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Agnes Scott College and the City of Decatur are strengthening a town-gown partnership focused on climate resilience as Georgia faces extreme heat waves and flooding. The collaboration is...

A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s demand that public colleges and universities submit detailed race- and gender-related admissions data going back seven years, pausing...

A separate federal ruling continued to narrow the reach of the Trump administration’s admissions-data push by pausing ACTS compliance for about 200 public colleges in states that sued. Judge F....

International student enrollment is plunging under the Trump administration’s campaign to curtail international students, according to reporting that shows the pressure is not confined to...

Former U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will chair Connecticut’s newly created Career Pathways Commission, after Gov. Ned Lamont signed an executive order to establish the panel. The...

The National Student Legal Defense Network launched a Student AI Bill of Rights as part of its SHAPE AI initiative, urging institutions to adopt clear student protections as AI tools move into...

The University of Chicago received a $50 million gift from trustee Rika Mansueto and her husband, Joe Mansueto, to create an interdisciplinary faculty initiative focused on AI expertise across...

A week-in-review roundup spotlighted the “messy math” of program evaluations as colleges cut academic offerings using metrics that may not reflect true educational value. The reporting points to...

Kentucky lawmakers fully passed a bill that would reduce written notice for faculty at public colleges to 30 days before termination, tying layoffs to broadly defined financial reasons that can...

The U.S. Department of Education’s recent TRIO grant competitions are prioritizing workforce pipeline projects, according to reporting on two calls for proposals. The department asked for...

Trump’s proposed steep education and research cuts raise new concerns about U.S. research capacity and a potential brain drain, even after Congress rejected earlier efforts to gut research...

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from collecting a new round of student race and admissions data from about 200 public colleges in 17 states, keeping the dispute in...

The article warns that recent White House actions targeting science funding and broader attacks on academia could trigger a costly brain drain as researchers look for steadier support abroad. It...

A rising number of student loan borrowers are reportedly in delinquency or default, with some making the drastic decision to leave the country and abandon their loans. The development underscores...

New reporting highlights how “FOBO”—fear of becoming obsolete—has hardened into a defining psychological workplace condition, as workers increasingly cite AI-driven job loss and rapid skill...

A new report argues that some graduate programs—particularly in psychology and education-related fields—are producing negative cost-adjusted returns for students when tuition and fees are...

The article frames a broader workforce conversation that higher education increasingly intersects with: how AI disruption reshapes career planning and how workers manage perceived irrelevance...

The piece spotlights a venture-backed education push aimed at preparing students for an AI-disrupted future. It argues that the traditional classroom curriculum—especially in math—does not...

The court challenge described in the article centers on the Trump administration’s plan to collect student race data from colleges to demonstrate compliance with the Supreme Court’s end of...

The article underscores how reductions in research funding and political pressure on academia could weaken talent pipelines. It frames the risk as not only about short-term grant disruptions but...