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Yale SOM's Class of 2025 shows hiring strain — offers fall while compensation stabilizes
Yale School of Management’s Class of 2025 reported a drop in three‑month offer and acceptance rates: 82.1% had offers (down from 84.8% in 2024) and acceptances fell to 79.9%. The slowdown mirrors...
Graduate borrowing limits bite — nursing fights to be labeled 'professional' as programs brace
Graduate programs face a tightened financing landscape as new Education Department rules cap borrowing for many master's and doctoral students. Institutions are scrambling to advise students,...
Colleges pivot to mergers and partnerships: consolidation becomes a survival play
Higher education is entering a new era of mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships as institutions confront steep enrollment declines, rising operating costs, and heightened federal...
Brown University... Gunfire Triggers 12‑Hour Lockdown
A classroom shooting at Brown University left two students dead and nine others wounded and forced a campuswide shelter‑in‑place that lasted roughly 12 hours. Providence police and university...
Education Department Pulls the Plug – Community‑Schools Grants Halted
The U.S. Department of Education abruptly cut off tens of millions in ongoing funding for Full‑Service Community Schools grants, notifying a subset of active five‑year projects that their awards...
Education Dept Signals Push on Accreditors: Overhaul Ahead?
The Education Department has publicly flagged accreditors as a priority for reform, signaling interest in tighter oversight of the higher‑education quality‑assurance system the administration...
Commerce Threatens Harvard’s Patent Rights — Bayh‑Dole Review Looms
The U.S. Department of Commerce opened a formal review of Harvard University’s federally funded patents, warning the university it may exercise rare 'march‑in' powers under the Bayh‑Dole Act....
Education Dept Recognizes Grand Canyon University as Nonprofit
The U.S. Department of Education has designated Grand Canyon University (GCU) as a nonprofit institution, ending a multiyear dispute about the university’s status that began in 2019. The change...
Graduate borrowing rules tighten: Nursing omitted, lawmakers push back
New federal proposals to cap graduate borrowing and restrict Grad PLUS loans are prompting universities and lawmakers to scramble for solutions. The Education Department’s draft framework would...
Colleges Embrace Mergers—Partnerships Rise as Enrollment Falls
Facing steep enrollment declines, rising costs and tighter federal oversight, colleges and university systems are increasingly considering mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships....
Campuses Settle Antisemitism Claims — Curriculum and Governance in Flux
Pomona College reached a settlement resolving an Education Department Office for Civil Rights complaint tied to pro‑Palestinian protests, promising new protections and training to address alleged...
MacKenzie Scott Donates Record Gifts to Community Colleges
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced another round of large, unrestricted gifts to community and regional colleges, including $24 million to Robeson Community College and multimillion‑dollar...
Boards Tackle AI: Use Widespread, Pilots Few
A new AGB OnBoard survey finds trustees and governance professionals are curious about AI but cautious in practice: 86% of institutions reported some AI use, yet only about 5% of governing boards...
Brown detains person of interest — exams canceled
Police detained a person of interest in connection with a classroom shooting at Brown University that killed two students and wounded nine others, and university leaders canceled classes and exams...
Harvard, Yale tighten security — campus access and camera gaps scrutinized
After the Brown University attack, elite institutions including Harvard and Yale announced stepped-up security, and colleges nationwide ordered reviews of campus access and emergency protocols....
Grad programs brace for new loan caps — Congress presses to add nursing
Universities are scrambling after Education Department proposals and congressional pressure that would sharply change graduate borrowing limits. New rules would cap borrowing for programs not...
Commerce opens review of Harvard patents — Bayh‑Dole march‑in threat resurfaces
The U.S. Commerce Department initiated a comprehensive review of Harvard University’s federally funded patents, accusing the university of failing to meet obligations under the Bayh-Dole Act and...
Colleges pursue mergers and partnerships — consolidation shifts from taboo to strategy
Faced with a decade-long undergraduate enrollment decline and rising operating costs, colleges and university systems are increasingly pursuing mergers, acquisitions and strategic partnerships....
MacKenzie Scott’s gifts land at community colleges — millions target rural and tribal campuses
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced multimillion-dollar unrestricted gifts to multiple two-year and tribal colleges, marking some of the largest single donations in these institutions’...
DeSantis proposes radical New College expansion — USF Sarasota site on the table
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis proposed transferring the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus to New College of Florida as part of his 2026–27 budget plan, a move intended to...