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As large language models become classroom tools, some writing and English faculty are adapting pedagogy to reduce anxiety and preserve learning outcomes. Instructors are experimenting with...

A CDW Artificial Intelligence Research Report finds higher-education staff expect AI and collaboration tools to cut workloads, streamline workflows and speed innovation. Respondents cited...

Hampshire College’s latest audit warns of a material risk to the institution’s survival if it cannot refinance debt. The private Massachusetts college breached bond covenants last June; auditors...

Portland State University agreed to reinstate ten non-tenure-track faculty members after an independent arbitrator ruled the layoffs violated the collective-bargaining agreement. University...

The Education Department is detailing higher-education grant staff to the Labor Department as part of an interagency move to outsource administration of several postsecondary programs. ED says...

New data from the National Student Clearinghouse shows a decade-high level of new undergraduate enrollments concentrated in community colleges and certificate programs. Overall undergraduate...

The Department of Education and federal stakeholders reached consensus on a new earnings-based metric that could strip postsecondary programs of Federal Direct Loan eligibility. Under the proposed...

The Education Department will detail higher‑education program staff to the Labor Department so Labor can administer several postsecondary grant programs. The interagency agreement transfers...

Hampshire College’s latest audit warns the small liberal‑arts institution faces repeated covenant breaches and a possible closure if it cannot refinance short‑term debt. Auditors noted the college...

Portland State University has agreed to reinstate 10 non‑tenure‑track faculty members after an independent arbitrator found administrators violated the campus’ collective‑bargaining agreement....

Two separate episodes are testing academic norms and institutional governance: a tenure lawsuit at Harvard Business School and a wave of faculty sanctions tied to comments after Charlie Kirk’s...

State political actors are directly reshaping university leadership decisions. Sources say Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis personally offered Princeton professor Robert P. George the University of...

New enrollment gains in fall were driven almost entirely by community colleges, associate programs and credential certificates, the National Student Clearinghouse reported. Over 16 million...

Colleges are moving past a binary debate over generative AI: some faculty ban chatbots outright while others are designing curricula that use AI as a co‑teacher or learning aid. Writing and...

The Education Department paused plans to resume Treasury Offset Program seizures and wage garnishments for borrowers in default, extending a de‑facto moratorium on some forced collections. The...

Federal school mental‑health programs faced abrupt cancellations on Jan. 13 when SAMHSA notified grantees that up to $2 billion in awards—including Project AWARE—were terminated. After bipartisan...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis personally offered Princeton professor Robert P. George the presidency of the University of Florida; George declined and recommended Columbia’s Donald Landry, who later...

The University of Arkansas rescinded a contract to hire Emily Suski as law school dean after Republican state lawmakers objected to her signing an amicus brief supporting transgender athletes....

Benjamin Edelman, a former Harvard Business School professor denied tenure despite strong scholarship and teaching credentials, has sued HBS claiming the school breached its duty of good faith and...

As Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger assumed office, several University of Virginia board members were asked to resign amid months of campus upheaval. The change in state leadership appears to...