At 11th hour, judge blocks Trump’s pause on federal funding
The White House's budget director recently told agencies to pause federal grants, loans and other aid so they can review their adherence to Trump's slew of orders since coming to office.
Trump executive order targets DEI at military academies
The new executive order, signed Monday, directs newly sworn-in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to review the Pentagon’s “actions taken in pursuit of DEI initiatives, including all instances of race and sex discrimination and activities designed to promote a race- or sex-based preferences system.”
We need new ways to protect academic freedom (opinion)
In that period, “faculty and staff at institutions of higher learning across the country experienced increased scrutiny from college administrators and trustees, as well as Congress and the FBI, for their speech, their academic work, and their political activities.”
Trump’s federal funding freeze concerns colleges
Higher ed officials and student advocacy groups warned throughout the day that the pause, in addition to a recent flurry of executive orders, would cause unnecessary disruption to the primary goals and functions of American colleges and universities and could jeopardize crucial scientific research.
First-year student enrollment spiked 5.5% in fall 2024
Shapiro addressed the research center’s methodological error during a call Wednesday with reporters.The erroneous preliminary report found that first-year enrollment had declined by 5% — over 10 percentage points lower than what the final data showed.
Texas A&M University to restrict undergrad enrollment growth following ‘massive’ increases
In response, Texas A&M plans to add eight to 12 new buses and separate lanes for bicycles and electric mobility devices, Welsh said.It will also potentially switch to later class times on its fast-growing West campus.
Fostering campus dialogue doesn’t start with silence
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How Trump’s Day 1 actions could affect higher education
“The impact of these executive actions will be devastating — stripping away health care access, weakening workplace protections from abuse, inviting exclusion and harassment of vulnerable school children, and giving a green light to discrimination throughout public life,” Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings said in a Monday statement.
HBCU leaders prepare for “delicate dance” under Trump
Harry Williams, president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, noted another reason for optimism heading into the new Trump term: Most HBCUs are located in red states, so they’ve always developed and relied on positive relationships with Republican lawmakers.
Education Department releases new OPM guidance
Additionally, the department officials said third-party servicers aren’t allowed to describe an OPM-run program as equivalent to the campus-run version unless there’s “specific evidence of actual parity with respect to each advertised aspect.”
Promising results for Tennessee adult college advising model
The report also found that students who worked with Navigate Reconnect coaches, called Reconnect Navigators, stayed enrolled or earned technical certificates and degrees at a rate 11 percentage points higher than students who didn’t work with coaches.
Focusing on Digital Sustainability Is More Cost-Effective for ITAM
Everyone is looking at every aspect of energy efficiency, and every watt counts, so evaluating this benchmark for devices will put money back in the institution’s pocket.
A better approach for teaching about AI (opinion)
Yes, it can come up with a pretty good Wikipedia-style explanation of amoebas or utilitarianism, but as soon as you want to produce something really interesting with ChatGPT and other large language models, things start go a bit wrong.
Dartmouth basketball players withdraw labor union bid
Circuit Court of Appeals hold that athletes may be considered employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act, provided their relationship to a school or the NCAA reflects an “economic reality” in which their play “crosses the legal line into work protected by the FLSA.”
Community colleges in the lurch after WIOA bill founders
A bipartisan effort to update the nation’s workforce development law is dead, depriving hundreds of community colleges of increased funds and opportunities to cut through the red tape surrounding short-term job training.
Tuition reimbursement cannot be factored into wage garnishment, DOL says
The WHD has noted that Title III of the CCPA prevents employers from “discharging an employee whose earnings have been subject to garnishment for any one debt, regardless of the number of levies made or proceedings brought to collect it.”
This week in 5 numbers: The rise in AI education
One communications expert argued the Education Department needn't be a partisan issue and that President-elect Donald Trump should rebrand the agency, rather than moving to nix it completely.
API Attacks: What Are They and How Can Universities Prepare?
APIs can even execute logic — for example, answering the question “is this student eligible to enroll next year?”— letting one application be the source of truth and reducing maintenance headaches and inconsistencies.
Jimmy Carter, who oversaw the Education Department’s creation, dies at age 100
"Our ability to advance both economically and technologically, our country's entire intellectual and cultural life depend on the success of our great educational enterprise," Carter said in the 1979 speech, according to The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Ed Department changes reporting requirements for online colleges
An August survey of chief online learning officers found that two-thirds wanted to create virtual versions of classes and programs their colleges offered on campus.
Trump wants to nix the Education Department. He should rebrand it instead.
This blueprint of leaving the fundamentals of curriculum development to the states while providing best practices and tools and targeting funding to achieve big national goals is exactly what we need going forward.
Why more colleges are embracing AI offerings
Ever since the public release of ChatGPT in November 2022, artificial intelligence has dominated conversations related to higher education and the future of work in the U.S. Now, some colleges are investing significantly in AI-related programs, from specific degrees to integrating AI literacy into other disciplines.
Dartmouth Men’s Basketball Team Drops Union Bid
“By filing a request to withdraw our petition today, we seek to preserve the precedent set by this exceptional group of young people on the men’s varsity basketball team,” local president Chris Peck said in a statement to the Associated Press.
Univ. of Arizona Global Campus faculty respond to professor
To set the record straight, UAGC is committed to providing online higher education for non-traditional students, including working adults, military personnel, parents, and underserved communities.