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Student mental health: AI models and near‑peer navigators scale supports
Researchers published a survey‑based, explainable AI model designed to classify student stress affordably and transparently, offering colleges a scalable tool to identify at‑risk students without...
China intimidation: Sheffield Hallam cuts Xinjiang forced‑labour research
Sheffield Hallam University halted publication and told a faculty member to stop investigating alleged forced labour in Xinjiang after sustained harassment, threats and pressure tied to Chinese...
Harvard Medical School explosion: officials say blast was intentional
Harvard Medical School reported an explosion on campus that officials now describe as intentional; surveillance footage captured two individuals fleeing the scene and the school has asked the...
B‑school deans brace for long‑term decline in international students
Deans at U.S. graduate business schools are reporting a sharp fall in international enrollment and expect the decline to persist, according to the Eduvantis Fall 2025 Business School Deans Survey....
VR versus video... Pepperdine finds immersive learning boosts empathy but needs debrief
A Pepperdine University study compared virtual reality and traditional video learning and found VR elicited higher engagement and empathy among business students when depicting the lives of day...
San José State rebrands college: new College of Information, Data and Society aims at Silicon Valley
San José State University renamed and reorganized an academic unit into the College of Information, Data and Society, consolidating its School of Information and Department of Applied Data Science...
OpenAI safety chair: Carnegie Mellon’s Kolter given authority to pause system releases
OpenAI appointed Carnegie Mellon professor Zico Kolter to lead a four‑person Safety and Security Committee with formal authority to halt the company’s release of new systems if they are judged...
Marcyliena Morgan dies at 75: Harvard’s Hip‑Hop Archive founder remembered
Marcyliena Morgan, founder of Harvard’s Hip‑Hop Archive, has died at 75. Morgan built a significant university collection of albums, scholarship and ephemera that helped establish hip‑hop as a...
Freshers’ reality: many students report loneliness despite expectations
Incoming university students are reporting loneliness and unmet social expectations during freshers’ week, with social media amplifying feelings of exclusion, according to student accounts and...
Can career changers plug teacher gaps? Trainee numbers fall, older entrants climb
England faces a steep fall in teacher trainees in some regions — the North East saw a 56% drop in five years — while entrants over 40 are the fastest‑growing trainee group, raising debate about...
Geoffrey Hinton warns AI will replace workers — universities face labour and training risks
Geoffrey Hinton, a seminal figure in AI, warned that corporate bets on artificial intelligence assume massive worker replacement is necessary for investors to profit. He argued that to justify the...
B-schools brace: long slide in international students
Business school deans across the U.S. reported steep drops in international graduate enrollment this fall and warned the decline will persist, according to an Eduvantis Fall 2025 Business School...
Universities hit with $100,000 H‑1B fee: hiring costs spike
Colleges and universities face sharply higher costs to hire foreign talent after the administration added a $100,000 fee for many H‑1B workers. The change raises recruiting and budget questions...
Explosion at Harvard Med School: officials call blast intentional
Harvard Medical School officials say an explosion on campus was intentional and reported seeing two people run from the building; the school has asked the public to help identify the individuals...
Emails show presidential role in firing – boards face academic-freedom test
Newly released internal emails show Mark A. Welsh III, then-president of Texas A&M, was closely involved in managing a viral controversy that led to a professor’s firing. The correspondence...
Hackers flood Penn accounts with profane spoofed messages – EDUCAUSE flags campus cyber risk
University of Pennsylvania officials reported a fraudulent email campaign that sent crude, profanity-laced messages from an account tied to the Graduate School of Education to students, alumni and...
Colleges test VR and hyflex—classroom design becomes strategic
Campus pilots and faculty research show immersive tech and hyflex classroom design are moving from experimentation to strategic investment. A Pepperdine study found students reported higher...
Universities place big bets on AI—campus rollouts meet new programs
San Jose State University is embedding generative AI across academics and operations through partnerships with OpenAI, IBM, Microsoft and NVIDIA, launching campus certificates and...
Indiana University reverses printing ban at student paper
Indiana University restored a student newspaper’s right to publish in print after widespread criticism prompted the university to reverse an earlier decision that had limited news coverage to...
Writing programs under siege—can they be rebuilt?
An essay examines the pressures facing university writing programs—political scrutiny, ideological attacks and disruption from AI—and argues the discipline is essential but must adapt. The piece...