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Leadership churn and collaboration: HBCUs and small private presidents act
HBCU leaders and governance experts are re‑examining presidential turnover after high‑profile leadership crises, with sector stakeholders convening to craft retention and succession solutions...
Immigration enforcement ripples onto campuses — anxiety, partnerships and policy
Heightened federal immigration enforcement continues to reverberate through campus communities. Augsburg University’s president described a palpable sense of danger and anxiety on campus after...
Education Dept. to rewrite accreditation rules — new recognition push underway
The U.S. Department of Education has signaled a major regulatory overhaul of the nation’s accreditation system, moving from targeted enforcement to broad rule changes that would ease entry for new...
Florida and Texas push H‑1B hiring freezes — universities face hiring disruption
Two state-level moves this week put new limits on hiring foreign nationals at public universities. Florida’s Board of Governors advanced a proposal to pause new H‑1B hires at state institutions...
Education Dept.: San José State violated Title IX — trans athlete case escalates
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights concluded San José State University violated Title IX by allowing a transgender woman to compete on the women’s volleyball team and by...
Universities worked with ICE — Florida partnerships worry students and staff
Reporting and university records show rare formal partnerships between immigration enforcement and several Florida higher‑education institutions, a practice that has heightened anxiety among...
Texas A&M curtails women’s studies — hundreds of courses overhauled
Texas A&M University announced it will end its Women’s Studies program and has revised hundreds of courses covering race and gender after new campus policies restricting how those subjects are...
College Board moves into career education — acquisitions and partnerships accelerate
The College Board announced acquisitions and partnerships to expand career‑connected learning and work‑based programs, including the purchase of District C’s Teamship platform and a partnership...
Community colleges positioned as America’s AI talent engine
A National Science Foundation‑backed National Applied AI Consortium places community colleges at the center of federal workforce strategy for AI, awarding $2.8 million to build applied training...
The worst AI strategy in higher ed is no strategy at all — Purdue sets an early template
Higher‑education leaders are under pressure to move beyond piecemeal AI policies; Purdue University released a campuswide strategy to make students ‘‘AI competent’’ by graduation and integrate...
HBCU leaders convene to tackle president turnover and governance churn
Historically Black colleges and universities are convening experts and leaders to confront high rates of presidential turnover and board conflict after recent governance crises at institutions...
Education Dept. Targets Accreditors: Rules Rewrite Poised to Reshape Oversight
The U.S. Department of Education moved this week from rhetoric to rule-making around accreditation, signalling a possible overhaul of how colleges are monitored and who can serve as accreditors....
States Move on H-1B Hiring: Florida and Texas Pause University Visas
Two major U.S. university systems faced sudden policy shifts as Florida and Texas advanced proposals to pause or ban new H-1B hires at public institutions. Florida’s Board of Governors opened a...
Northwestern, Evanston and the Capitol: Lawmakers Probe Campus Protests
Rep. Tim Walberg, chair of the House Education and Workforce Committee, requested a briefing with Evanston’s mayor, Daniel Biss, to press officials on decisions surrounding the April 2024...
EEOC vs. Penn: Court Fight Over Demands for Jewish-Identified Lists
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accused the University of Pennsylvania of obstructing an investigation into allegations of antisemitism by resisting a subpoena for lists of Jewish...
Education Department Rules on Trans Athletes: San José State Found in Violation
The U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights concluded that San José State University violated Title IX by allowing a transgender woman to compete on the women’s volleyball team and by...
Harvard Tenure Case Unsealed: Edelman Challenges Process in Public
Former Harvard Business School faculty member Ben Edelman released video evidence contesting the Faculty Review Board’s use of negative quotes in his denied tenure case, escalating a private...
The Worst AI Strategy? Colleges Divided—Detectors, Policy, and Classroom Practice
Higher education is wrestling with two concurrent AI problems: inconsistent campus policies and the unintended consequences of AI-detection tools. Purdue’s institutional AI strategy—widely...
Community Colleges as AI Talent Hubs: NSF Funds Applied-AI Consortium
The National Science Foundation awarded $2.8 million to launch a National Applied AI Consortium that centers community colleges in America’s AI workforce strategy. The initiative positions...
Tuition Pressure and Debt: Nevada Hikes, Kentucky Sees Fewer Borrowers
Two divergent affordability stories landed this week: Nevada’s governing board approved a 9–12% tuition increase across the state’s public institutions to close a $46.5 million budget shortfall,...