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State probes antisemitism — Massachusetts commissions K‑12 reforms after Concord case
Massachusetts’ Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism released recommendations urging schools to teach more about antisemitism, improve incident reporting, and expand staff training after a...
Schools cancel picture days after Epstein link; vendors and districts scramble
Several U.S. school districts canceled or altered plans for student picture days after social posts linked the photography firm Lifetouch to investors and figures tied to Jeffrey Epstein....
MacKenzie Scott credits a college loan—gives billions, reshaping campus philanthropy
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott recounted that a $1,000 loan from a college roommate helped her stay in school—and she has since funneled billions through Yield Giving to education, DEI and...
AI tools for the rich kids: K‑12 tech gaps risk widening the education divide
An analysis of Chicago Public Schools and national trends warns that AI programming is accelerating fastest in wealthy K‑12 schools, leaving Title I and rural districts behind. Evaluators found...
Anthropic’s CEO sounds a caution: timing of AI returns could bankrupt partners and funders
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told a podcast audience that while he expects transformative AI models soon, the timing of economic returns is uncertain—and spending aggressively on data centers now...
Heritage plan for higher ed: Strip accreditors’ funding power
The Heritage Foundation published a new set of higher-education proposals that would move federal student-aid oversight away from traditional accreditors and toward state authorities and...
States move to censor curricula: Iowa, Kansas target race and gender in college classes
Lawmakers in Iowa and Kansas introduced bills that would restrict how race, gender and sexuality may be taught in certain college courses, part of a broader wave of state-level measures targeting...
Utah lawmaker reverses: Moves to ban open carry on public college campuses
Republican Rep. Walt Brooks introduced HB84 to ban open carry on Utah’s public college campuses after a public reversal from his previous advocacy for looser gun rules. Brooks announced the pivot...
UNC formalizes secret-recording policy: Administrators may record classes without notice
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finalized a policy that allows administrators to authorize classroom recordings without notifying instructors when recordings are used for...
Labouré to close: Curry College to absorb nursing program
Labouré College of Healthcare announced it will cease operations in August after citing persistent financial, enrollment and regulatory challenges. Curry College has agreed—pending approvals—to...
Mistrial at Stanford: Jury deadlocks in case of pro‑Palestinian demonstrators
A federal judge declared a mistrial after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the prosecution of five current and former Stanford students charged in connection with pro‑Palestinian...
AI’s J‑curve... Stanford scholar and macro notes say productivity lift has begun
Stanford’s Erik Brynjolfsson argued in the Financial Times that U.S. productivity saw a sharp uptick in 2025—roughly a 2.7% rise—and that the economy may be moving from heavy AI investment into a...
HBCUs in peril: Professionalized college sports widen resource gap
Administrators at historically Black colleges and universities warned that the professionalization of college athletics—player pay, mega-deals and resource concentration—has intensified financial...
Judge orders return: College freshman deported in error must be facilitated back
A federal judge ordered U.S. authorities to facilitate the return of Any Lucia López Belloza, a college freshman who prosecutors say was mistakenly deported to Honduras. A federal prosecutor had...
Measles on campus: Ave Maria University reports outbreak
Ave Maria University in Florida reported a measles outbreak that has sickened more than 40 people, triggering public-health alerts and isolation protocols on campus. University health officials...
Pell grants risk $11.5B shortfall — CBO says
The Congressional Budget Office projects a $11.5 billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program if Congress does not appropriate additional funds by Sept. 30, risking cuts to awards or tightened...
Conservative push reshapes higher ed: accreditors and course rules targeted
The Heritage Foundation has laid out an aggressive plan to alter higher‑education governance in 2026, including proposals to decouple federal student aid from traditional accreditors and shift...
DOJ sues Harvard: accuses university of stonewalling admissions probe
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit demanding Harvard produce documents in its civil‑rights review of the university’s admissions practices, accusing the institution of slow‑walking and...
Students march anyway: Texas campuses defy Abbott on ICE enforcement
Dozens of students staged walkouts and protests over immigration enforcement in Texas even after the state’s governor warned against such actions, underscoring a widening standoff between...
Campus authority expands — recordings and tenure rollbacks gain ground
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finalized a policy permitting administrators to record classes without prior notice in certain investigations, following secret recordings in a...