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Workforce Pell rule opens: Education Dept seeks comments on 70% guardrails
The U.S. Department of Education opened a 30-day public comment period on proposed regulations for the new Workforce Pell Grant program, seeking input on eligibility and accountability guardrails....
USDE launches accreditation rulemaking: panel to reshape recognition, transfer rules
The U.S. Department of Education announced the Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) negotiated rulemaking to rewrite federal policies on accreditor recognition and related...
Court orders reprieve: federal school mental health grants extended three months
A federal court ruling has forced the Department of Education to continue funding most school-based mental health grants for another three months, extending awards to 120 grantees until June 1...
Student-success programs boost earnings: Georgia State study finds $5k–$9k premium
A joint analysis by the National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State and the Burning Glass Institute tracked more than 40,000 alumni and found that Georgia State’s student-success...
ASU mandates AI in classroom — faculty told to attend mandatory training
Arizona State University's W. P. Carey School of Business has moved from piloting AI to requiring every professor to use AI tools in teaching, Dean Ohad Kadan said, rolling out mandatory faculty...
Yale SOM deepens engineering ties: joint degrees and hands-on AI work
Yale School of Management has tightened curricular and research links with engineering, launching joint degrees, cross‑listed computing coursework and AI-enabled project work to produce leaders...
Colleges tighten donor vetting — scrutiny rises over foreign gifts and reputational risk
Universities are reshaping fundraising strategy amid heightened federal scrutiny and shrinking public research dollars, accelerating donor vetting and reputational risk assessments, advancement...
Colleges face wave of closures — sector still resisting deep reinvention
Analysts project 20–25% of U.S. colleges could close or merge in coming years, yet many institutions remain slow to undertake the transformational change analysts say is needed. The sector faces...
AI mandate arrives: ASU orders faculty training as campuses double down
Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business has moved from experimentation to enforcement, notifying more than 350 full‑time faculty that AI training will be mandatory and that AI...
AI breaks the degree – campuses scramble between pedagogy and retention
Voices across higher education are clashing over AI’s impact on credential value even as colleges deploy the same tools to improve student outcomes. A University Business column argued that...
Anthropic sues Pentagon: Supply‑chain label sparks industry showdown
Anthropic filed suit in federal court after the Department of Defense designated the company a "supply‑chain risk," a move that the AI firm says has already cancelled government contracts and...
Accreditation in play: USDE starts AIM rulemaking and extends surveys
The U.S. Department of Education has launched the Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) negotiated rulemaking to overhaul recognition of accreditors, student‑outcomes metrics,...
Colleges face wave of closures – 20–25% of institutions at risk
A sector‑wide analysis warns that demographics, rising costs, and shrinking public funding are converging to put roughly 20–25% of colleges at risk of closure or merger in the coming years. The...
Fundraising becomes risky: Donor scrutiny tightens and trustees must lead
Universities are increasing dependency on private philanthropy even as scrutiny of donor sources and gift terms intensifies. Higher‑education leaders cited foreign gifting oversight and shrinking...
Ohio State president resigns – leadership vacuum opens after ethics finding
Ohio State University accepted President Ted Carter’s resignation after he disclosed an inappropriate relationship with someone seeking university resources for a personal business. Carter—who had...
Yale SOM tightens engineering ties to teach tech‑savvy managers
Yale School of Management has deepened collaboration with engineering to train managers who can build AI‑powered products and lead tech‑led organizations. The school introduced cross‑listed...
States move to shield MSIs: Lawmakers step in after federal funding shifts
State legislatures are proposing bills to recognize and sustain minority‑serving institutions after the Education Department reduced MSI funding last fall. Lawmakers are moving to create...
Quiet risk: Students who seem fine still need proactive mental‑health checks
A TimelyCare survey found academically stable students may still struggle quietly with mental‑health issues, calling for proactive outreach rather than waiting for obvious crisis signals. The...
Campus presidents fall—Ohio State chief resigns; Bard president faces faculty pressure
Ohio State University President Ted Carter resigned after disclosing an inappropriate relationship with someone seeking university resources; the board accepted his resignation and the university...
Higher-ed rules on the move: Education Department launches AIM negotiated rulemaking
The U.S. Department of Education announced the formation of the Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) negotiated rulemaking committee to rewrite recognition and accountability rules...