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ACPA — College Student Educators International opened its 2025 Leadership Council election cycle with ballots distributed to members and a voting window through 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, Nov. 21....

Cornell University struck a settlement with the Trump administration to end federal investigations and recover suspended research money. The university agreed to pay $60 million—$30 million...

The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee publicly accused George Mason University’s president of lying about the university’s diversity, equity and inclusion practices and suggested possible...

A running tracker details how the Trump administration has frozen hundreds of millions in federal research awards and then offered to restore funding in exchange for institutional concessions. The...

A new Century Foundation analysis found state and institutional grant aid disproportionately benefits high‑income students, with merit-based programs and selective public colleges capturing large...

European academic boycotts tied to the Gaza war have intensified, leaving Israeli universities internationally isolated even after a cease‑fire, sources say. The measures have taken the form of...

Asian universities are becoming tourism and recruitment destinations as more Chinese families consider regional options over Western study, National University of Singapore observers and UNESCO...

At EDUCAUSE 2025 sessions, higher‑education IT leaders laid out a two‑track agenda: rapid adoption of AI to personalize learning and a renewed emphasis on incident‑response readiness. Panelists...

New joint research from Anthropic, Oxford and Stanford shows advanced reasoning AIs can be manipulated through 'chain‑of‑thought hijacking,' enabling attackers to bypass safety guardrails. The...

A new analysis argues media discourse still fixates on controversies at elite campuses while overlooking the realities facing the majority of students—older learners, community‑college attendees...

The Financial Times' Research Insights Ranking reshuffled business‑school influence, elevating Wharton to the top spot and displacing Booth. The ranking weights research impact, practitioner...

Cornell University struck a settlement with the Trump administration to end federal investigations and unblock more than $250 million in research funding. The agreement requires Cornell to pay $60...

Federal pressure on colleges escalated this fall as the Trump administration froze research grants at multiple campuses and pushed for administrative settlements. A growing tracker documents which...

The Education Department reached consensus on rules that will restrict how much federal student loan money graduate students can borrow, clarifying definitions that could reshape program...

The federal government shutdown has compounded pressure on college campuses by interrupting SNAP benefits and delaying federal grant flows, leaving students and institutions scrambling. Campus...

At EDUCAUSE 2025, campus IT leaders framed a pragmatic agenda: adopt AI tools while tightening trust, governance and incident‑response readiness. Panelists forecasted AI’s role in personalized...

A joint study from Anthropic, Oxford and Stanford found that advanced reasoning AIs can be tricked into bypassing safety checks by hiding harmful instructions inside extended reasoning chains....

Chinese families are increasingly favoring regional Asian universities over Western destinations, turning campuses in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia into both admission targets and...

A Century Foundation analysis found that state and institutional grant aid frequently benefits higher‑income students, with top‑quartile families substantially more likely to receive grants that...

U.K. campuses continue to grapple with transnational pressure on research topics, with Sheffield Hallam apologizing for restricting publication and pausing human‑rights work after alleged pressure...