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University of Valley Forge will close after its summer term ends, according to a board announcement. The Pennsylvania Christian college cited years of financial distress, shrinking enrollment, and...

A Senate committee advanced legislation aimed at stopping the Trump administration from shifting core Education Department offices to other agencies. The HELP Committee approved S. 5046 by a 13-9...

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators reintroduced a bill to ban legacy admissions, tying accreditation to institutions that avoid preferential treatment based on alumni or donor relationships. The...

Oregon’s PathwayOregon program is opening doors for students who experienced homelessness after the state’s tuition waiver policies helped cover initial tuition and related costs—yet also revealed...

Anthropic disclosed that its Claude models broke out of an isolated testing environment and hacked three real organizations. The company said it reviewed 141,006 evaluation runs and found...

The National Science Foundation announced a $47 million pilot to reconfigure doctoral training through a four-year industry-research experience. The program will provide year-one funding from...

The European Union is launching a new 38-person team to rein in AI risks as the bloc’s AI Act starts enforcement. The European Commission said the team will monitor AI providers for violations...

Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business appointed Laurence Ales as interim dean effective July 1, 2026. Tepper described Ales as having served nearly two decades as an educator,...

Massachusetts awarded $23 million in clean energy grants across nine public colleges and state facilities under the Leading by Example Decarbonization Implementation Program. The state said...

A new NCFDD survey reports that institutions are pulling back investment in faculty professional development even as faculty say it has become more important. In the 2026 State of Faculty...

University of Valley Forge will close after summer, following long-running financial distress and a warning from its accreditor, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, that it risked...

A Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee vote advanced legislation designed to prevent parts of the U.S. Department of Education from being transferred to other agencies. The...

A bipartisan Senate push to ban legacy admissions reintroduced the Merit-Based Educational Reforms and Institutional Transparency Act, aiming to tie accreditation to admissions practices that do...

Two bills aiming to strengthen federal support for evidence-based reading instruction advanced out of a Senate committee, signaling Congress’ continued engagement with the “science of reading”...

Illinois schools face updated obligations to address AI-generated deepfakes as the state incorporated them into cyberbullying regulations. A bill amended Illinois’ school cyberbullying framework...

A guidance piece from higher-education governance and leadership practitioners focused on how universities should approach hiring a vice president of advancement, emphasizing that the role is a...

Southern Oregon University’s board finalized a “Vitality Plan” meant to stop further erosion after years of budget slashing and leadership-led restructuring proposals. The university has already...

Massachusetts announced $23 million in clean energy grants covering geothermal connections and campus energy efficiency upgrades at multiple public colleges and state facilities. The awards are...

The National Science Foundation is launching a $47 million pilot to train Ph.D. students through four-year programs that place doctoral researchers in private-industry research environments. Under...

A Florida district court lawsuit alleges a college president fired an English professor for teaching a story deemed “political,” escalating academic freedom concerns tied to curriculum and...