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    Brown University adds 700 cameras in wake of deadly shooting

    The Ivy League institution also added or enhanced the use of blue light phone stations, card-swipe readers and panic buttons, it said.

    By Robert Freedman • Sept. 23, 2026
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    Faculty group wants to block UNL’s attempted return to AAU over program cuts

    The American Association of University Professors’ leader said the selective higher ed group should not consider readmitting the public flagship for now.

    By • Sept. 22, 2026
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    Explore how universities are working to boost student outcomes by integrating remedial education, providing mental health tools and making education more accessible. 

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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    Week in review: South University to change hands — again

    We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from one agency's plan to overhaul the grant process to how La Salle University orchestrated an enrollment recovery.

    By • Sept. 21, 2026
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    US higher ed faces mounting attacks on academic freedom, report warns

    Over the last academic year, federal and state politicians repeatedly sought to pressure colleges into “ideological compliance,” Scholars at Risk found.

    By • Sept. 18, 2026
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    Week in review: DOJ sues remaining states over tuition laws

    We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from Florida's public education shutting out undocumented students to the stalled fight to ban legacy admissions.

    By • Sept. 14, 2026
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    How Dartmouth’s push for more dialogue improved campus debate and its reputation

    Efforts by the Ivy League institution to foster open conversations have helped raise its score with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

    By Danielle McLean • Updated Sept. 15, 2026
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    ABA revokes diversity standards in accreditation

    Tuesday's vote follows more than a year of attacks by the Trump administration on the legal organization and its diversity work.

    By • Sept. 9, 2026
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    Colleges improve on utilization of classroom, office space

    But amid higher education's progress, conference rooms still mostly sit empty, per an analysis from Occuspace.

    By Joe Burns • Sept. 9, 2026
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    Week in review: 3 Texas university systems move to slash core curriculum options

    We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from Antioch University’s fight against a "hostile takeover" to an IRS plan to punish diversity work.

    By • Sept. 7, 2026
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    Week in review: Trump administration targets ABA’s accrediting arm

    We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from developments in high-profile court cases in higher education to artificial intelligence policies on campuses.

    By • Aug. 31, 2026
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    20 Michigan colleges join new direct admissions program

    Through MI College Match, students will be able to get automatic acceptance offers by uploading their transcripts to a free online portal.

    By • Aug. 27, 2026
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    Week in review: Accreditation overhaul takes step forward

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from plans to propose a change to the H-1B program to the planned sale of Anna Maria College’s nursing program. 

    By • Aug. 24, 2026
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    DOJ charges 17 in Iran-backed hacking campaign against US colleges, others

    Officials allege the Mabna Institute was behind an effort to steal research from American universities, companies and government agencies.

    By David Jones • Aug. 20, 2026
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    Week in review: Trump lawsuit against Harvard dismissed

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from senators raising alarm about student visa appointment availability to a higher education antitrust case proceeding.

    By • Aug. 17, 2026
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    DOJ’s antisemitism lawsuit against Harvard dismissed

    Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general of the agency’s civil rights division, said federal officials are "assessing next steps."

    By • Aug. 13, 2026
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    Columbia faces discrimination lawsuit from Palestinian employees and students

    Plaintiffs allege the Ivy League institution instead "actively participated in and amplified" racial and political targeting of its campus members.

    By • Aug. 12, 2026
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    Most 4-year graduates work in same state as their alma mater, report finds

    States looking to grow their college-educated workforce should focus on "homegrown talent” over wooing outside workers, according to the analysis.

    By • Aug. 11, 2026
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    Week in review: The conservative vision for higher ed

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from a request from U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon to cuts at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

    By • Aug. 10, 2026
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    Alum launches as college-town hospitality concept, debuting in Alabama

    The move intends to bring luxury condo-hotels and year-round programming near campuses as hospitality players move in on college markets.

    By Noor Adatia • Aug. 6, 2026
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    Week in review: A $100K fee for OPT?

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from a look at the keywords used to target grants to a group of higher education bills advancing in the Senate. 

    By • Aug. 3, 2026
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    Inside the federal keyword lists that canceled billions in research funding

    In court documents, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and others shared which words they used to target grants.

    By • July 27, 2026
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    Week in review: Is a new era ahead for federally funded research?

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from civil rights groups slamming a regulatory change to a ruling against the administration’s approach to grant cuts. 

    By • July 27, 2026
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    Week in review: Trump administration finalizes its 4-year student visa cap

    We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from Republican efforts to downsize the U.S. Department of Education to Nebraska and Texas universities’ funding cuts.

    By • July 20, 2026
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    University of California committee suspends standardized test review

    The system’s academic senate is “revising its timeline” to comprehensively examine the role of college entrance exams, according to its chair.

    By • Updated July 17, 2026
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    Week in review: Classroom speech has its day in court

    We’re rounding up last week’s stories, from Moody’s gloomier outlook for Brown University to workforce cuts at multiple institutions.

    By • July 13, 2026