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Boards, foundations and stewardship: governance moves from oversight to impact
A new Association of Governing Boards report details how trustees at four public institutions are advancing student success through strategic board engagement—making student outcomes central to...
International and adult enrollment shift: Open Doors shows steep drop in new foreign students
The Open Doors fall snapshot shows a 17% decline in new international student enrollment this year, driven largely by fewer incoming graduate students and visa delays, the Institute of...
Education Department break-up: Programs shifted to Labor, HHS
The U.S. Department of Education announced interagency agreements that move management of major K–12 and postsecondary programs to other federal agencies, signaling a near-term functional...
Research funding crunch: NIH cuts and global R&D rivalry
Federal research funding is under stress on two fronts: domestic cancellations and international competition. A JAMA Internal Medicine analysis found cuts to NIH grants disrupted more than 380...
Special-education and K‑12 services at risk as Education Department shrinks
Advocates and lawyers are warning that the Education Department’s rapid downsizing and interagency transfers threaten services for students with disabilities and other K–12 supports....
International enrollment slips: Open Doors snapshot shows sharp drop in new students
New-data snapshots show a pronounced fall in incoming international students: Open Doors reported a 17% drop in new international enrollments this fall across responding U.S. campuses, while...
Harvard’s Larry Summers steps back after Epstein-era emails
Harvard economist Larry Summers said he will step back from public commitments after newly released emails showed he maintained contact with Jeffrey Epstein years after the financier’s 2008 guilty...
Oxford Saïd dean resigns after probe upholds harassment findings
Oxford University’s Saïd Business School said Soumitra Dutta resigned as dean after an external university inquiry upheld multiple harassment allegations by a female colleague. The investigation...
Nottingham plans broad course cuts: 48 degrees under review
The University of Nottingham informed staff it is considering the closure of 48 degree programs—including modern foreign languages and music—citing falling revenues and rising costs. If approved,...
Kellogg omits diversity data; severs Forté partnership
Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management released its MBA Class of 2027 profile without previously reported diversity metrics and confirmed it is no longer a Forté Foundation member. The...
Faculty union wins tentative HACC contract after short strike
After a two-day strike and prolonged negotiations, faculty at Harrisburg Area Community College reached a tentative contract that union leaders characterized as a compromise prioritizing stability...
MacKenzie Scott gives $700M to HBCUs—new round of landmark unrestricted gifts
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced a fresh wave of large, unrestricted gifts to historically Black colleges and universities, with recent donations totaling in the hundreds of millions...
Education Department broken up – Trump team shifts six programs to other agencies
The Education Department announced interagency agreements that reassign management of six major programs to other federal departments, marking a decisive move by the Trump administration to shrink...
Research funding scramble... NIH cuts halt trials; China racing ahead
Federal research funding is under pressure from two directions: domestic budget shifts and global competition. A JAMA Internal Medicine analysis found that NIH grant cuts this year disrupted 383...
International enrollment drops... Open Doors shows 17% fall in new students
U.S. campuses reported a sharp decline in newly arriving international students this fall. The Institute of International Education’s Open Doors fall snapshot shows new international enrollment...
From oversight to impact: Boards pressed to make student success central
The Association of Governing Boards released a study showing governing boards can play a decisive role in student success when they align governance, planning and budgeting around completion and...
Judge blocks funding freeze – universities fight back as probes intensify
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction preventing the administration from freezing University of California research funding amid civil‑rights investigations, calling the federal actions...
UK universities retrench – Nottingham eyes program cuts; business schools face uneven recovery
The University of Nottingham is considering the closure of 48 undergraduate degrees including modern languages and music, citing falling revenues and rising costs. If approved, Nottingham could...
Diversity and conduct under scrutiny: Kellogg omits metrics; Oxford Saïd dean exits after probe
Kellogg’s MBA Class of 2027 profile omitted previously disclosed gender and diversity metrics and the school announced it has ended its Forté Foundation partnership, raising questions about...
Philanthropy flood to HBCUs – Scott gifts reshape institutional budgets
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott announced a new wave of unrestricted gifts to historically Black colleges and universities, totaling hundreds of millions across multiple institutions....