On July 3, 2025, the U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed the final version of what has been called the "One Big Beautiful Bill," 218-214. This legislation moved through Congress as a "reconciliation bill," meaning that its journey to enactment did not go through the process that is typical with regular legislation, which would require 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to pass. Read more

Increased use of words such as ‘delves’, ‘underscores’ and ‘showcasing’ identified since popularisation of large language models Read more

A federal civil rights complaint against the University of St. Thomas has remained pending for almost six years now with the Department of Education. Read more

President Trump’s campaign against accommodations for transgender students is targeting colleges that had tried to comply with federal law. Read more

Microsoft has confirmed that it will lay off as many as 9,000 workers, in the technology giant's latest wave of job cuts this year. Read more

As the president’s campaign against international students persists, the ratings company says that certain institutions, especially those already operating on slim margins, may face financial consequences. Read more

Two-thirds of incidents not reported through official channels, with academics instead taking own measures such as not attending conferences, Read more

The University of Michigan will offer a class in the upcoming semester which focuses on “queer social dances.” Read more

I work almost exclusively with technology leaders at top research universities and they never cease to amaze me. Higher ed CIOs see into the future, making decisions that won’t outdate themselves in a year, or even 10 years. Read more

As the University of Virginia’s president is forced out, the campus is reeling. Read more