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    Gen Z says AI has made their college degrees irrelevant

    New-to-market job seekers are feeling the effects of fervent AI adoption more acutely than any other generation, according to Indeed.

    By Roberto Torres • April 29, 2025
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    This week in 5 numbers: 133 international students have legal status restored

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from a legal victory for some noncitizen students to Harvard University's legal fight against the Trump administration.

    By • April 25, 2025
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    Enrollment and Retention

    A look at the pandemic's continuing impact on enrollment and how colleges can ensure students stay on course.

    By Higher Ed Dive staff
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    Carnegie Classifications debuts redesign of system to group colleges

    It now has multiple categories to capture the size and mission of colleges and a new classification focused on student access and earnings.

    By • April 24, 2025
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    Beyond mass emails: How to encourage student feedback

    Leaders from two community colleges shared how they're soliciting student input to improve institutional planning.

    By • April 22, 2025
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    Northwestern to self-fund federally threatened research

    Leaders at the well-known institution said the support would sustain "vital research" until they had a "better understanding of the funding landscape."

    By • April 18, 2025
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    This week in 5 numbers: Another year of growth for faculty salaries

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from a second year of faculty compensation increases to more consolidation in Georgia universities.

    By • April 18, 2025
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    Will Harvard lose its ability to enroll foreign students?

    Federal officials have ratcheted up the pressure on the Ivy League college since its leadership declined to meet an unprecedented list of ultimatums.

    By • April 17, 2025
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    What you missed from the 2025 ASU+GSV Summit

    Education leaders gathered in San Diego to discuss everything from cuts at the U.S. Department of Education to higher education innovation. 

    By • April 16, 2025
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    3 takeaways on higher education innovation from the ASU+GSV Summit

    Ongoing challenges could spur the sector to build new kinds of institutions and adopt disruptive practices, higher education experts said. 

    By • April 11, 2025
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    This week in 5 numbers: McMahon defends Education Department dismantling

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from the U.S. education secretary’s recent comments to the Trump administration’s ultimatum to Harvard University. 

    By • April 11, 2025
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    Michigan State University and Apple to jointly open manufacturing academy

    The program is part of the iPhone maker’s $10 billion commitment to building advanced manufacturing and skills development nationwide.

    By Sara Samora • April 8, 2025
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    ‘New sheriff in town’: DOJ to enforce anti-trans Trump orders

    A joint Title IX Special Investigations Team will shift some civil rights investigations and enforcement from the Education Department to the Justice Department.

    By Naaz Modan • April 4, 2025
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    Harvard University faces funding ultimatum from Trump administration

    The move echoes an ultimately successful gambit several federal agencies pulled against Columbia University last month.

    By • April 4, 2025
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    This week in 5 numbers: Harvard comes under scrutiny of Trump administration

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from one Ivy League university facing a multibillion-dollar federal review to another losing its president in under a year.

    By • April 4, 2025
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    Ohio and Kentucky enact laws banning DEI at public colleges

    Conservative lawmakers in both states successfully pushed through the bills after failed attempts in previous years.

    By • March 31, 2025
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    Harvard University faces $9B federal funding review

    The investigation into the Ivy League institution is the largest yet by the Trump administration’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism.

    By • March 31, 2025
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    6 higher education experts reflect on COVID’s sectorwide influence

    March marked the five-year anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic.

    By , • March 29, 2025
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    This week in 5 numbers: University of Pennsylvania hit with $175M in stop-work orders

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from another Ivy League college's federal funding woes to calls to increase the endowment taxes wealthy colleges pay.

    By • March 28, 2025
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    University at Albany decarbonization project eyes 16% cut in fossil fuel consumption

    With geothermal wells, heat recovery and chiller replacements, the university will be able to shut off its gas-fired boilers during the summer, it said.

    By Joe Burns • March 26, 2025
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    Navigating this moment: The urgency of mentorship

    Mentorship is an essential strategy that addresses key milestones and challenges in the student life cycle, propelling career-ready students directly into the workforce.

    By Laura H Doughty • March 24, 2025
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    This week in 5 numbers: Education Department opens probes into over 50 colleges

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from the agency launching new investigations to a court ruling lifting an injunction against orders targeting diversity efforts. 

    By • March 21, 2025
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    Trump signs order closing Education Department to ‘maximum extent appropriate’

    The directive comes on the heels of U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon's decision to gut half the agency as its "final mission.”

    By Naaz Modan • Updated March 20, 2025
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    Columbia University faces ultimatum from Trump administration to keep federal funding

    Federal officials told the Ivy League institution to remake its disciplinary process and suspend or expel some pro-Palestinian protesters by March 20.

    By • March 14, 2025
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    This week in 5 numbers: Education Department puts 60 colleges on notice

    We’re rounding up recent stories, from warnings to colleges about antisemitism probes to massive staff reductions at the U.S. Department of Education. 

    By • March 14, 2025
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    Half of OCR eliminated after Trump Education Department layoffs

    The shuttering of seven civil rights enforcement offices means thousands of cases impacting colleges in half the nation are up in the air.

    By Naaz Modan • March 13, 2025