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Campus AI and cybersecurity: new models force enterprise risk planning
Anthropic’s Claude Mythos has intensified cybersecurity attention on AI-enabled vulnerability discovery and has prompted high-level engagement with major financial institutions. Reports say...
AI in cybersecurity and higher-ed risk governance
Anthropic is moving to limit access to its latest AI model, Mythos, citing the model’s ability to find and exploit software vulnerabilities. The company is reportedly restricting Mythos to a small...
Federal accreditation rulemaking shifts higher-ed accountability
The U.S. Department of Education is convening negotiated rulemaking sessions in 2026 through its Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) committee, setting out a timeline that would...
Universities face leadership and governance conflict: Wisconsin chancellor firing
Universities of Wisconsin regents moved to fire system President Jay Rothman, voting unanimously after he declined to resign following an ultimatum and a dispute over performance-review...
States tighten control over college free speech and student organizing
Florida’s attorney general ordered Barry University School of Law to allow students to form a Turning Point USA chapter after the school denied a prior request. In a letter, AG James Uthmeier...
Court-ordered delays shape federal race/sex admissions data reporting
A federal court order extended deadlines for dozens of colleges and higher education associations to submit extensive admissions and enrollment data broken down by race and sex to the U.S....
Student mobility and admissions pipelines: student visa refusals peak
A new report says student visa refusals reached a high of 35% last year, with some countries seeing rejection rates above 90% of applications. The analysis argues that the current visa environment...
Enrollment-affordability squeeze: per-student state funding drops for first time since 2012
State and local appropriations increased to $130.7 billion for public higher education in fiscal 2025, but per-student support declined for the first time since 2012 after enrollment growth...
AI use in higher education for civic impact
New America argues that colleges and universities should expand AI use beyond internal operations and academic integrity toward civic problem-solving. The think tank’s reporting spotlights Tulane...
Student success tech and learner support systems: AI-assisted MTSS
A session on MTSS and AI describes how North Kitsap School District is using AI combined with real-time academic, behavioral, and attendance data to strengthen interventions while reducing teacher...
Campus financial distress: Oregon State University Cascades removes chancellor
Oregon State University Cascades removed Chancellor and Dean Sherman Bloomer after information surfaced during an investigation led by the university’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Access,...
Accreditation rulemaking set to reshape federal oversight
The U.S. Department of Education is launching negotiated rulemaking in 2026 on accreditation through its Accreditation, Innovation, and Modernization (AIM) committee, with sessions scheduled April...
State funding per student declines as enrollment grows
State and local funding for public higher education rose overall in fiscal 2025, but per-student support fell for the first time since 2012, according to SHEEO’s annual State Higher Education...
Oregon State Cascades removes chancellor amid investigation
Oregon State University Cascades removed chancellor and dean Sherman Bloomer following information revealed during an investigation prompted by a complaint to the university’s Office of Audit Risk...
System leadership turmoil in Wisconsin puts board governance in focus
The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted to fire system president Jay Rothman after he declined to resign quietly, following a unanimous termination decision made during a private...
Free speech and labor pressure on campus: Ball State settles First Amendment suit
Ball State University president Geoffrey Mearns reached a settlement in a First Amendment lawsuit brought by a former employee fired for a Facebook post reacting to the assassination of activist...
Florida AG orders law school to grant Turning Point USA access
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier ordered Barry University School of Law to allow students to form a Turning Point USA chapter on campus after the school denied a student-led request in...
AI takes hold of higher education infrastructure—and students’ views sour
New survey findings point to a growing Gen Z skepticism about AI’s learning value amid broader campus adoption efforts. Gallup, the Walton Family Foundation, and GSV Ventures reported that anger...
Public colleges face growing tuition and state-aid mismatch pressures
SHEEO’s analysis of FY 2025 highlights how rapidly changing student demand can dilute per-FTE state support, even as enrollment rebounds. State and local government funding for public higher...
AI-enabled student support and MTSS expansion into schools
District leaders are moving from experimentation to operational approaches for using AI within multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS). In a session featuring North Kitsap School District in...