Ivy League universities are on a debt binge
Aug 13, 2025 - The borrowers, including Harvard, Princeton and Yale, benefit from a “prestige premium”
Higher Ed News
As Trump Pushes International Students Away, Asian Schools Scoop Them Up
Aug 14, 2025 - The president’s hostility toward foreign students has made American higher education a riskier proposition for them. Other countries are eager to capitalize.
Education Department details plans to collect applicant data by race, sex
Aug 14, 2025 -The proposed change to IPEDS reporting, in line with a recent Trump administration memo, could add over 740,000 hours to higher ed’s workload.
University revenues up in 2023-24: StatCan
Aug 13, 2025 - Newly released numbers predate the federal cap on international students.
Young men are struggling in a slowing job market, even if they have college degrees
Aug 13, 2025 - Men ages 23 to 30 are discovering that a bachelor's degree doesn't offer the same protection from unemployment that it used to.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore hundreds of UCLA research grants
Aug 12, 2025 - The grants were terminated over alleged DEI violations. University of California attorneys argued the actions were arbitrary and capricious.
Applications Now Open for $60,000 NVIDIA Graduate Fellowship Awards
Aug 13, 2025 - The application deadline for the 2026-2027 academic year is Monday, Sept. 15, 2025.
Utah System of Higher Education approves strategic reinvestment plans for 3 universities
Aug 12, 2025 - The Utah System of Higher Education's board on Tuesday approved updated strategic reinvestment plans from the University of Utah, Utah State University and Weber State University.
Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy
Aug 12, 2025 - A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.
Stanford says no to state student aid, yes to legacy and donor admissions
Aug 13, 2025 - The highly selective university will forgo California financial aid for students to circumvent a new law aimed at curbing the admissions practices.
Pomona College | A Unified Framework for Random Forest Prediction Error Estimation
Aug 12, 2025 - Jo Hardin, professor of math and statistics and Hardison Chair of analytical thinking, explores how Random Forest prediction model works.
AI Research and Real-World Impact Take Shape at UMW's Center for AI and the Liberal Arts
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AI content is tainting preprints: how moderators are fighting back
Aug 12, 2025 - Preprint servers are seeing a rise in submissions seemingly produced by paper mills or with help from AI tools.
6 tips for covering tribal colleges and universities
Aug 13, 2025 - TCUs will lose nearly 90% of the funding they get from the U.S. Department of the Interior if Congress supports the administration’s budget proposal for the new fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1.
UConn closes seven academic programs, plans to review 70 more
Aug 12, 2025 - The decision comes as UConn looks to save costs.
Bucknell No. 1 Among Liberal Arts Colleges on LinkedIn's Rankings for Long-term Career Success
Aug 12, 2025 - Bucknell is listed 21st overall on a list that ranks the undergraduate programs that best set their alumni up for long-term career success.
Ohio school among LinkedIn’s top 50 colleges for career success
Aug 12, 2025 - Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, is one of the top 50 colleges in the U.S. for long-term career success, according to LinkedIn's first-ever top colleges 2025 rankings.
Boston University Makes LinkedIn’s First “Top Colleges” List for Preparing Students for Career Success
Aug 12, 2025 - Among the top fields with BU alumni were technology and Internet companies, advertising, and higher education
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.
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."