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Higher Ed Groups Bash ED Proposal to Allow More Grant Terminations
The Education Department received more than 5,500 public comments on rule changes that would allow the secretary to, among many other things, ax awards simply “for convenience.”
UNC Chapel Hill Trustee Blames Law Professor for Infrastructure Budget Woes
A member of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Board of Trustees blamed a politically outspoken faculty member...
Phil Knight Gifts Univ. of Oregon $1B for Engineering College
The University of Oregon has received a $1 billion donation from Nike co-founder and UO alumnus Phil Knight and his...
AAUP Urges AAU to Reject Nebraska
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is seeking to rejoin the prestigious group of research universities after it was expelled in 2011
The Future of the American University, According to Cornell Faculty
A Cornell committee made nearly 70 recommendations that it says will reorient the university to its core purpose.
ED Redirects $235M in MSI Funds to HBCUs, Tribal Colleges
The Education Department announced Tuesday that it is sending more than $174 million to historically Black colleges and universities and...
Commercialized Federal Research Has Generated Trillions, Study Finds
Federally funded research continues to yield big payoffs for the broader national economy, new data shows. Between 2021 and 2025...
Report Finds Little Recourse for Donors
A Philanthropy Roundtable review of legal cases found that donors have little leverage if a university unilaterally rewrites their gift agreement. They believe legislation is needed.