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Moody’s warns: Negative outlook for higher education — policy and funding risks loom
Moody’s Investors Service projected a negative outlook for the higher education sector, citing federal policy risks, rising costs, regulatory changes and lost grant funding as key drivers. The...
Billionaires, philanthropy and power: Mega-donors reshape governance and campus coffers
Billionaires are playing an expanded and visible role in higher education governance and philanthropy under the current administration, affecting presidential turnover, research priorities and...
AI in the classroom: Faculty adapt as campuses wrestle with policy and pedagogy
Colleges and universities continue to grapple with generative AI’s classroom impact as faculty, administrators and legal teams balance pedagogy, integrity and student well‑being. Coverage shows...
Fei‑Fei Li’s arc: From student immigrant to global AI adviser and startup leader
Fei‑Fei Li, a leading computer scientist, is cited as an influential voice advising governments and running a major AI startup, illustrating the close ties between academic research leaders and...
Student doxxing suit: Columbia graduate sues for government records on Canary Mission ties
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate and detained student‑protester, sued the federal government seeking records about its use of doxxing sites such as Canary Mission to identify pro‑Palestinian...
Education Department overhaul: States cry foul — Warren demands probe
The Trump administration moved large swaths of the U.S. Department of Education’s programs into other federal agencies, prompting state education chiefs to warn of increased bureaucracy and...
Florida trims degrees: State system to terminate 18 programs after productivity review
The State University System of Florida will terminate at least 18 degree programs and suspend eight more after a systemwide productivity review identified 214 underperforming programs, officials...
Tribal colleges and consultation: Tribes say ED broke the law — private philanthropy steps in
Tribal leaders and Native-education advocates say the Education Department violated statutory obligations by not consulting tribes before shifting Native American education programs to other...
Academic freedom under strain: Tenure disputes and campus legal fights mount
Governance disputes intensified this month as Texas State University’s board upheld the firing of a tenured history professor whose conference remarks drew administrative ire, signaling tighter...
Doxing and campus politics: Student sues for gov’t records — alumni and students mobilize
A Columbia graduate who was detained by ICE after campus protests sued the Trump administration for records about its use of doxxing sites such as Canary Mission, alleging federal collusion in...
AI on campus: Colleges juggle academic policy and students’ changing work paths
Colleges are still wrestling with how to integrate generative AI into teaching, assessment and academic policy three years after ChatGPT’s debut, prompting institutions to pilot rules and revise...
Billionaires, donors and governance: Large gifts reshape campuses and influence policy
MacKenzie Scott’s $17 million donation to Northern Oklahoma College arrived amid an expanding wave of billionaire gifts that are reshaping higher education funding models and governance....
Research leadership: AI pioneer and social‑impact dean step into campus influence
Fei‑Fei Li, a central figure in computer vision research, told Bloomberg she rose from immigrant beginnings to become a pivotal voice in AI, emphasizing resilience and interdisciplinary approaches...
Transfer perceptions: Study finds professor identity shapes views of transfer students
A new study of more than 3,000 faculty at CUNY two‑ and four‑year institutions finds that professors’ identities influence how they perceive transfer students’ outcomes and readiness. The research...
Civic education boom and ideological shift: New programs multiply as campus debate deepens
Universities are opening schools and centers focused on civic and classical education — from ASU’s School of Civic and Economic Thought to new centers at NYU and Yale — and enrollment in civic...
Education Department split — states warn of added bureaucracy
The Education Department announced a plan to move dozens of grant programs and responsibilities to other federal agencies, prompting state officials to warn of duplication, confusion and...
Tribes say consultation skipped — legal and funding risks mount
Tribal leaders argue the Education Department violated federal law by failing to consult with tribes before announcing the transfer of Native American education programs to other agencies....
Board showdown — tenure firing upheld amid wider higher‑ed turmoil
Campus governance and academic freedom disputes accelerated this week as the Texas State University Board of Regents upheld the firing and tenure revocation of a tenured professor over remarks at...
HBCU leadership crisis — lawsuits and donor politics collide
A lawsuit by a former professor at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore alleging racial discrimination has metastasized into a wider leadership controversy after public accusations that the...
Esade hires impact scholar — business schools chase brand and experience
Esade Business School named Lisa Hehenberger, a social-impact scholar and founder of Esade's Center for Social Impact, as its next dean, signaling a continued tilt toward sustainability and...