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Florida restricts access for undocumented students to its community college system
Florida’s state education board approved a policy that would bar undocumented students from attending the 28-institution Florida College System unless they can document they are U.S. citizens or...
UF leadership stabilizes after two years amid governance and DEI controversy
Florida’s Board of Governors approved Stuart Bell as the University of Florida’s permanent president, ending nearly two years of leadership turbulence at the state’s flagship. Bell had been...
New AI-enabled hiring and assessment norms collide with student learning and work skills
Educators and developers are moving quickly to test whether generative AI can build students’ social-emotional skills, a domain long treated as uniquely human. Sessions at the ISTELive 26 + ASCD...
Federal education research funds face court challenge over withholding and expiring appropriations
A coalition of disability and education organizations sued the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Office of Management and Budget seeking access to nearly $2 billion in education...
Student aid reset underway as federal student loan changes take effect July 1
Borrowers across the U.S. faced immediate changes as federal student loan policy updates took effect on July 1, including the end of the Biden-era SAVE repayment plan and new limits tied to...
Admissions process pressure grows as business schools compress essays amid AI concerns
Chicago Booth overhauled its MBA application essays, replacing traditional long-form prompts with four short-answer questions capped at 300 characters each, plus an optional 300-word essay for...
AI agents threaten how grant systems assess risk and allocate funding
Researchers warned that rapidly advancing AI agents could pose an “existential threat” to how grants are awarded, particularly where assessment models depend on human-centered verification,...
Faster course mobility emerges as HBCUs launch a cross-institution course-sharing partnership
Six HBCUs launched a course-sharing partnership designed to let students take classes across member institutions without transferring and without losing progress toward a degree. The initiative...
Court and compliance pressure intensifies after state scrutiny of New Mexico Highlands University leadership and contracts
New Mexico Highlands University is facing a criminal investigation by a state district attorney’s office after allegations of fraud and forgery connected to university hiring and immigration...
Florida college system bars undocumented students
Florida’s State Board of Education approved a policy barring undocumented students from the Florida College System, restricting admissions to U.S. citizens and people who are “lawfully present.”...
University of Florida confirms Stuart Bell after two years
Florida’s Board of Governors approved Stuart Bell as the University of Florida’s permanent president, ending nearly two years of leadership turmoil since former President Ben Sasse resigned. The...
Higher-ed governance: California shifts power from elected schools chief
California’s approved state budget package strips authority from the elected state superintendent of public instruction, transferring oversight in January to an appointee of the governor. The...
Student aid policy: new federal loan forgiveness limits struck down
Two federal judges struck down Trump administration restrictions on Public Service Loan Forgiveness, ruling in separate cases that the changes exceeded agency authority and risked violating First...
Federal funding for education research: disability groups sue to force release of withheld funds
A coalition of disability and education organizations sued the U.S. Department of Education and the White House Office of Management and Budget, arguing the federal government is withholding...
AI and campus policy: Anthropic’s models return after export-control rollback
Anthropic restored global access to its Fable 5 model after the U.S. government rolled back export controls that had restricted the company’s frontier AI access for about two weeks. The change...
Florida higher-ed admissions eligibility: undocumented student bans extended through state policy
Florida’s education policy shift extends beyond colleges, with reporting tying the college-system ban to parallel moves at the public university system level. While the State Board action...
Enrollment turnaround: La Salle improves momentum and accreditation standing
La Salle University in Philadelphia reported an enrollment turnaround driven by focused admissions and communications and by improved financial stability, leading to reaffirmed accreditation after...
Student success and affordability: Mississippi faces state grant deficit
Mississippi is facing a $7.3 million financial aid deficit that could reduce spring 2027 awards for up to 27,000 students, Mississippi Today reported. State aid officials attributed the shortfall...
Workforce and accountability in higher-ed: new teacher/education policies do not cut through market pressures
Education policy coverage in recent days highlights how state and federal decision-making continues to reshape staffing and program requirements, often with tight deadlines and contested...