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George Washington U Pauses Admissions to 5 Ph.D. Programs
GWU is the latest institution to suspend admissions to Ph.D. programs, citing financial constraints. The university is seeing a significant decline in international applicants this year.
Education Dept. Rolls Back Key Accountability Measure for Corporate College Owners
The regulation required the owners of private colleges to take on personal liability in order to maintain access to federal funds. Now it will be enforced on a case-by-case basis.
Tenure Under Threat
A spate of firings in the fall revealed just how corroded tenure protections have become. How did we get here?
Senate Committee Chair Investigates Math Course Placements at Selective Colleges
A Senate committee chair has launched an investigation into what he says is a decline in how prepared freshmen accepted...
New Bill Would Consolidate Mississippi Community Colleges
Legislation introduced by Mississippi representative Trey Lamar, chairman of the state’s House Ways and Means Committee, proposes consolidating six Mississippi...
DHS Targeted Students for Protected Speech
Newly unsealed court documents show that the federal government arrested and attempted to deport international scholars based solely on their pro-Palestinian activism.
University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor to Lead Columbia
Columbia University has selected Jennifer Mnookin, a legal scholar and current chancellor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, as...
The Key Podcast: Teaching Students Agency in the Age of AI
Students have little opportunity to practice agency when an LMS tracks their assignments, they’re not encouraged to explore different majors...