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Classroom content and wellbeing: Book bans, mental‑health responses and curriculum on religious communities
School districts are removing titles from classrooms and libraries in response to student mental‑health crises; PEN America data show many banned titles include suicide, depression or grief...
Treasury to collect defaulted student loans – Education Dept. shifts $1.7T portfolio
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced a formal handoff that will move responsibility for the federal student loan portfolio—roughly $1.7 trillion in outstanding debt—to the Treasury...
Education Dept. warns accreditors over DEI rules: recognition could be revoked
The U.S. Department of Education’s top official formally warned two regional accreditors to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion standards, threatening to withdraw recognition if the...
N.Y.U. faculty stage strike – Nearly 950 non‑tenure instructors walk out
About 950 full‑time faculty members who are off the tenure track at New York University walked out in a labor action demanding higher pay and stronger job protections. The university said classes...
Lane Community considers 20 layoffs – College faces $4.2M shortfall
Lane Community College leaders told the governing board they may eliminate roughly 20 positions and suspend two programs as part of a plan to close an estimated $4.2 million structural gap in the...
Leicester to close film and languages... union warns of industrial action
The University of Leicester has decided to stop admitting new students to its film studies and modern languages degree programs, a strategic choice leaders say followed a review of the College of...
Drexel launches 3‑year medical degree – aiming to cut debt and speed physician supply
Drexel University announced it will add an accelerated three‑year medical degree alongside its traditional four‑year MD program, with the first cohort expected in the 2028–29 academic year. The...
University of Sydney revamps assessment — permits AI use outside class
The University of Sydney has created a menu of assignment options for instructors that effectively allows students to use generative AI on most out‑of‑class work while protecting supervised...
Colleges vs. chatbots: faculty redesign courses as AI becomes a teaching rival
Higher education leaders report that student use of AI chatbots has become pervasive across classrooms, libraries and residence halls, forcing faculty to redesign instruction and assessment. At...
Canvas rolls out AI teaching agent – promises time savings, prompts governance questions
Learning‑management system Canvas unveiled an AI teaching agent intended to automate low‑value faculty tasks while stopping short of fully automating grading. The product is pitched to relieve...
Cornell launches a critical‑thinking module — designed for an AI era
Cornell University introduced a discipline‑independent module to build critical thinking skills across the curriculum, aiming to help students evaluate information in an era of widespread AI...
NYU strike: 950 non‑tenure‑track faculty walk out
About 950 full‑time, non‑tenure‑track faculty at New York University walked off the job in a work stoppage over pay and job protections. The faculty group—representing a large share of NYU’s...
Bard unrest: students press to ‘take back’ college as president faces probe
Students at Bard College organized to “take back Bard” amid an investigation into longtime President Leon Botstein’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein, raising allegations about campus culture and sexual...
Leicester cuts: film and modern languages closed to new students — UCU readies action
The University of Leicester announced it will stop admitting new students to its film studies and modern languages degree programs after a strategic review aimed at financial sustainability....
Treasury takeover: Education shifts defaulted student loans to Treasury
Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced an interagency plan to transfer responsibility for defaulted federal student loans to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, shifting collection authority...
Education Department warning: two accreditors told to strip DEI rules or risk recognition
The U.S. Department of Education’s top official directed two regional accreditors to formally eliminate suspended diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) standards and warned the agencies could lose...
Pell alarm: dozens of groups press Congress to plug $104 billion funding shortfall
A coalition of more than 60 higher‑education and advocacy organizations urged congressional leaders to immediately fund a projected $104 billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program over the next...
ODU privacy move: university asks students for criminal histories after campus shooting
Old Dominion University asked students to disclose prior criminal histories following a campus shooting, a decision that has raised privacy and civil‑rights concerns among students, legal...
AI vs. faculty...colleges scramble as chatbots supplant tutoring
Colleges report that AI chatbots have become a de‑facto competitor to campus instruction and tutoring services, with some institutions seeing declining tutoring demand as students rely on model...
Campus tools and curriculum: Canvas launches AI agent — universities craft critical‑thinking response
Canvas announced an AI teaching agent intended to automate routine faculty tasks while stopping short of full grading automation, prompting debate about agentic AI’s role in instruction. At the...