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    Haverford settles with group accusing college of fostering antisemitism

    Under the settlement terms, the private college will bar discrimination against Zionist, Jewish and Israeli students and employees.

    By • Aug. 10, 2026
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    AAUP sues Texas A&M System over teaching limits on race and gender

    The American Association of University Professors and four faculty members allege that those restrictions violate free speech rights. 

    By • Aug. 4, 2026
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    Sonoma State to relaunch NCAA athletics after budget cuts eliminated sports

    The university faced outcry and a lawsuit over its decision to eliminate sports last year as part of broader cuts to close a $24 million deficit.

    By • July 29, 2026
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    3 dozen of Harvard’s peers back its court fight against the Trump administration

    Yale, Columbia, Brown and a raft of other institutions warned of damages to the national research system from “draconian” research funding cuts.

    By • July 27, 2026
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    EEOC drops bid to press Penn for Jewish employee information

    The Ivy League institution had fought the demand in court, citing workers’ privacy and the extensive information it had already turned over to the agency.

    By Emilie Shumway • July 24, 2026
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    ‘A more defensive posture’: College finance leaders navigate a turbulent policy world

    Experts discussed loan caps, federal probes and other shifts at the National Association of College and University Business Officers’ annual meeting.

    By • July 23, 2026
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    Appeals court rejects Education Department’s bid to delay borrower defense decisions

    The ruling is the latest in the long-running Sweet v. McMahon settlement, which promises timely decisions on borrower defense claims or automatic debt relief.

    By • July 22, 2026
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    ‘A razor’s edge’: How colleges are navigating civil rights probes under Trump

    Some colleges have cut deals, while others have fought back against federal officials. Both come with risks, legal experts say.

    By Danielle McLean • July 20, 2026
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    What does the Supreme Court’s transgender athlete ruling mean for higher ed?

    The landmark decision has big implications for transgender students — and the Title IX and litigation landscape for colleges.

    By David Weisenfeld • July 13, 2026
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    California community college settles with professor who sued over DEI policy

    Bakersfield College agreed to not require Daymon Johnson to use diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility principles in his teaching or scholarship.

    By • Updated July 10, 2026
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    AAUP sues over Texas Tech classroom instruction limits

    The national faculty group, alongside a local affiliate, asked a judge to block the directives and rule them unconstitutional.

    By • July 8, 2026
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    Florida loses appeal over college accreditation

    A panel of three federal judges rejected Florida’s argument that the system unconstitutionally delegates “unchecked authority” to private agencies.

    By • July 7, 2026
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    Florida’s Stop WOKE act struck down for colleges on appeal

    Tuesday’s ruling called the state’s attempt to limit classroom discussion "a breathtaking assertion of power to ban unpopular ideas from public discourse."

    By • July 7, 2026
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    Supreme Court upholds bans on transgender athletes in women’s college sports

    Colleges and K-12 schools can determine eligibility for women's and girls' sports teams based on "biological sex," the court ruled.

    By , • June 30, 2026
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    Court pauses Education Department regulations limiting ‘professional’ degrees

    The agency released widely contested regulations this spring to block access to higher borrowing limits for many graduate students.

    By • June 25, 2026
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    EEOC opens antisemitism probe into NEA, Brandeis Center says

    The center's complaint alleges the teachers union didn’t specify Jews as the primary victims of the Holocaust, among other things. 

    By Naaz Modan • June 23, 2026
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    Kentucky State gets OK for program cuts amid state-mandated overhaul

    The state’s higher education authority signed off on the narrowed offerings even as a lawsuit contests the university’s transformation.

    By • June 15, 2026
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    Trump administration appeals ruling against $100K H-1B visa fee

    The fee has caused concern among higher education experts that it would hamper colleges’ ability to recruit foreign scholars and instructors. 

    By • June 11, 2026
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    Coalition asks judge to halt Trump’s anti-DEI contractor order

    The group, led by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education, filed a lawsuit over the executive order in April.

    By Emilie Shumway • June 10, 2026
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    University of Iowa cannot change endowed scholarship for Black students, state high court rules

    The institution sought to change the scholarship's eligibility to first-generation students, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on race-conscious admission.

    By • June 8, 2026
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    Nebraska law offering in-state tuition to undocumented students struck down

    The federal judge’s ruling marks the fourth time a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit has ended such policies under the Trump administration.

    By • June 4, 2026
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    DOJ opens 15 civil rights probes into medical school admissions

    The agency last month accused two highly selective medical schools of unlawfully giving Black and Hispanic applicants an advantage.

    By • June 4, 2026
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    University of Alabama nabs court win in lawsuit over student magazines

    A federal judge rejected the plaintiffs’ request to reinstate the shuttered publications while the legal battle over their closure continues.

    By • June 3, 2026
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    West Point speech policies paused for civilian faculty by federal judge

    U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel called one of the military college's rules a "broad and standardless intrusion" on civilian faculty's constitutional rights.

    By • May 29, 2026
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    DOJ lawsuit accuses UCLA of ignoring antisemitism on campus

    The agency sued the University of California, arguing its Los Angeles campus was “deliberately indifferent” to harassment of Jewish and Israeli students.

    By • May 26, 2026