Gutted courses, fewer majors, faculty layoffs: Who will feel Cal State's 8% budget cut?
Feb. 11, 2025 - In his budget proposal, Gov. Gavin Newsom included a Cal State budget cut of nearly 8%. System officials say that will force major cuts.
Feb. 26, 2025 - Stanford is implementing a freeze on staff hiring in the university. Critically needed positions may be approved by the cognizant dean, vice president, or vice provost, though these situations should be limited.
UW-Madison graduate program to decrease admissions offers amid federal funding uncertainty
Feb. 25, 2025 - Graduate programs at UW-Madison are being advised to decrease admissions offers due to increased student yield and potential funding decline, according university leadership.
‘Journalism Is Expensive’: Harvard Public Health Magazine Closes After Financial Struggles
Feb. 26, 2025 - More than a decade after its launch, the Harvard Public Health Magazine announced on Monday that the publication would shut down after struggling to turn a profit.
Texas Southern University Requests $6.6M for AI Initiative
Feb. 21, 2025 - The university is hoping to streamline administrative operations, improve AI literacy and enhance recruitment efforts. It has also requested millions more from the legislature for other tech-related initiatives.
Old Dominion University Launches Enterprise Chatbot
Feb. 24, 2025 - Specifically designed for faculty, MonarchMind gives users access to ChatGPT, Gemini and Llama on a secure, university-run system that does not share chat data with outside parties or use it to train AI models.
Survey: Higher Ed AI Adoption Faces Financial, Policy Hurdles
Feb. 25, 2025 - A new EDUCAUSE study reveals that while AI is becoming a strategic priority in higher education, cost and policy development, especially at small schools, still hinders widespread implementation.
Unions protest Sonoma State’s planned cuts to faculty and programs amid $23.9M deficit - Local News Matters
Feb. 24, 2025 - The California Faculty Association, students and other unions have held rally at Sonoma State University ahead of last week’s on-campus legislative forum.
Why the University of Texas System is offering microcredentials to students — for free
Feb. 26, 2025 - The public network is providing access to Coursera’s Career Academy, which includes professional certificates from companies like Microsoft and Google.
University of Missouri announces cuts, full impact not yet known
Feb. 24, 2025 - The MU president warned university system faces challenges and cuts to federal programs in the near future and will need to take steps to address those issues.
UMichigan-Ann Arbor | Six papers by CSE researchers at SIGCSE TS 2025
Feb. 25, 2025 - Six papers authored by researchers affiliated with CSE are being presented at the 2025 Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE TS).
Penn State University | Making machine learning models more fair focus of Tan lab
Feb. 20, 2025 - Professor Tan is helping researchers customize fair models by mitigating biases in existing machine learning models in open-source libraries such as Tensorflow or Scikit-Learn.
DOGE blocked from accessing Education Department’s sensitive student data until March 10
Feb. 24, 2025 - A judge said the Trump administration failed to explain why the Department of Government Efficiency needed “sweeping access” to the agency’s records.
Canceled meetings and confusion: NIH grant funding in limbo despite court injunction | WBUR News
Feb. 24, 2025 - Researchers awaiting NIH funding say their grant meetings are being canceled, despite a court order blocking the Trump administration from freezing federal funds.
Northwestern Libraries’ website removes DEI mention as University responds to executive orders
Feb. 23, 2025 - Northwestern Libraries removed the mention of diversity on its website, following President Donald Trump’s executive orders against DEI initiatives.
Penn schools scrubbed their DEI websites. Here’s what’s left.
Feb. 24, 2025 - Four undergraduate and 12 graduate schools have scrubbed references to diversity, equity, and inclusion from their respective webpages over the past two weeks.
Officials tack on additional leadership review for hiring, promotions to preserve GW’s ‘limited’ resources
Feb. 24, 2025 - Officials will add another step to the approval process for faculty and staff hiring and promotions to protect GW’s “limited” resources.