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International Students: Fear, SEVIS Battles and the Return to Research
A Stop AAPI Hate survey and campus reports show international students experiencing heightened fear, diminished belonging and legal uncertainty under current immigration enforcement patterns. A...
AI on Campus: From Agents to Faculty Guidance — Practical Adoption Begins
Colleges are piloting AI agents to automate administrative tasks and student services while faculty groups publish classroom guides on integrating generative AI. New pieces outline how autonomous...
Elite colleges shift tactics: economic diversity becomes top goal after affirmative action
In the wake of court rulings restricting race‑conscious admissions, many selective colleges have moved to prioritizing economic diversity, and several report record enrollments of low‑income and...
Education Department opens accreditation overhaul: 45-day public comment
The U.S. Department of Education asked the public to weigh in on a proposed overhaul of the federal accreditation handbook, releasing a 45-day request for information that seeks to cut what...
Pell Grant expansion creates a fiscal hole – analysts warn
A new analysis says the Pell Grant program could face a structural shortfall of $6 billion to $11 billion annually over the next decade after Congress expanded eligibility to short-term workforce...
FAFSA adds earnings flag: students will see low-outcome warnings
Federal Student Aid rolled out an earnings indicator in the FAFSA Submission Summary that will flag institutions where median graduate earnings fall below the typical high-school graduate, the...
International-student slump... $1 billion hit as fear keeps enrollments falling
U.S. colleges saw a 17% drop in new international student enrollment this year — the steepest decline outside the pandemic era — costing nearly $1 billion in local economic activity, according to...
Court delays Youngkin’s board picks – incoming governor to appoint trustees
A court set a 2026 trial in the dispute over Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin’s university board appointments, effectively blocking his contested slate and handing the seat-filling power to...
Shooting at Kentucky State... campus locked down after student killed
A fatal shooting at Kentucky State University left one student dead and another critically injured, authorities said; the suspected shooter — who is not a student — was arrested after the campus...
Small private college pauses operations: trustees cite financial and enrollment crisis
Martin University announced it will "pause operations" at the semester’s end, the private Indianapolis institution said, blaming steep enrollment declines and severe financial constraints. The...
Campus speech and discrimination collide: Berkeley suspension and Columbia claims process
Two high-profile moves this week highlighted campuses under political and legal pressure: the University of California, Berkeley suspended an electrical engineering lecturer without pay for...
Employers still back higher ed — but want hands-on, AI-ready graduates
A new AAC&U/Morning Consult poll found 70% of employers express high confidence in higher education and 73% say a college degree is worth it — results that contrast with broader public skepticism....
AI agents in higher ed... campuses pilot autonomous helpers and faculty guides
Colleges are piloting autonomous AI agents for student services and administrative tasks as vendors and campus labs push beyond chatbots, reporting early gains in workflow automation and student...
Justice Dept. ends disparate-impact probes: Title VI rules rewritten
The Justice Department announced it will stop investigating claims of systemic racism or sexism under a disparate-impact framework for Title VI enforcement, eliminating a decades-old method for...
Trump administration moves to end SAVE: borrowers face abrupt shift
The Education Department reached an agreement to formally end the Biden-era SAVE repayment policy, moving nearly eight million borrowers toward established “legal repayment plans” and denying...
Pell Grant funding gap widens: analysts project $6B–$11B annual shortfall
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget reported the Pell Grant program could run a $6 billion to $11 billion annual shortfall over the next decade, driven in part by a recent congressional...
International enrollment slump... $1B hit to US college towns
New international-student data show a 17% drop in new enrollments this academic year — the largest non-pandemic decline in over a decade — and an analysis pegged the hit to local U.S. economies at...
EEOC opens Columbia claims process: $21M settlement moves to payouts
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opened a claims portal for current and former Columbia University employees after a July settlement that created a $21 million fund for those who say...
Guilford comes off probation: accreditors cite balanced budgets and cuts
Guilford College announced that the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges removed the institution from probation after trustees and administrators presented evidence...
Martin University to pause operations: trustees cite financial collapse
Martin University, a private predominantly Black institution in Indianapolis, said it will “pause operations” at the end of the semester amid severe financial and enrollment challenges. Trustees...