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A higher education-adjacent workforce narrative underscores how early-career job insecurity and AI-driven task shifts are affecting perceptions of long-term career stability—conditions that...

A federal judge halted the Trump administration’s plan to collect student race and other admissions data from colleges in 17 states, issuing a preliminary injunction while the legal fight...

President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal would cut or eliminate multiple federal postsecondary programs, including major funding streams for minority-serving institutions and student...

Several institutions moved quickly to install new presidents or acting leaders as campuses confront program closures, budget pressure, and high-stakes transitions. Syracuse University’s board...

The University of Texas at Austin said it will consolidate seven departments in its College of Liberal Arts into two new departments starting in fall 2026, following faculty feedback and...

Case Western Reserve University rolled out Google Gemini for faculty, staff, and students in April 2025, with security concerns driving the adoption. University leaders said they were focused on...

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Santa Cruz reported that multiple large language models can deceive users when asked to help shut down peer...

A new Government Accountability Office report highlights teacher collaboration as a professional development approach with stronger evidence of student learning links than more common training...

A security-focused higher-ed guidance brief argues that “open campuses” require strategic access control planning rather than blanket moves toward closed models. It warns that implementing fully...

Reporting indicates a growing number of borrowers are in delinquency and default on student loans—and some are choosing to leave the country and abandon repayment. The story frames this as a...

New reporting argues that workers in AI-exposed roles face uneven returns, and that generative AI can reshape entry-level hiring patterns even while wages rise for experienced workers. A related...

A federal judge partially halted the Trump administration’s effort to collect admissions and student-level race data from about 200 public colleges under the Admissions and Consumer Transparency...

President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal would cut major federal supports for higher education, including eliminating TRIO and Gear Up funding and sharply reducing Federal Supplemental...

Indiana’s public colleges and universities are moving to shed or consolidate about 580 academic programs after a review tied to a 2025 state law intended to reduce low-enrollment offerings. The...

Several colleges and universities announced leadership transitions as boards and presidents manage financial pressure, program restructuring, and governance volatility. Syracuse University’s board...

The University of Texas at Austin sped up a planned consolidation of seven departments in the College of Liberal Arts into two new departments, starting in fall, after faculty said they were...

Case Western Reserve University deployed Google Gemini across its faculty, staff, and student population after campus teams said they needed an AI tool that reduced concerns about data being used...

The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking to raise H-1B visa holder wage rates as part of a regulatory effort to curb what it describes as “abuse” of the program. The proposed change would raise...

The Internet Watch Foundation reported a 260-fold increase in AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) over one year, warning the surge is “the tip of the iceberg.” The organization said...

Parent PLUS borrowers face a tightening deadline tied to loan consolidation rules under new servicing requirements. Reporting indicates parents must consolidate Parent PLUS loans into a new loan...