What We're Reading
Industry reads hand-picked by our editors
Sep 18, 2026
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The Assembly
How UNC Asheville Plans to Attract More Students After Another Enrollment Drop
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The Hechinger Report
More degrees but not higher earnings: Puzzling data from CUNY’s famed ASAP program
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News From The States
KY lawmakers censored universities, then shielded their own records
Sep 17, 2026
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Ivy League’s Surrender to AI Is Insane
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Spotlight PA
How quietly passed legislation will allow Penn State to move forward with potential campus sales
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Associated Press
Mahmoud Khalil lawsuit says Columbia failed to protect pro-Palestinian activists
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The Salt Lake Tribune
A Utah student joked on a cake about the killing of Charlie Kirk. Rudy Giuliani and others publicized her identity and now the U. is investigating.
Sep 16, 2026
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The Wall Street Journal
How Harvard Won Back an Angry Megadonor
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The Hechinger Report
OPINION: We’ve been treating college as a career plan, but it’s failing too many students
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OpenSecrets
College football is back. So is the fight over who controls its billions.
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CalMatters
CalMatters sues UC Berkeley to force university to disclose student-athlete pay data
Sep 15, 2026
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Nature
NSF moves to overhaul funding approach in line with White House priorities
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AL.com
Protesters speak out against ‘climate of fear’ after Auburn University dissolves faculty senate
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Utah News Dispatch
New courses are in the works at University of Utah amid state’s push for nuclear energy
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TribLive
Carnegie Mellon reviews ‘hostile and threatening’ posts of professor with history of social media controversies
Sep 14, 2026
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The Post and Courier
As SC State continues to grow, so does some professors’ frustration with university leaders
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Inside Higher Ed
Northeastern Loses Eminent Domain Fight
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The New York Times
Home From College, 2 Weeks Later
Sep 11, 2026
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Post and Courier
Clemson University texts reveal uncertain courtship of would-be president
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Maryland Matters
Baltimore City Community College leader defends school against audit
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ClickOnDetroit WDIV
16 former Michigan hockey players sue university over alleged sexualized hazing
Sep 10, 2026
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The Guardian
Students are suffering from US colleges’ shaky finances. Trump policies are making everything worse
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
What It’s Like to Be a Draining Brain
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Chalkbeat
One measles case could upend a campus for weeks. Colleges urge faculty to locate proof of immunity now.
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Associated Press
‘I made a promise to myself’: How higher education is transforming lives in Wyoming prisons