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Office of digital learning and course scheduling innovation
University of Central Florida is redesigning course delivery around shorter academic terms, moving beyond compression toward “page one” redesign as it adapts to working learners. UCF’s RN to BSN...
Higher ed labor actions and comp gaps
Faculty and staff strikes at New York University and Portland Community College have put faculty pay stagnation and contract leverage back into the spotlight, with negotiations shifting academic...
State moves to weaken faculty protections
Kentucky’s Senate advanced HB 490, a bill that would make it easier for public college boards to terminate faculty for broad “financial reasons,” including low enrollment and “misalignment of...
DOJ investigations expand scrutiny of race in professional admissions
The Trump administration’s civil-rights enforcement pushed deeper into professional education as the Justice Department opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at Stanford...
Accreditation autonomy amid ED pressure campaigns
The Higher Learning Commission’s leadership pushed back publicly against Education Department demands tied to accreditation oversight, signaling intensified confrontation over who controls quality...
Federal student aid risk from Pell funding shortfall
A policy briefing from AGB highlights a looming Pell Grant structural gap, with projections pointing to a potential $17 billion shortfall across fiscal years 2026 and 2027. The briefing attributes...
Education Department downsizes and relocates headquarters
The U.S. Department of Education is set to abandon its long-time Lyndon B. Johnson headquarters building this summer and relocate to 500 D Street SW, with the Department of Energy taking over the...
TRIO ‘Talent Search’ reorients toward workforce pathways
A new grant competition for the federal TRIO Talent Search program places workforce development and apprenticeship pathways more prominently in proposals, changing expectations for how grantees...
Faculty governance and academic freedom challenges to accreditation and coursework
Florida’s Board of Governors removed Introductory Sociology from the state’s public universities’ general-education curriculum after years of disputes over discipline content and compliance with...
AI in education and student writing support under scrutiny
A pilot study at Kennesaw State University is shifting the debate on student AI writing from outcomes after the fact to what students are actually doing during composition. Using think-aloud...
Web and digital accessibility enforcement deadline affecting universities
Universities and public higher education systems face a concrete compliance timeline as Title II ADA obligations for public-facing digital content land on new deadlines tied to population size....
College accreditation faces renewed federal pressure and retaliation concerns
The Higher Learning Commission’s president, Barbara Gellman-Danley, pushed back publicly against U.S. Department of Education threats tied to accreditation and federal recognition requirements....
Kentucky expands board power to cut faculty over financial ‘misalignment’ and low enrollment
Kentucky’s Senate passed HB 490, a bill that would let public college boards terminate faculty for broadly defined financial reasons, including when programs have low enrollment or when there is...
DOJ expands civil-rights admissions scrutiny to medical schools
The U.S. Justice Department opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at Stanford University, Ohio State University, and the University of California, San Diego. Assistant...
Education Department cuts staff and outsources higher-ed functions; moves headquarters lease
The U.S. Department of Education announced it will abandon its longtime Lyndon B. Johnson headquarters and relocate to 500 D Street NW in August, with the Department of Energy taking over the LBJ...
Meta expands gas power footprint for Hyperion AI data-center campus in Louisiana
Meta agreed with Entergy to fund 10 gas-fired power plants for its Hyperion AI data center complex in northeastern Louisiana, more than triple the initially planned additions. The agreement adds...
Data-center demand collides with grid limits; lawmakers seek consumer protections
A new Senate bill would shield consumers from data-center energy cost increases, but the analysis emphasizes that targeting data centers alone misses the structural problem: the U.S. grid has been...
Faculty labor disputes keep campuses in flux as pay lag becomes a flashpoint
Two faculty strikes in different regions put compensation and workforce sustainability back at center stage for higher education. At New York University, nontenure-track faculty struck and later...
Walla Walla Community College weighs layoffs and a Clarkston campus shutdown
Walla Walla Community College’s governing board is considering a $4.3 million budget cut that could result in layoffs of 43 faculty and staff over six years, with 18 roles targeted in the first...
Federal TRIO Talent Search shifts toward workforce development and apprenticeships
The U.S. Department of Education’s latest competition for TRIO Talent Search is steering grantees toward workforce development—requiring proposals to demonstrate connections with the workforce...