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Student visa refusals reached a 35% high last year, with some countries seeing rejection rates above 90% of applications, according to a new report cited in the coverage. The report argues the...

Student visa refusals climbed to a 35% high last year, according to a new report reviewed by Johanna Alonso. In some countries, rejection rates exceeded 90% for student visa applications, raising...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill Wednesday that bars Kansas public colleges from requiring students to take “DEI-CRT” courses, with the Kansas Board of Regents tasked to define the term by...

Iowa State University is planning to cut or merge 23 academic programs after a state-mandated review of low-enrollment offerings. University leaders propose shutting down 10 degree programs—five...

A Texas A&M University philosophy professor who challenged limits on race and gender content in curriculum is resigning after a ban that prevented him from teaching a Plato excerpt in an...

Texas State University administrator Brenda Rodriguez threatened to call police on a fired professor after he joined a campus protest, according to a recording shared with The Chronicle. The...

Anthropic is limiting access to its latest high-capability AI model, Mythos, after cybersecurity experts warned the real risks may already exist beyond the public release. The company says it is...

The U.S. Department of Education is moving forward with draft accreditation regulations that would expand responsibilities for both accrediting organizations and institutions, according to CHEA’s...

A new policy-and-operations critique argues universities are treating AI primarily as an academic integrity issue, while students are already building “AI fluency” for core tasks like learning,...

The renovation backlog for college facilities has reached a new high, according to Gordian’s 2026 annual report. Deferred capital renewal rose to $156 per gross square foot in 2025—an 8%...

Gallup, the Walton Family Foundation, and GSV Ventures report that Gen Z’s negative sentiment toward AI has increased, even as excitement fades. In a survey of more than 1,500 respondents ages 14...

Anthropic’s latest AI model, Mythos, has become a national cybersecurity flashpoint after the company acknowledged it is limiting access rather than releasing broadly, citing defense and harm...

The U.S. Department of Education has advanced new draft accreditation regulations through its Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) negotiated rulemaking process, setting the stage...

Virginia Tech President Tim Sands has stepped down after 12 years, and a senator’s public comments are now intensifying questions about whether the departure was voluntary or tied to board...

Iowa State University is preparing to cut or merge 23 degree programs after a state-mandated review tied to low enrollment thresholds. Provost Jason Keith is advancing proposals that would...

Wisconsin regents defended their decision to fire system President Jay Rothman during a public hearing, describing multiple factors behind the unanimous vote. Board members accused Rothman of not...

Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson resigned after being banned from teaching an excerpt from Plato’s Symposium, tying the restriction to a 2025 Board of Regents policy limiting what...

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation that prohibits public colleges from requiring students to take “DEI-CRT” courses, while directing the Kansas Board of Regents to define the term by the...

Texas State University threatened to call police on a fired professor who joined a campus protest, according to a recording shared with The Chronicle. The university’s stance was that only...

A new Gordian report shows college facilities face mounting deferred capital renewal needs, with the renovation backlog reaching its highest level in years. Deferred capital renewal rose to $156...