The University of California, Berkeley, is cutting ties with a Chinese school after receiving $87.5 million from China to fuel a joint venture. Read more

Even before Trump’s return, Republican legislators in some states were rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The campaign continues in current legislative sessions. Read more

Plans by the Trump administration to reduce government spending on research by billions of dollars has raised anxieties within higher education and among researchers who carry out the nation’s biomedical research. Read more

The UK and US have not signed an international agreement on artificial intelligence (AI) at a global summit in Paris. Read more

Aside from the murky implications for K12 and higher education, Musk over the weekend claimed on X that the education department does not “exist,” according to MSNBC. Read more

Up to 80 colleges may close in the next five years, according to a study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Read more

This year, the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature is expected to pick up where it left off two years ago to address a perceived liberal bias at the state’s public, four-year universities. Read more

The Trump administration’s drastic change in grantmaking policy on Friday will result in billions of dollars of cuts to the U.S. research enterprise and has already triggered a widespread outcry across higher education. Read more

There's a new race in space, but it's not where you might think. It's happening close to home – in the nearest bit of space, right on the edge of Earth's atmosphere. Read more

Elon Musk’s government efficiency office may have access to sensitive student information, raising alarms about privacy and threatening to throw the federal aid system into crisis. Read more