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Columbia pivots MBA to AI: Poets&Quants names program of the year
Columbia Business School was named Poets&Quants’ MBA Program of the Year for its aggressive integration of artificial intelligence into pedagogy, a voice-powered learning platform (CAiSEY) and a...
First-gen share slips: colleges must scale emergency aid
A Pell Institute brief found the share of first-generation students in U.S. degree-granting institutions fell 13% from 1996 to 2020 even as overall bachelor’s attainment rose—signalling that while...
Labor takes over $1.4B grants — rollout snarled by tech failures and secrecy
The Education Department’s experiment to shift administration of federal career, technical and adult-education grants to the Labor Department has hit operational turbulence. Politico and Reuters...
Moody’s flags higher-education outlook as negative — ratings pressure ahead
Moody’s Investors Service projected a negative outlook for the higher-education sector, citing a mix of federal policy risks, rising operating costs and the loss of grant funding. The credit...
Florida system to cut 18 programs — productivity review targets low‑enrolment degrees
The State University System of Florida plans to eliminate at least 18 academic programs and suspend eight more after a systemwide productivity review identified 214 underperforming programs,...
HEC Paris: €300m campaign and MBA overhaul — campus rebuild and AI focus
HEC Paris unveiled a sweeping five-year strategy centered on social engagement and impact, anchored by a €300 million fundraising goal that will fund a campus rebuild and new programs through...
NAFSA survey: Many U.S. campuses report falling international enrollment
A new report from NAFSA, Oxford Test of English and Studyportals found that nearly half of surveyed U.S. institutions saw declines in undergraduate international enrollment this year and 63%...
New federal loan caps risk shrinking physician and nurse pipelines
A technical but consequential change to federal student-loan policy will end open-ended Grad PLUS lending next July and cap graduate borrowers—including medical students—at $50,000 per year and...
EEOC subpoenas Penn — university resists handing over Jewish faculty and student lists
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal court to compel the University of Pennsylvania to comply with a subpoena in its probe of alleged antisemitic discrimination, while...
Academic‑freedom fights escalate in Texas — mixed rulings on faculty dismissals
Two high‑profile faculty‑dismissal cases in Texas produced contrasting outcomes this month, underscoring political pressure on campus speech and due process. At Texas A&M, a university committee...
Indiana may block degree proposals that don’t pledge ‘core American values’ — faculty alarmed
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education added a civics‑oriented question to its new degree‑proposal form that asks programs to demonstrate how they 'cultivate civic responsibility and...
First‑gen enrollment falls 13% since 1996 — Pell Institute links drop to rising degree attainment
A Pell Institute brief found the share of first‑generation students at degree‑granting Title IV institutions declined 13% between 1996 and 2020 even as overall U.S. bachelor’s attainment rose 14...
Education Department Outsources Grants — NDAs Stoke Legal Alarm
The U.S. Department of Education this week finalized agreements to move dozens of grant programs to other federal agencies while using nondisclosure agreements in talks, prompting scrutiny from...
Penn subpoena showdown: EEOC seeks court order — campus protests follow
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission asked a federal court to compel the University of Pennsylvania to produce records and witness information in an investigation into alleged...
Texas academic freedom fights: A&M panel slams firing — State board backs another
Two high-profile Texas faculty dismissals have produced divergent institutional outcomes this month, underscoring rising political pressure on academic governance. Texas A&M’s Committee on...
International enrollment dips: Policy and visa changes hit campus bottom lines
A new NAFSA-backed survey found that nearly half of U.S. institutions reported declines in undergraduate international enrollment and 63% reported lower postgraduate enrollment this year....
Florida system trims programs — 18 degrees to be terminated after productivity review
The State University System of Florida announced plans to terminate 18 academic programs and suspend eight more following a productivity review of degree completions over three years. The system...
Moody’s warns: Negative outlook for higher education — policy and funding risks loom
Moody’s Investors Service projected a negative outlook for the higher education sector, citing federal policy risks, rising costs, regulatory changes and lost grant funding as key drivers. The...
Billionaires, philanthropy and power: Mega-donors reshape governance and campus coffers
Billionaires are playing an expanded and visible role in higher education governance and philanthropy under the current administration, affecting presidential turnover, research priorities and...
AI in the classroom: Faculty adapt as campuses wrestle with policy and pedagogy
Colleges and universities continue to grapple with generative AI’s classroom impact as faculty, administrators and legal teams balance pedagogy, integrity and student well‑being. Coverage shows...