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The federal government’s split with Anthropic and a nascent deal with OpenAI mark a rapid recalibration in how the Pentagon will source frontier AI. Officials designated Anthropic a 'supply‑chain...

Three years after generative AI became widely available, a persistent lack of professional development and clear policies is holding many educators back from classroom adoption. EdWeek reporting...

Recent campus immigration enforcement incidents have prompted fresh legal guidance and debate about how colleges should respond when federal agents seek to detain students. Reporting summarized...

A high‑profile student at Columbia University with a sizable social media following was detained by immigration authorities this week, renewing scrutiny of how elite campuses respond to...

Twenty‑three retired Harvard Business School professors published a joint letter in The Harvard Crimson warning that threats to free and fair elections pose systemic risks to markets and...

Higher‑education facilities teams face new pressure to secure resilient power as computing demand and data‑center expansion grow. A practical guide for campus power modernization outlines...

The U.S. Department of Education publicly ratcheted up pressure on colleges and universities, with Under Secretary Nicholas Kent telling campus leaders the agency will hold institutions...

The Department of Education moved to lower barriers for new accreditors while confirming ongoing discussions about selling parts of the federal student‑loan portfolio. Officials issued guidance...

The White House ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI after weeks of tense negotiations with the Defense Department; that directive came as Anthropic’s CEO, Dario Amodei, publicly...

OpenAI reached an agreement with the Pentagon to provide its models for classified use, a deal announced days after Anthropic was told to stop working with federal agencies. OpenAI said the...

A long‑awaited review recommended a major overhaul of the Department of Education’s research arm, calling for quicker, more relevant products and better coordination across centers to accelerate...

Documents and reporting revealed administrative confusion at Texas A&M about what faculty may teach as state political pressure rose, prompting questions about academic freedom and central control...

Teachers and faculty across K‑12 and higher education report uneven adoption of generative AI tools due to a lack of professional development, unclear policies, and institutional hesitancy....

Hyperscalers and technology partners are reshaping campus and regional power deals: Google contracted long‑duration iron‑air batteries to support a Minnesota data‑center complex, touting up to 100...

A Columbia University student’s early‑morning detention by federal immigration agents — an episode in which authorities reportedly entered a campus residence claiming to search for a missing child...

MIT Sloan rose to No. 1 in the Financial Times MBA ranking for the first time, reshaping the competitive narrative among top business programs and signaling shifting priorities in global...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo eliminating Senior Service College fellowship placements at multiple Ivy League and elite institutions, including Harvard, MIT, Yale, Columbia, Brown...

The White House directed federal agencies to cease using Anthropic’s AI products and gave the Pentagon a six‑month phaseout after weeks-long clashes over contract terms and military use limits....

Undersecretary Nicholas Kent used the American Council on Education conference to announce an aggressive federal push to overhaul accreditation, increase civil‑rights investigations of campuses,...

Federal agents detained a Columbia University resident in an early‑morning operation that university officials and lawyers say involved a deceptive entry tactic; campus surveillance captured...