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The U.S. Commerce Department cleared Anthropic to restore limited access to its Mythos 5 AI model after the company worked through concerns about national security guardrails. Commerce Secretary...

A federal judge temporarily blocked parts of the Trump administration’s student-loan restrictions for graduate-level and “professional” degree programs. U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell issued a...

Johns Hopkins University laid off about 110 employees in administrative roles in response to federal research spending cuts, according to the school’s spokesperson. The layoffs follow...

California adjunct faculty filed lawsuits alleging they weren’t properly compensated for work performed outside “classroom hours,” including preparation, travel, grading, and ongoing student...

Florida education officials are preparing policies that would bar undocumented students from enrolling in public colleges and universities, including a vote scheduled for next week by the Florida...

Ohio lawmakers introduced a bill that would expand power for directors of state-created civics centers housed at public universities. Senate Bill 461 would give directors increased authority over...

New federal enrollment data shows how the post–Supreme Court decision era is reshaping selective college demographics. An analysis comparing fall 2022 to fall 2024 finds underrepresented minority...

In the wake of the largest educational data breach on record targeting Instructure’s Canvas, higher education IT leaders are being pushed to formalize vendor-risk management. The breach impacted...

A bipartisan effort called RAISE US was launched by former Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb and former Commerce Secretary and Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to coordinate industry, educators, and...

Spelman College announced Ayanna Howard, a renowned roboticist and education leader, as its next president effective Aug. 1. Howard currently serves as dean of Ohio State’s College of Engineering...

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella has leaned on Jacob Andreou, promoted in March to a pivotal role overseeing Copilot, to accelerate the company’s response in the frontier AI race. Andreou’s...

The State University of New York moved to require systemwide AI governance, directing its 64 campuses to establish or update AI guidelines by year’s end. The mandate is based on a binding AI...

Federal courts issued a meaningful check on Trump-era graduate student loan caps by blocking or voiding portions of how the Department of Education defined “professional” degrees. In one ruling,...

Johns Hopkins laid off about 110 employees in response to federal research spending cuts, according to a university spokesperson. The reductions largely hit administrative roles, following prior...

A reported wave of increasingly sophisticated job scams is targeting job seekers with AI-era tactics, including highly professional emails and links that mimic legitimate scheduling flows. The...

Florida’s higher education governance bodies are advancing proposals that would bar undocumented students from enrolling in parts of the state’s public university system. A vote is scheduled on a...

A report from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Inspector General says Federal Student Aid’s operations were severely disrupted after “DOGE cuts,” with large shares of staff fired or...

Part-time faculty in California filed lawsuits alleging they were not compensated for work performed outside classroom hours, including lecture preparation, travel, grading, and ongoing student...

New analysis using federal enrollment data reported changes in racial composition at the nation’s most selective colleges after the Supreme Court’s 2023 Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard...

Spelman College named Ayanna Howard as its 12th president, with her term beginning Aug. 1. Howard, a robotics and human-centered technology expert, is currently dean of Ohio State’s College of...