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Arbiters and faculty bodies pushed back this month against administrative personnel moves at two public universities, underscoring rising trusteeship and shared‑governance battles. A faculty panel...

The Justice Department sought employee records and names from the University of Pennsylvania as part of an investigation into alleged antisemitism, prompting sharp backlash on campus and among...

The California State University board named Michael Spagna Sonoma State University’s new president, tasking him with stabilizing the campus after a year of steep enrollment declines and a budget...

Division I members voted to rescind a proposed rule that would have allowed athletes and athletic‑department staff to bet on professional sports, extending a ban across Divisions I, II and III....

Colleges are accelerating immersive learning pilots powered by AI and virtual reality while also preparing for the Department of Justice’s new Title II digital accessibility requirements that take...

The U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping interagency agreements this week that move the administration of dozens of grant and student-support programs to the Departments of Labor,...

Federal and state litigation intensified this week as the Justice Department sued California over in-state tuition benefits for undocumented students while parents and taxpayers in Tennessee filed...

Moody’s issued a negative outlook for higher education in 2026, citing enrollment pressures, rising costs and political headwinds tied to federal policy changes. The ratings firm highlighted...

The California State University board named Michael Spagna as Sonoma State’s permanent president, tasking him with stabilizing finances after deep enrollment declines and a year of program and...

Universities faced fresh faculty-governance tests: a faculty panel unanimously ruled Texas A&M wrong to fire a professor over a gender-identity lesson, and an arbitrator ordered Portland State to...

Universities are grappling with reputational and legal fallout as federal and press scrutiny converge on campus controversies. A federal suit seeking names of some Jewish employees at the...

Universities are moving from pilot to program-scale use of immersive learning: UNC Greensboro deployed an AI- and VR-powered immersive environment in its business school after a $1 million grant,...

Institutions face converging compliance demands: Title II ADA digital-accessibility rules take effect in April 2026, requiring public colleges to meet WCAG 2.1 standards for digital content; at...

New evidence shows short-term, noncredit community college training delivers measurable earnings gains: a study in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis found average annual income rises of...

Universities continue to navigate high‑stakes cases on faculty speech and employment: Harvard economics figure Larry Summers went on leave as the university reopens reviews after disclosures about...

The U.S. Department of Education announced sweeping interagency agreements this week that transfer administration of dozens of K-12 and higher-education programs to Labor, HHS, Interior and State....

The Justice Department filed suit this week challenging California’s decades-old laws that let certain undocumented students pay in-state tuition and access state scholarships. The DOJ argues the...

An independent arbitrator has ruled that Portland State University violated its collective-bargaining agreement by failing to involve faculty in budget-cut decisions, ordering reinstatement and...

California State Trustees named Michael Spagna as Sonoma State University’s new president effective Jan. 20 to stabilize the campus after a turbulent year of budget cuts, enrollment declines and...

Saint Augustine’s University, a financially strained HBCU in North Carolina, told the Education Department it is willing to “participate in and help shape” the administration’s proposed Compact...