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A photo of demonstrators, including one holding a sign saying "Roe Is Dead" in all caps.
A photo of demonstrators, including one holding a sign saying "Roe Is Dead" in all caps.
A yacht sails past a plume of smoke rising from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. Fresh blasts were heard across the Gulf cities of Dubai, Doha and Manama on Sunday morning after a day of Iran strikes in the region in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli attacks.
A yacht sails past a plume of smoke rising from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. Fresh blasts were heard across the Gulf cities of Dubai, Doha and Manama on Sunday morning after a day of Iran strikes in the region in retaliation for U.S. and Israeli attacks.

U.S. Campuses in Middle East Shutter; Students, Employees Unable to Fly Back

March 2, 2026

Iran’s retaliation across the Middle East against ongoing U.S. and Israeli bombings has disrupted higher ed in previously calm Gulf states.

The Education Department building
The Education Department building
Aerial over the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the spring.
Aerial over the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the spring.

UNC Board OKs Definition of What Academic Freedom Is, and Isn’t

February 26, 2026

The university system dropped proposed language saying teaching “clearly unrelated to the course description” wouldn’t be protected. The AAUP remained opposed.

A person is sitting in the front seat of a truck with an NSF logo on the back passenger-side door. The door is open and the person has one cowboy booted foot crossed over their knee. The truck is parked on a dirt road, and outside, it looks like a tornado is coming.
A person is sitting in the front seat of a truck with an NSF logo on the back passenger-side door. The door is open and the person has one cowboy booted foot crossed over their knee. The truck is parked on a dirt road, and outside, it looks like a tornado is coming.

NSF Plans to Boost Staffing, Halve Grant Solicitations

February 26, 2026

Following last year’s cuts, the chief management officer of the federal research funding agency says its number of employees is “too low.”

People walk around UCLA campus.
People walk around UCLA campus.
A photo of Marco Rubio standing at a lectern, flanked by two American flags, shrugging his shoulders.
A photo of Marco Rubio standing at a lectern, flanked by two American flags, shrugging his shoulders.

ED Partnering With State Dept. to Track Universities’ Foreign Funding

February 24, 2026

The partnership is part of a broader effort to dismantle the federal education agency.

An illustration of a bunch of diplomas stuffed into a trash can in the shape of the state of Indiana. The background has a map of the United States and the University of Indiana overlaid in it.
An illustration of a bunch of diplomas stuffed into a trash can in the shape of the state of Indiana. The background has a map of the United States and the University of Indiana overlaid in it.

U.S. Plans to Stop Funding Low-Earning Degrees. Indiana May Just End Them.

February 23, 2026

Congress’s new earnings test will stop students from receiving federal aid for some programs. A Hoosier State bill goes further, putting those degrees on the chopping block.