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CCA winds down — Vanderbilt to take San Francisco arts campus
California College of the Arts announced it will close after the 2026–27 academic year amid unsustainable finances and enrollment declines; Vanderbilt University agreed to acquire the San...
Faculty governance vs. state oversight — layoffs, reinstatements and reporting portals
Portland State University reversed course to comply with an arbitrator’s order and reinstate 10 nontenure‑track faculty laid off last June after a union challenge found procedural violations; the...
Presidential pay and sudden leadership change — high salaries, abrupt exits
The University of Michigan’s incoming president could receive compensation packages that approach $3 million a year, according to contract details that include base pay, performance awards and...
Federal policy and minority‑serving institutions: DOJ report, accountability rules
A Department of Justice legal report has amplified advocates’ concerns about new risks to funding for minority‑serving institutions after the Education Department recently cut competitive grant...
AI in classrooms: cognitive risk claims and federal regulatory gap
A Brookings Institution 'premortem' on generative AI warns of cognitive harms for students—labeling widespread AI use as a potential cause of reasoning atrophy and relational erosion—and prompted...
Campus civic life under strain: voting centers axed, MLK dinner canceled
State and local decisions are reshaping campus civic access and cultural programming. North Carolina’s elections board rejected plans to host early‑voting centers on several university campuses,...
U. of Michigan: New president’s pay could top $3 million
The University of Michigan disclosed a contract that could pay incoming president Kent Syverud up to $3 million a year, making him one of the highest‑paid public university presidents in the U.S....
Portland State reverses layoffs; Morris Brown president removed
Portland State University said it will comply with an arbitrator’s ruling and reinstate 10 nontenure‑track faculty who were laid off last June, reversing its earlier resistance to the decision....
California College of the Arts to close – Vanderbilt buys campus
California College of the Arts announced it will wind down operations after the 2026–27 academic year and transfer its San Francisco campus to Vanderbilt University. CCA’s leaders said the...
Kean–NJCU merger gains state OK; Oregon board proposes program audits
New Jersey regulators cleared a planned merger that will fold New Jersey City University into Kean University, creating a metropolitan campus model and setting a July 1 target for completion...
Education Dept opens 18 Title IX probes — Supreme Court weighs trans‑athlete bans
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights opened 18 Title IX investigations into K‑12 systems and colleges with policies allowing transgender students to compete on teams aligned...
Senate moves to protect research budgets — NSF, NIH funding restored above request
Senate appropriators advanced fiscal‑2026 spending bills that largely rejected the White House’s proposed cuts to scientific research, proposing roughly $188.3 billion for science — some $33...
Department of Education plan would apply earnings test broadly — accreditors face shake‑up
Negotiators on the Department of Education’s AHEAD Committee reached consensus on a regulatory package that would require an earnings‑based accountability test across all Title IV‑eligible...
Campus AI: usage outpaces strategy — Fuqua pilots classroom analytics
New data shows widespread AI use across university workforces but a worrying lack of institutional guidance: many faculty and staff are using generative tools without clear policies, leaving...
Deportations and visa revocations spook international enrollments
A federal court case and subsequent deportation drew attention after a Babson College freshman was removed from the U.S. despite a temporary judicial order; government lawyers apologized in court...
Accreditation, DEI and governance collide—Texas drops ABA requirement; Hopkins trims programs
Texas ended its longtime requirement that aspiring lawyers graduate from an American Bar Association‑accredited law school, a politically driven change tied to opposition to DEI standards and to...
Education Dept. earnings test: Title IV aid could vanish for low‑paying programs
Negotiators on the Department of Education’s AHEAD committee reached consensus on a regulatory package that would apply an earnings test to every Title IV‑eligible program. Under the proposal,...
Senate resists White House cuts — boosts science funding in spending bills
Senate appropriators advanced fiscal‑2026 spending packages that would largely reject the Trump administration’s proposed research cuts and allocate about $188.3 billion to scientific research —...
Texas drops ABA mandate — law‑school accreditation faces political shock
Texas ended its requirement that aspiring lawyers graduate from an American Bar Association‑accredited law school, a policy move tied to state political opposition to diversity, equity and...
California College of the Arts to close — Vanderbilt buying its San Francisco campus
California College of the Arts announced it will close by the end of the 2026–27 academic year after sustained enrollment declines and a budget gap the institution judged unsustainable. In a...