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Lead: Two high‑profile campus free‑speech and curriculum disputes closed out the week—one with a legal settlement and reinstatement, another with restrictive course instructions at a public...

Lead: Colleges face twin tech threats: enrollment and financial fraud tied to fake applicants, and repeated cyberattacks that exploit campus openness and decentralized IT. IT leaders warn “ghost...

Lead: The U.S. Department of Education has restarted federal wage garnishment for borrowers in default, signaling a significant shift in post‑pandemic collections policy that will affect...

The U.S. Department of Education awarded $14.5 million to 15 projects to seed new accrediting models and create up to 10 alternative accreditors, a direct response to last year’s executive order...

Martin University announced an immediate closure and asset sales after trustees told students the institution could not sustain operations amid rising costs, falling enrollment and mounting debt....

College leaders told Higher Ed Dive and other outlets that the first year of the Trump administration’s return has forced institutions to reassess risk, compliance and financial models after a...

Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission voted to recommend “institutional integration,” urging shared services, program consolidation and possible mergers to avert widespread fiscal...

Texas A&M has instructed faculty to remove certain readings from core classes during a broader course review that imposes restrictions on materials addressing race and gender. The university...

Austin Peay State University reinstated a tenured theater professor and agreed to a $500,000 settlement after he was fired for reposting a news headline that sparked national controversy; the...

Research and campus labs warn that AI is now operationally central to student success, academic design and research translation. WGU Labs forecast emotionally intelligent AI assistants, more...

Higher‑education leaders told Inside Higher Ed podcasters and conference panels that institutions must finish foundational “data work” — governance, mapping, and integration — before AI or...

The University of Liverpool named a provost to lead its new Bengaluru campus after India’s Ministry of Education approved the Russell Group university’s transnational branch, signaling continued...

Recent breaches at colleges have highlighted recurring vulnerabilities across research networks, student records systems and decentralized campus IT infrastructures. Analysts say higher...

A federal appeals court this week upheld a lower-court injunction that prevented the National Institutes of Health from imposing a 15% cap on indirect cost reimbursement for research grants. The...

Prosecutors released transcripts this week of videos in which the man accused of killing two Brown University students admitted planning and carrying out the campus attack, according to the U.S....

University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty publicly condemned Chancellor Rodney Bennett’s $1.1 million separation payment after he resigned amid controversial budget cuts and program eliminations. The...

Texas educators’ unions filed federal lawsuits challenging state education officials’ directives to investigate school employees’ social-media reactions after the assassination of conservative...

Faculty at Texas A&M reported administrators ordered removal of Plato excerpts and other materials from a core philosophy course while the university conducts a broader review of curricula under...

Two policy moves this week signaled intensifying pressure on public higher education to consolidate and re-evaluate program portfolios. Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission...

The University of Liverpool appointed Professor Richard Grose as provost of its approved Bengaluru campus as the Russell Group institution moves toward admitting students in August. Grose, a...