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The Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia announced it will maintain intentionally small full‑time MBA cohorts—capped at 80 to 100 students—as a strategic response to a tightening...

Colleges across the U.S. are fielding competitive Excel teams that compete in timed spreadsheet challenges sponsored by Microsoft and televised on ESPN, and employers are taking notice....

West Los Angeles College piloted a program to infuse climate change content across disciplines, converting a standard English 101 syllabus into a climate‑literate writing and research course....

Reporting on two recent student‑arrest incidents at Columbia University shows differing institutional responses and raised questions about consistency in campus policy. The piece contrasts the...

Ellen Salpietro, an Australian systems engineer at Boeing Australia, described how her full‑time MBA at ESMT Berlin broadened her perspective on deep‑tech, robotics and international innovation...

An applicant’s essay from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School outlines a structured approach to selecting an MBA: define non‑negotiables, prioritize collaborative culture, faculty access...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a sweeping change to professional military education, removing fellowships and senior‑service partnerships with a list of elite institutions including...

Nicholas Kent, under secretary of education, told college and university leaders the administration is pressing fast and broad reforms and warned that higher education has “lost its north star.”...

A long‑anticipated review of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) recommended a major reorganization to make federal education research faster, more relevant and more actionable. The report,...

The Pentagon reached terms with OpenAI to use its models in classified systems while simultaneously designating Anthropic a “supply‑chain risk,” an unprecedented federal action that threatens...

Federal immigration agents detained a Columbia University student, prompting renewed scrutiny of ICE activity on campuses and legal debate over agents’ authority in academic settings. The detained...

Internal documents reveal Texas A&M University administrators are struggling to define what professors can teach amid political pressure, prompting a rapid, campus‑wide effort to monitor and...

As full‑time MBA markets soften, the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business doubled down on a deliberate strategy: cap cohorts at 80–100 students to tighten advising, employer ties and...

Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath testified that the rapid rollout of computer‑based testing and classroom technology correlates with falling reading and math scores in places such as Utah,...

College students at dozens of campuses have turned Excel into a competitive esport, with university teams competing in timed spreadsheet challenges that are now sponsored by Microsoft and aired on...

Twenty‑three retired Harvard Business School professors, led by Teresa M. Amabile and Richard S. Tedlow, published a joint letter warning that attacks on electoral integrity threaten the...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a sweeping reshuffle of military education partnerships that removes fellowships and professional military education placements at a list of elite...

Nicholas Kent, the U.S. Department of Education under secretary, told college leaders that federal patience is over and that institutions must deliver measurable results or face expanded...

A long-awaited review of the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) recommends a major reorganization to speed grant awards, tighten priorities, and make research...

A pair of recent pieces — a roundtable with 11 leading scholars and a sector critique headlined 'Higher Ed Must Change' — portray American higher education at a crossroads. Contributors flagged...