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Generative AI is now effectively standard practice across higher education: a Coursera/Coursera‑sourced report finds nearly universal use by students and faculty and strong student demand for...

Federal rule changes eliminated Graduate PLUS loans for new borrowers and capped non‑professional graduate borrowing at $20,500 annually, a move that will force many programs to rethink pricing,...

Oregon’s Senate passed a measure requiring the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to review the state’s seven universities and 17 community colleges and recommend structural changes to put...

The New School said it will shrink its workforce by roughly 7% through voluntary buyouts as part of a plan to close persistent structural deficits and consolidate academic units. President Joel...

A new report highlights rising course “shutouts” that block students from required classes and extend time‑to‑degree and cost. Administrators say constrained course availability exacerbates...

College leaders and health experts are treating excessive phone use as a student‑health issue, urging time‑blocking, device boundaries and new campus practices to protect sleep and attention....

K‑12 and higher‑education institutions remain prime targets for cyberattacks, with K‑12 incidents comprising the majority of education sector breaches last year according to independent security...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly targeted research and vendor ties between the Pentagon and university-linked AI programs, creating confusion over which campus partnerships face...

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon has reiterated plans that could sharply curtail or eliminate the Department of Education, pressing changes from Title IX enforcement to FAFSA overhaul....

Oregon’s legislature passed a measure directing the state’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission to review all public colleges and propose restructuring and program consolidations by April...

The New School in New York announced a 7% workforce reduction through voluntary buyouts as it confronts multi‑year deficits and falling enrollment; university leaders signaled further cuts and...

Federal changes to graduate student lending caps — eliminating Graduate PLUS for new borrowers and capping non‑professional graduate loans at $20,500 annually — are forcing institutions to...

New surveys and campus reports show generative AI has moved from experiment to everyday practice: students and faculty report near‑universal use and strong interest in formal AI instruction, while...

Academic publishers and campus instructors report a rise in submissions containing AI‑generated fake citations and new forms of cheating that bypass traditional safeguards. Journal editors say...

Michigan Ross and other institutions have severed or scaled back relationships with diversity‑pipeline organizations like the PhD Project after federal scrutiny of targeted recruitment programs....

Federal and institutional decisions are producing mixed signals for campus labor: the NIH announced it will no longer recognize a union of early‑career researchers, while recent campus bargaining...

Business schools continued leadership turnover: the University of Georgia’s Terry College removed the ‘interim’ title from Santanu Chatterjee and installed him as permanent dean, while UVA Darden...

Generative AI use has moved from experiment to everyday practice across colleges and universities, according to new survey and campus reports. Coursera’s report found near‑universal adoption — 95%...

Colleges are formalizing AI strategy by creating senior roles to coordinate campuswide policy and deployments. Several institutions have appointed chief AI officers or similar positions to align...

OpenAI rolled out GPT‑5.4 and a spreadsheet integration designed for professional workflows, intensifying competition for enterprise AI tools that campuses and research centers consume. The model...