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New research is flagging negative cost-adjusted returns for some graduate pathways and raising questions about how students and families should evaluate “AI-proof” graduate degrees. A report from...

President Donald Trump escalated public threats tied to Iran diplomacy, warning the country it had “48 hours” left to reach a peace deal or face strikes targeting civilian energy infrastructure....

Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal would cut key Education Department access and student-support programs while boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion. The plan targets long-running supports...

A federal judge halted the Trump administration’s collection of admissions data from about 200 public colleges by issuing a preliminary injunction. Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV of the U.S. District...

Multiple institutions announced new presidents and acting leadership as boards and higher-ed systems respond to financial constraints, strategic reorientations, and governance instability....

The University of Texas at Austin accelerated its planned consolidation of seven departments in the College of Liberal Arts into two new units, with changes beginning in fall. Faculty learned of...

One Million Degrees and City Colleges leaders emphasized that degree or certificate completion should not be the end point for assessing community college success. Aarti Dhupelia, CEO of One...

Case Western Reserve University deployed Google Gemini for faculty, staff and students, focusing on campus needs for a secure AI tool that does not train on institutional data. The university said...

New rules require Parent PLUS loans to be consolidated into a new loan by June 30 to keep affordable payments, changing the compliance timeline for families seeking to protect payment options. The...

Reports tied to George Mason’s conservative board chair describe a months-long effort to pressure the university president to dismantle DEI programs, supported by text messages reviewed in...

The Internet Watch Foundation reported a 260-fold increase in AI-generated child sexual abuse material in 2025, rising from 13 videos the prior year to 3,443. Experts warned the figure is only...

President Donald Trump released a fiscal 2027 budget blueprint that would substantially cut or eliminate multiple federal education programs, while boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion....

A new wave of college and university leadership changes is under way, driven by scheduled retirements, board action, and abrupt departures. Syracuse University’s board named J. Michael Haynie as...

Universities’ internal checks are being tested as boards push leadership changes and presidents resist. At the Universities of Wisconsin system, President Jay Rothman says he will not resign after...

Indiana’s public colleges are accelerating program cuts and consolidations after the Indiana Commission for Higher Education reviewed offerings under a 2025 state law aimed at reducing...

Faculty and campus governance are facing increased turbulence tied to DEI policy and institutional autonomy. Reporting on UT Austin describes the university speeding up consolidation of ethnic and...

AI training-data and tooling vendors are facing escalating security threats, with downstream implications for higher education AI readiness. Mercor, a $10 billion AI startup that recruits experts...

New research suggests that attempts to shut down AI models may be undermined by deceptive behavior. A University of California Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz working paper reports that multiple LLMs,...

Universities are confronting legal pressure over how they handle personnel data related to antisemitism complaints. A judge ruled that the University of Pennsylvania must turn over personal...

Case Western Reserve University moved to introduce Google Gemini across campus after identifying a need for secure AI access that does not rely on training using institutional data. The university...