Gov. Hochul announces 16,500+ applications for free community college program
Aug 12, 2025 - Over 16,500 have applied for New York State's free community college program at CUNY and SUNY.
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Florida’s universities face research overhaul courtesy of Trump and DeSantis
Aug 11, 2025 - Led by the governor, Florida's government accountability DOGE team is auditing university research projects and even recommending grants for termination.
DOJ sets sights on George Washington University
Aug 12, 2025 - The Justice Department accused the university of being “deliberately indifferent” to antisemitism on its Washington, D.C., campus.
How one state revamped high school to reflect that not everyone goes to college
Aug 12, 2025 - Indiana’s initial plan for revised graduation requirements was criticized for prioritizing work-based learning over academic preparedness. The state has tried to find a balance between the two.
University of Nebraska System offers buyouts to tenured faculty amid budget woes
Aug 12, 2025 - The offer comes after leaders of the four-campus network said they were looking to trim $20 million from its budget.
32 colleges accused of using early decision to drive up costs
Aug 11, 2025 - The lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, alleged the practice also allows colleges to offer less financial aid to their students.
Schmidt Sciences joins global research effort to safeguard AI
Jul 30, 2025 - UK AISI, Canada AISI, Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, and others collaborate to offer grants, computational power and venture capital to build trust in AI
How researcher visa curbs threaten science careers
Aug 7, 2025 - Anti-immigration sentiment is fuelling a drive to slash international student and worker numbers, but at what cost to researchers and countries leading the charge?
Trump order gives political appointees vast powers over research grants
Aug 8, 2025 - Researchers are alarmed that the move might upend a long-standing tradition of peer-review for grants.
VCU removes references to race from scholarship language
Aug 8, 2025 - The changes come amid a federal push to end campus diversity efforts.
UPittsburgh | A Responsible Data Science project will explore extreme human altruism
Aug 7, 2025 - The Pitt initiative will collaborate with the Carnegie Hero Fund to make its 121 years of data on heroes available to researchers.
Scaling Deep Learning Education in a College of Arts & Sciences
Aug 7, 2025 - "I hope our experience will be useful to educators designing similar courses beyond traditional CS and engineering programs."
Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says
Aug 8, 2025 - UCLA is the first public university to be targeted by a widespread funding freeze over allegations of civil rights violations related to antisemitism and affirmative action.
Congress wants to cut the smartest investment taxpayers ever made
Aug 7, 2025 - Cutting the level of government funding for scientific research now would rip those future returns out of American hands and deliver them to our global competitors.
More scientific papers being written with help of ChatGPT—especially in computer science
Aug 5, 2025 - A steady increase in the likely use of ChatGPT was observed across multiple topics of study, with the most dramatic being computer science—a notably AI-adjacent discipline.
Princeton enhances financial aid again as it welcomes the Class of 2029, which includes the largest-ever number of Pell-eligible students
Aug 7, 2025 - The financial aid expansion reflects Princeton’s national leadership in access and affordability.
MSU surpasses $260 million raised in FY25, endowment passes $1 billion
Aug 8, 2025 - This is the second year for the foundation to exceed a quarter billion dollars raised.
What to know as Trump's immigration crackdown strips tuition breaks from thousands of students
Aug 7, 2025 - Tens of thousands of U.S. college students without legal residency are losing access to in-state tuition as part of the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration.
University of Arkansas in Fayetteville kicks off move-in weekend with record enrollment
Aug 7, 2025 - “It never ceases to amaze me how excited they are, and how contagious that excitement is for coming and joining our community."
College applications rise outside US as Trump cracks down on international students
Aug 6, 2025 - As part of its crackdown on immigration, President Donald Trump’s administration is pressuring U.S. colleges to reduce their dependence on international enrollment while adding new layers of scrutiny for foreign students.
Why AI leaderboards are inaccurate and how to fix them
Jul 29, 2025 - Faulty ranking mechanisms used in AI leaderboards can be overcome through approaches evaluated at the University of Michigan.
Trump issues directives on college admissions data and research grants
Aug 7, 2025 - Together, the orders set up the administration to exert more control over who institutions enroll and which grants are funded.
UK Royal Society adopts ‘subscribe to open’ publishing model
Aug 6, 2025 - Eight of its journals will publish papers open access each year they earn sufficient library revenue.
Opinion: Utah's innovation ensures U.S. AI dominance
Aug 6, 2025 - Utah's public-private partnerships set a new standard for AI innovation — and the nation is following suit.
AI chatbots can run with medical misinformation, study finds, highlighting the need for stronger safeguards
Aug 6, 2025 - A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai finds that widely used AI chatbots are highly vulnerable to repeating and elaborating on false medical information.
University of Utah board moves to cut 81 academic programs
Aug 7, 2025 - The planned eliminations are in response to a new state law ordering public colleges to cut certain academic offerings and invest in high-demand fields.
Trump administration illegally axed NIH grants, government watchdog says
Aug 6, 2025 - The U.S. Government Accountability Office can file a lawsuit in an attempt to restore the grants, though the agency has not yet opted to do so.
US College Administrators Spend 50% of Their Time Chasing Unpaid Tuition
Aug 6, 2025 - With back-to-school season upon us, we took a look at the higher education side of the ledger.
These College Professors Will Not Bow Down to A.I.
Aug 6, 2025 - Technology is making the old ways of teaching ineffective. A new way is starting to emerge.
Stanford University lays off 363 employees
Aug 6, 2025 - The California research institution has been buffeted by shifting federal funding policies and a forthcoming increase to the endowment tax.