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Business‑school leaders and admissions experts are warning applicants about recurring application errors while offering research‑backed strategies to support student success and avoid burnout....

Employers and hiring platforms are accelerating a shift toward skills‑based recruitment: Coursera and other industry leaders argue microcredentials will shape 2026 hiring, while research shows...

OpenAI’s public hiring for a $555,000 “head of preparedness” signals major AI developers are staffing up for safety, resilience and reputational risk — a move Sam Altman framed as necessary amid...

Sam Altman’s public remarks expressing envy for Gen‑Z dropouts who have the ‘mental space’ to build startups crystallize a debate over the value of formal degrees versus direct entrepreneurial...

MacKenzie Scott has poured large, unrestricted gifts into historically Black colleges and universities, and campus leaders report the money is changing hiring and program priorities. Scott donated...

State political control and campus policy shifts are remaking parts of higher education. Florida’s governor moved to overhaul New College of Florida, replacing faculty priorities and academic...

Business‑school admissions officers warn that avoidable application errors are costing qualified candidates seats in top MBA classes. Former admissions directors detail seven recurring mistakes —...

Employers are increasingly shifting from résumé‑driven recruitment to skills‑based assessments and microcredentials, forcing higher education and career centers to adapt. Coursera’s CEO and...

Tech leaders and researchers signaled sharply different but related implications for students and careers as AI advances. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he is ‘‘envious’’ of today’s Gen Z dropouts for...

New labor‑market data is reshaping student and career‑center advice: a list of 15 high‑paying jobs that do not require four‑year degrees highlights well‑paid blue‑collar and technical roles — from...

Babson College named Dr. Errol Norwitz as executive director of its Kerry Murphy Healey Center, signaling a strategic push to apply entrepreneurship to health‑care problems. Norwitz, a...

Tech billionaires including Peter Thiel and Larry Page are reportedly preparing to leave California should a proposed one‑time wealth tax qualify for the ballot, a move that could reshape local...

Snowflake’s CEO predicted a shift in the AI ecosystem in 2026 that will matter for university research, IT procurement and curriculum: he expects Big Tech’s model dominance to loosen, wider access...

Scholars argue the long‑declared ‘crisis of the humanities’ has shifted form but not disappeared: while enrollments and program structures have changed, the sector now faces coordinated political...

Harvard implemented a new set of policies and administrative actions described in recent reporting as ushering in an “anti‑woke” era on campus. Students and faculty have reported tightened speech...

Scholars Eric Hayot and Matt Seybold argued that the long‑mused “crisis of the humanities” has ended — but the discipline has been fundamentally reshaped by political pressure and technological...

New College of Florida underwent a high‑profile political transformation after state intervention replaced faculty and altered curriculum. The overhaul removed gender‑studies offerings, inserted a...

Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott credited author Toni Morrison with mentoring her early writing and said that relationship informed her giving strategy as she directed substantial unrestricted funds...

Termez State University announced expanded partnerships with more than 100 institutions worldwide and has signed joint‑degree arrangements with universities such as Jiangsu University (China),...

The Environmental Protection Agency cut a grant supporting Marina Vance’s research on wildfire‑smoke mitigation for homeowners, telling the investigator the project was “no longer consistent” with...