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Colleges and universities face a growing governance challenge as institutional data increasingly lives outside sanctioned systems—the problem known as 'shadow data.' Campus leaders and IT...

Anthropic published a detailed analysis mapping which jobs AI can feasibly perform and where real‑world adoption currently sits—findings that campus leaders, career‑services teams, and workforce...

The University of Montana’s presidential search drew unusually high interest, a sign of intense competition for campus leadership this year. That development comes as higher‑education governance...

Caitlin Kalinowski resigned from OpenAI, citing principle‑based objections to permissive Pentagon uses including surveillance and lethal autonomy. Her exit follows public disquiet inside tech...

Isenberg School of Management announced a programmatic overhaul—launching AI certificates and integrating AI resources across core MBA courses—to prepare graduates for workplaces where AI tools...

Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz warned policymakers and academic leaders to prepare for an AI‑driven reallocation era that could resemble a bubble: heavy short‑term macro gains from AI investment...

Vinod Khosla argued that technology could make education freely available and questioned the long‑term role of traditional four‑year degrees. His prediction arrives as labor‑market data show...

The issuance of F-1 student visas collapsed over the critical May–August 2025 window, falling about 36% and leaving roughly 97,000 fewer visas issued, a Chronicle analysis of State Department data...

Fitch Ratings warned that strained state budgets could place growing credit pressure on public colleges, highlighting Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio and South Carolina as states...

Campus leaders are confronting a rise in “shadow data”—institutional records captured and stored outside approved IT systems—raising FERPA, privacy and compliance risks as universities expand...

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on an emergency docket that effectively signals California policies limiting schools’ disclosure to parents about students’ gender transitions likely violate...

Indiana enacted SB 88, requiring public colleges to accept the Classic Learning Test (CLT) as an alternative to the SAT or ACT starting in July. The law expands use of a conservative‑aligned...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill concluded a $1.2 million outside investigation into its School of Civic Life and Leadership but will not release the report, citing university...

A new report documents the prevalence of course “shutouts” that prevent students from registering for required classes, adding time and cost to degree completion. The study highlights how...

Business schools are integrating AI into core graduate curricula after Isenberg launched both undergraduate and graduate AI certificates and retooled MBA courses to embed generative tools across...

Nearly 80% of people searching for degree information read AI‑generated overviews, a recent study found, shifting the first line of contact for prospective students from institutional websites to...

In the March 2026 issue of Higher Ed Risk, AGB President and CEO Ross Mugler flagged an underappreciated institutional risk that boards and presidents need to confront, urging strategic...

The issuance of F-1 student visas plunged 36% during the May–August 2025 window, a Chronicle analysis of U.S. State Department data shows. That collapse meant about 97,000 fewer visas granted...

Defense officials concluded that overreliance on a single AI vendor created an operational vulnerability, prompting rapid policy moves. Emil Michael, the Defense Department’s under secretary for...

Senior technologists left major AI teams and companies saw internal friction as defense contracts and national security use cases collided with corporate safety pledges. Caitlin Kalinowski, who...