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Historic $3B Gift to Fund New Campus for Carnegie Mellon

Carnegie Mellon University has received a historic $3 billion donation from Citadel founder and CEO Ken Griffin, the largest individual...

HASTAC Goes Offline After More Than 25 Years

After more than a quarter century of community building, the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC, pronounced...
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Conn. System Vice Chair Quits Board, Citing Dysfunction

Amid a flurry of controversy and recent resignations by administrators, Connecticut State Colleges and Universities Board of Regents Vice Chair...
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Most College Graduates Finish Degrees On Time, but Data Reveals Disparities

Of the 2.33 million undergraduates who earned bachelor’s degrees in the 2024–25 academic year, most did so in four years...

The Key Podcast: A Self-Help Guide for Faculty in a Crisis

Every week from 2022 to 2024, Cathy Davidson and Jody Greene met on Zoom to think through action plans for...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (L) arrives at the Pentagon for the first time since being confirmed Jan. 27, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. He was greeted by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. C.Q Brown (R). Hegseth subsequently called for Brown's dismissal and questioned whether he had gotten the job due to his race. Brown was dismissed by the president on Feb. 21.

Hegseth to Military Academies: No New Tenured Civilian Jobs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed military academies to “cease appointing civilian employees to tenured positions,” according to a memo...
USC Trojans offense at the line of scrimmage before an extra point attempt during the game against Michigan Wolverines at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Oct. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles

Senate Signs Off on College Sports Overhaul

After years of hearings, several drafts of legislation and an intense lobbying effort, one chamber of Congress advanced a bill...
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Many 2026 ‘Genius’ Fellows Have Ties to Higher Ed

The MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday announced 20 winners of this year’s “genius” fellowships, more than half of whom have ties...