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AACSB CEO: Accreditation must evolve — business schools face AI and enrollment shocks

March 22, 2026

Lily Bi, president and CEO of AACSB International, told Poets&Quants that accreditation alone won't shield business schools from rapid disruption as AI reshapes work and demographic shifts squeeze...

Treasury to run defaulted loans – $180 billion handoff begins

March 21, 2026

The Treasury Department will assume operational control of roughly $180 billion in federal student loans that are in default, marking the first major step in a broader plan to move the...

DOJ sues Harvard – government seeks grant clawbacks over antisemitism probe

March 21, 2026

The Justice Department filed suit against Harvard, accusing the university of failing to address antisemitic harassment and seeking to recoup federal grants while asking the court to impose new...

University of North Texas pares programs – more than 70 set to be cut

March 21, 2026

University of North Texas announced plans to eliminate or merge over 70 academic programs — from certificates to master’s degrees — to close a $45 million budget shortfall. President Harrison...

Faculty and students vote no confidence – university calls poll unscientific

March 21, 2026

Faculty and students at the University of Kansas organized a straw poll that overwhelmingly expressed no confidence in the chancellor over financial management, but university officials dismissed...

Autonomy index plunges – U.S. universities rated only ‘moderate’

March 21, 2026

An international index shows a sharp decline in U.S. university autonomy — a roughly 50% drop since 2015 — moving the country’s higher‑education system into a “moderate” rating. The assessment...

Hundreds plead with Ed Dept — proposed Grad PLUS changes spur alarm

March 21, 2026

Thousands of public comments, including submissions from hundreds of colleges and professors, asked the Education Department to modify proposed regulations that would sharply curtail graduate...

Teachers move beyond AI basics – agentic tools for instruction spread

March 21, 2026

A national training initiative and local workshops are shifting K‑12 teachers from basic AI uses toward agentic, multi‑step AI tools designed to augment instruction. The National Academy for AI...

Quantum cryptography: campuses should plan now – not later

March 21, 2026

A primer for campus technology leaders argues that quantum cryptography merits immediate planning: while quantum computers remain years from breaking today’s encryption at scale, data created now...

AI arms race snarls campus cybersecurity – Zero Trust gains ground

March 21, 2026

Higher‑education cybersecurity teams report an acceleration of threats as adversaries use AI to automate phishing, deepfakes, and identity‑based intrusions. Institutions are responding by adopting...

When faculty stop showing up – disengagement reshapes campus life

March 21, 2026

An analysis of faculty disengagement describes a gradual erosion of participation in governance, office hours, and campus life that alters student experience and institutional capacity....

Treasury to run defaulted student loans – Education Dept. steps back

March 21, 2026

The Treasury Department will assume operational responsibility for the Education Department’s portfolio of defaulted student loans, marking the first formal phase of a multi-step transfer...

Justice Department sues Harvard: federal civil‑rights probe escalates

March 21, 2026

The Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit against Harvard University, alleging the university has been “deliberately indifferent” to reports of antisemitic harassment and seeking to recover...

Education Department programs shifting – grad aid and program moves stir campus alarm

March 21, 2026

The Education Department has begun relocating over 100 programs to other federal agencies under a series of interagency agreements, and it has proposed regulatory changes that would sharply limit...

Universities cut and restore programs – UNT phases out 70 offerings; Marshall reverses swim cut

March 21, 2026

The University of North Texas announced plans to cut or consolidate more than 70 academic programs to close a $45 million budget gap, removing offerings from certificates to master’s degrees and...

Faculty unrest and autonomy decline – votes, surveys and indexes show pressure on campus governance

March 21, 2026

Faculty and students at the University of Kansas staged an overwhelming no‑confidence straw poll over campus financial management, prompting debate over the legitimacy and interpretation of such...

Colleges scramble over César Chávez tributes – renamings, removals and moral reckoning

March 21, 2026

After a New York Times investigation detailing allegations of sexual abuse by César Chávez, dozens of colleges and school districts began reassessing tributes and memorials bearing his name....

AI in classrooms: teachers move beyond basics while students seek help on social platforms

March 21, 2026

Professional development programs are shifting teachers from surface‑level AI use to more sophisticated, agentic tools that support curriculum design and instructional judgment. A National Academy...

Quantum cryptography and an AI security arms race reshape campus IT risk

March 21, 2026

Higher‑education tech leaders are wrestling with two converging security priorities: preparing for future quantum threats to current encryption and defending today’s campus networks against...

Business schools and rankings at an inflection point – accreditation and metrics in flux

March 21, 2026

AACSB CEO Lily Bi told industry audiences that accreditation alone will not be sufficient as artificial intelligence, demographic shifts and new lifelong‑learning markets reshape management...