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University of Nottingham to cut 48 degrees — languages and music targeted
The University of Nottingham’s governing council is considering proposals to close up to 48 degree programs, including modern foreign languages and music, citing weakened revenues and rising...
National University launches dissertation pathway — targets ABD finishers
National University in San Diego launched a Dissertation Completion Pathway aimed at helping doctoral candidates who are stuck at the ABD (all but dissertation) stage finish their degrees. The...
Education Department reshuffle: Labor inherits K‑12 grants
The Trump administration announced interagency agreements that transfer major Education Department functions to Labor, HHS, Interior and State, formalizing a long‑running effort to downsize the...
Title VI on steroids: Board members briefed on surge in OCR probes
Federal civil‑rights scrutiny is rising and institutions should brace for enforcement under Title VI and related authorities. AGB aired guidance for trustees from a former OCR attorney on what to...
AAUP warns: legislatures eroding faculty governance
The American Association of University Professors issued a report defending shared governance after recent state laws curtailed faculty senates’ authority in Indiana, Ohio and Utah and similar...
Harvard launches review: Summers‑Epstein emails under scrutiny
Harvard University opened a new review after lawmakers released correspondence showing communications between Jeffrey Epstein and former Harvard president Lawrence Summers. The university said it...
Democrats to Ed Sec: halt talks to sell federal student loans
More than 40 Democratic lawmakers demanded that the Education and Treasury departments abandon reported talks to sell a portion of the federal student‑loan portfolio to private investors. In a...
Community colleges under pressure: federal fights threaten workforce pipelines
Policy shifts at the federal level are creating headwinds for community colleges that serve as regional workforce engines. Reporting shows the Trump administration’s battles with higher education...
Enrollment shift: adult learners surge, traditional pipeline shrinks
New data show two enrollment shifts reshaping higher education: an increase in adult learners and a shrinking pool of traditionally aged applicants. State and institutional analysis indicates...
MacKenzie Scott drops $700M on HBCUs — unrestricted gifts roll out
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced a fresh round of gifts that push her recent HBCU giving past $700 million. The donations—unrestricted in many cases—went to multiple historically Black...
Tsinghua surges: patents and citations reshape the global AI map
Chinese universities are closing the gap with U.S. institutions in AI research and patents. Analysis shows Tsinghua University now produces more of the world’s most‑cited AI papers and has filed...
NIH cuts cancel 383 trials — universities left in limbo
A JAMA Internal Medicine analysis found that 383 NIH‑funded clinical trials were disrupted after grant cancellations tied to federal funding cuts—affecting tens of thousands of participants and...
Education Department broken up: interagency deals shift K‑12 and college programs
The U.S. Department of Education announced a package of interagency agreements that will move major K‑12 and postsecondary program management to other federal agencies. The department signed deals...
Lawmakers push back on plan to sell federal student loans: legal, borrower protections at stake
More than 40 Democratic lawmakers demanded the Biden administration — and now the Trump administration’s reported advisors — halt discussions about selling parts of the federal student‑loan...
Cuts ripple through research: NIH grant cancellations disrupt hundreds of clinical trials
An analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that cuts to NIH grant funding this year led to cancellations affecting more than 380 clinical trials and tens of thousands of participants....
Judge blocks federal freeze on UC grants — court finds administration overreach
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from withholding research funding from the University of California system amid civil‑rights investigations....
Epstein documents roil academe — emails link donors to researchers; Summers steps back
Newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s archive show correspondence between the financier and prominent researchers seeking funding and advice, sparking scrutiny of university ties. The trove...
MacKenzie Scott pours $700M into HBCUs — large unrestricted gifts land at multiple campuses
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced another round of major unrestricted gifts to historically Black colleges and universities, bringing recent HBCU donations to roughly $700 million. The...
Special‑education services imperiled as Education Department shrinks — advocates alarmed
Advocates warn that proposals to dismantle large portions of the U.S. Department of Education could jeopardize special‑education services that 7.5 million students rely on. Groups such as the...
AI in the classroom: cocreated integrity rules and AI‑driven differentiated instruction
Higher‑education practitioners are designing agile, equity‑minded academic‑integrity guidelines for generative AI through co‑creation with faculty, students and staff to avoid punitive,...