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A view of the campus of New College of Florida in Sarasota, Fla. on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.

Dissolved New College of Florida Alumni Board Not Giving In, Chair Says

The chair of the New College of Florida foundation’s formerly official alumni group said the foundation board voted Wednesday to...
A person sits on a bench and reads outside Lincoln Hall on the campus of Portland State University.

Portland State Moves Toward Layoffs, Despite Faculty Calls for Pause

The university, one of multiple financially struggling Oregon public institutions, hemorrhaged enrollment during the pandemic. Its president has proposed department eliminations and other cuts, drawing ire from unions.

A photo illustration of a CSU campus, overlaid with the wiring of a microchip

Despite Skepticism, Survey Shows Widespread AI Use at Cal State

ChatGPT is the preferred AI tool of the nation’s largest higher education system, according to a survey of 94,000 students, faculty and staff across California State University institutions.

A group of students waits at a closed door with a red light over it while a student walks through a second door with a green light over it.

California State University Embraces Direct Admissions

After a successful pilot, California is joining a growing group of states to extend proactive college acceptances to qualified students without having them apply. One scholar says the practice may become the “new norm.”

UC Berkeley law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky at his home in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. He is an older white man with white hair wearing glasses and a dark sweater over a collared shirt, standing in front of a tree.

Berkeley Law Dean Urges Supreme Court to Be ‘Guardrail of Our Democracy’

Erwin Chemerinsky capped this week’s APLU conference by explaining higher ed’s financial vulnerabilities that the Trump administration is exploiting and arguing that the high court needs to “check” the president.

A photo of GMU president Gregory Washington, a Black man wearing a business suit and speaking at a podium
Opinion

George Mason Must Not Comply With the Government’s Demands

If the institution accepts the Office for Civil Rights’ findings, it will not just damage the college’s reputation, it will make all of higher education more vulnerable, says James Finkelstein.

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Opinion

Do Regional Publics Know Their Product?

Perhaps higher education is not a product that can be endlessly innovated, Scott M. Reznick writes.

Florida governor Ron DeSantis speaking in front of a flag

Despite Reservations, Florida Approves New Accreditor

The State University System of Florida’s Board of Governors moved forward with plans to start a new accreditor. But the board has questions about how it will work.