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President Donald Trump said Saturday he is nominating former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement if confirmed. Schroyer would take over ICE at a time...

Florida education officials are moving toward policies that would require undocumented students to provide documentation of citizenship or lawful presence to enroll in the state’s public colleges...

Ohio Republican Sen. Jerry Cirino introduced Senate Bill 461 to expand the authority of directors of five state-created civics centers at public universities, including control over curriculum...

A report by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General found that federal student-loan operations were heavily disrupted following DOGE-related cuts, leaving many Federal...

State University of New York campuses must establish or update artificial intelligence guidelines by the end of the year under a binding AI governance policy passed in May. The requirements...

Johns Hopkins University laid off about 110 employees after federal research spending cuts reduced the university’s federal research grants by roughly $500 million last year, with declines...

A group of part-time faculty in California filed at least five lawsuits alleging unpaid work by community colleges, arguing they were not compensated for duties performed outside classroom hours....

New Brookings research questions how effective corequisite support is for underprepared students in math within the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. While corequisite support...

New enrollment analysis based on federal data covering the first full year after Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard found that many of the nation’s most selective colleges saw declines in...

Spelman College named Ayanna Howard, a roboticist and Ohio State engineering dean, as its next president, with the new role beginning Aug. 1. Howard’s background includes NASA’s Jet Propulsion...

Federal student aid operations are in the middle of a destabilizing transition after Washington gutted Federal Student Aid’s (FSA) student-loan office management, and a new Inspector General...

New research from the Brookings Institution questions the effectiveness of corequisite math support—where underprepared students enroll in college-level math alongside additional help. In English,...

An Ohio bill aims to further expand the authority of directors overseeing state-created civics centers at public universities, including control over curriculum direction and internal faculty...

SUNY campuses face a near-term compliance deadline to operationalize AI governance following a binding systemwide policy passed in May. The requirement—set for completion by the end of the...

The U.S. approved limited redeployment of Anthropic’s Mythos 5 AI model after the company addressed Trump administration concerns about national-security risks and guardrail circumvention....

OpenAI will stagger access to its newest flagship AI model, GPT-5.6 Sol, after a request from the Trump administration to restrict early deployment to government-cleared customers. The company...

A Stanford-led research update is reinforcing earlier claims that generative AI adoption coincides with declines for young workers in AI-exposed occupations. Economist Erik Brynjolfsson and...

California part-time faculty are filing lawsuits alleging they were not compensated for work performed outside contracted classroom hours, including lecture preparation, travel between campuses,...

Florida education officials are moving toward policies that would bar undocumented students from enrolling in public colleges and universities. A Florida Board of Education vote scheduled Tuesday...

The Texas State Board of Education approved a required reading list for public school students that includes Bible passages, expanding conservative efforts to incorporate Christian texts into...