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N.J. City U and Kean Announce Plans to Pursue Merger

The proposed partnership between the two minority- and Hispanic-serving institutions comes on the heels of NJCU’s steep financial challenges and state scrutiny in recent years.

State Department to Use AI to Revoke Student Visas

Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to use artificial intelligence to review and revoke visas of foreign students who appear...
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‘Whiplash’ and Dread Inside the Education Department

As career department staff await a delayed executive order and imminent personnel cuts, some say morale is low and tensions are high.

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Draft Order Offers Hints to How Trump Wants to Shut Down the Department

The leaked draft gives higher ed leaders some idea of what could happen next.

Trump signs executive order

Trump to Sign Order Abolishing Education Department Soon, Reports Say

The long-awaited directive comes as the agency is preparing to lay off likely hundreds of employees and just days after Secretary Linda McMahon took the reins.

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Presidents Weigh In on the Public Confidence Crisis

Few college leaders think higher ed has responded effectively to the electorate’s “diploma divide” or to public trust concerns. What does this mean for the white-hot value debate?

A Pennsylvania Community College Campus Closes In-Person Programs

Butler County Community College is discontinuing credit-bearing, in-person programs at its LindePointe campus in response to enrollment troubles and the...
Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya, a man with silver hair and glasses wearing a suit and red tie

NIH Nominee Skirts Questions on Plan to Cut Indirect Cost Rates

At a key hearing Wednesday, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya said he’s committed to providing NIH-funded scientists the resources they need. But he offered few specifics on how he’ll do that amid Trump’s plans to slash the $47 billion agency’s budget.