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Tenure and workplace law: court rulings, dropped bills reshape faculty protections
A federal court rejected claims that a Drexel University executive faced race‑ or sex‑based discrimination when a subordinate resisted supervision, backing the university’s finding that the...
AI’s academic risk: learning erosion and assessment disruption
Two commentary pieces from sector outlets warned that AI use in higher education is reshaping learning in ways that merit urgent scrutiny. One argued the greatest risk is not cheating but an...
International enrollments strain and pivot — Purdue claims rejections as students shift abroad
Purdue University faces allegations from students and faculty that dozens of offers to applicants from China and other countries were rescinded following warnings from legislators; the university...
Campus finances under strain — deficits and governance fights over gifts
The University of North Texas warned of a structural $45 million budget shortfall driven by a $32 million drop in state funding and steeper than expected declines in international graduate...
Leadership shakeups and Epstein scrutiny collide at campus presidencies
A higher‑education hiring brief cataloged several presidential transitions, retirements and an unusual closure‑oversight appointment; among them, Frostburg State named Shadow JQ Robinson as its...
Trump administration drops $1.2B UC appeal — research funding dispute eases
The U.S. Department of Justice withdrew its appeal seeking as much as $1.2 billion from the University of California system and challenging a federal judge’s injunction that blocked mass grant...
Ed Dept. to strip race criteria from McNair grant — rule change clears lawsuit
The U.S. Department of Education moved to eliminate race‑based eligibility for the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program and will replace it with racially neutral criteria through...
UT regents adopt controversial limits on classroom speech — faculty alarmed
The University of Texas System board of regents voted unanimously to adopt new restrictions on instruction of material labeled “controversial” or “contested,” requiring faculty to disclose...
Top Ed official plots accreditation overhaul — outcomes and competition in focus
Nicholas Kent, the Education Department’s under secretary for higher education, outlined plans to overhaul U.S. accreditation with an emphasis on student outcomes, lower costs and more competition...
Colleges cut PhD Project ties as DEI fight intensifies — NADOHE urges clarity
Thirty‑one colleges voted to end partnerships with the PhD Project after pressure tied to recent federal and state efforts targeting race‑based programming on campuses. The resolutions reflect a...
Bard opens probe of president’s Epstein ties — documents raise new questions
Bard College initiated a review of President Leon Botstein’s reported contacts with Jeffrey Epstein after Justice Department documents disclosed a closer relationship than previously known. The...
AI is exposing assessment limits — ETS rolls out teacher AI fluency test
Experts and education leaders warned that current assessment systems risk being undermined by generative AI even as new tools promise new evaluation methods. A Chronicle opinion argued that AI is...
Enrollment shifts reshape campuses — Trinity sees U.S. surge, UNT counts a $45M shortfall
Trinity Business School in Dublin reported a 25% increase in applications from U.S. students as political headwinds and shifting perceptions of American higher education push some applicants...
CHEA recognizes CIEES — first Latin American accreditor gains U.S. seal
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) formally recognized Mexico’s Interinstitutional Committees for the Evaluation of Higher Education (CIEES), marking the first time a Latin...
Tenure fight and campus lawsuits flare — Tennessee bill dropped, UBC professors sue
A Tennessee lawmaker withdrew a bill to abolish tenure at public universities after public hearings and research led him to reconsider the historical rationale for faculty protections; he said...
UT regents impose teaching limits – policy approved without debate
The University of Texas System’s Board of Regents voted unanimously to adopt a new policy restricting instruction on “controversial” or “contested” matters across the system’s 13 institutions....
Education Department strips race criteria from McNair – lawsuit withdrawn
The U.S. Department of Education has announced plans to remove race-based eligibility from the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program and will revise the program’s regulations via...
Tennessee chair withdraws tenure repeal bill…after a history lesson
Justin Lafferty, chair of Tennessee’s House Higher Education Subcommittee, withdrew a bill that would have eliminated tenure at public universities after saying his research into the institution’s...
NADOHE leader signals defensive DEI strategy: 'We’re still in this fight'
Emelyn dela Peña, the new president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, told The Chronicle she will push for clearer, legally defensible DEI goals as colleges...
CHEA recognizes Mexican accreditor CIEES — first Latin American win
The Council for Higher Education Accreditation granted recognition to Mexico’s Comités Interinstitucionales para la Evaluación de la Educación Superior (CIEES), marking the first CHEA endorsement...