paused
The Department of Education has moved the Higher Education Programs Division into the Department of Labor as part of an interagency realignment emphasizing workforce outcomes. Officials described...
Faculty alarm: generative AI seen as a threat to critical thinking
Faculty across institutions are expressing deep concern about generative AI’s classroom impact. An AAC&U survey and related polling found large majorities of professors worry AI will erode...
Preparing students for an AI workforce: institutions urged to build literacy and tutors
Higher-education leaders and professional services staff are pushing institutions to build AI literacy and operationalize AI-assisted workflows. Opinion and guidance pieces call for staff-level AI...
Legal fallout: universities paid hundreds of millions as federal enforcement recedes
A United Educators analysis and related reporting show colleges faced hundreds of millions in settlements during 2025 across sexual-abuse, antitrust, cybersecurity and pandemic-era claims. The...
Leadership churn at MSIs: UNCF flags short HBCU presidencies as funding pressures mount
A UNCF Institute report found presidents at historically Black colleges and universities serve just over four years on average—shorter tenures than peers at other institutions. UNCF urged boards...
Microcollege push: former Northland faculty explore small, community‑focused model
Former faculty from the shuttered Northland College are exploring a microcollege model focused on small cohorts, work-integrated learning and community governance. The Northland Collaborative is...
Political squeeze: Trump’s first year reshapes higher ed—censorship laws spread
Industry analyses and sector roundups catalog how the first year of the Trump administration reshaped higher education: dozens of federal investigations, disrupted research funding, and new rules...
Appropriators Defy White House: Propose Boost to NIH, Keep Education Department Intact
Congressional appropriators released a bipartisan spending proposal that would preserve Department of Education programs and maintain or increase funding for research agencies, signaling a clear...