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Faculty rewrite the syllabus: Florida sociologists and professors curb content under state rules
A group of University of Florida sociologists reworked an introductory course and textbook to comply with a state law banning “speculative” content, a move colleagues say amounted to...
AI and classroom integrity: LMS vendors concede limits as faculty push back
Blackboard executives told educators that current learning-management systems can’t reliably detect agentic AI, saying detection testing showed poor accuracy. Blackboard’s chief product officer...
Campus AI: institutions scramble from pilots to programs
A new Ellucian survey shows institutional AI adoption jumped to two-thirds of colleges last year, but many campuses lack strategy, governance, and dedicated budgets. At the same time Chicago Booth...
California’s math shortcut: reforms pushed students into calculus — critics warn of fallout
California laws that largely eliminated remedial math placement in community colleges were designed to speed students toward transfer and completion, but critics including skeptical math faculty...
Online college revival: Calbright grows as accreditor greenlights microcredential partners
Calbright College, a once-maligned online community college in California, has posted rapid enrollment gains despite earlier calls from lawmakers to close it. The growth parallels a formal move by...
Leadership and finance: sudden exits and whistleblowers put trustees in the spotlight
Ohio State’s rapid leadership turnover—President Ted Carter’s resignation followed by the trustees’ quick appointment of Provost Ravi Bellamkonda—has become shorthand for governance turmoil on...
Politics, privacy and enrollment: courts, students and state climates shift choices
A federal judge temporarily blocked a Trump administration demand that colleges deliver detailed racial and sex-disaggregated admissions data, pausing a high-stakes compliance fight and privacy...
Campus climate fractures: antisemitism and politics strain student life
A Union of Jewish Students poll found nearly a quarter of UK students saw Jews targeted on campus and that many reported witnessing justification of political violence, prompting UJS to warn...
Budget cuts, faculty careers and governance: states force hard choices
Oregon lawmakers moved to intervene for Southern Oregon amid institutional distress while Portland State plans program cuts to address a $35 million shortfall, highlighting a wave of state-driven...
Tenure, service and workload: faculty governance under strain
Higher education leaders and faculty are debating fundamental reforms to tenure and the invisible labor of service as institutions face shrinking budgets and public scrutiny. A recent commission...
Accreditor endorses microcredentials: HLC clears four third-party providers
The Higher Learning Commission announced its first formal endorsement of third-party microcredential providers, approving four vendors that offer short-term certificates, badges and...
AI on campus... adoption soars but execution falters
Colleges have moved from piloting AI to broad adoption, but governance and strategy lag, industry surveys and campus reports show. Ellucian’s 2025 AI in Higher Education survey found personal AI...
Community college metrics reborn... new measures show stronger outcomes
Two developments reshaped how higher‑ed leaders view community college performance: a Richmond Fed analysis that broadens success metrics and tentative data showing rapid growth at California’s...
Ohio State leadership whiplash: president resigns, provost elevated
Ohio State University experienced a sudden leadership shakeup when President Ted Carter resigned after the institution cited an "inappropriate relationship" tied to public resource requests;...
Ex-CFO sues IRSC: whistleblower, mismanagement and trustee oversight in question
Former Indian River State College CFO Marvin Pyles filed suit alleging whistleblower retaliation, defamation and breaches of fiduciary duty after his 2024 termination. Pyles claims he uncovered...
Faculty service and tenure under pressure — calls for reforms and equity
A coalition convened by the Association for the Study of Higher Education recommended rethinking how institutions assign and reward faculty service, spotlighting disproportionate burdens on women...
Political climate shifts but size preference holds: students’ college choices examined
New analysis of application behavior and survey data shows the political climate influences students’ college decisions but has limited effect on the preferred size of institution. Consultant...
Antisemitism ‘becoming normalised’ on UK campuses, student union warns
The Union of Jewish Students released survey findings reporting widespread antisemitic incidents on UK campuses: nearly a quarter of respondents said they’d seen targeting of Jewish students and...
Meningitis outbreak at University of Kent: student among two dead
Health authorities and the University of Kent confirmed an outbreak of invasive meningitis in Canterbury that has left two people dead, including a university student, and more than a dozen...
Service initiatives to boost belonging: Neumann’s 60,000-hour student program
Neumann University launched a campuswide volunteer initiative aiming for 60,000 student service hours to strengthen belonging and community connections. The program structures credit‑bearing and...