Columbia University’s deal with the Trump administration last month marked “a seismic shift” in the federal government’s approach to civil-rights investigations and offered a “roadmap” for colleges to follow in resolving such claims, according to Education Secretary Linda McMahon. Read more

The Department of Homeland Security appears to be backing off threats in a May 22 letter to strip Harvard’s ability to host international students, a matter that remains in litigation. Read more

Proportion of young people planning to attend university full-time has fallen to just over half, survey suggests Read more

As college sports hurtle into a new era of revenue sharing and tighter reins on third-party payments, the landscape is shifting fast—and not without friction. Read more

“They’re afraid for their families. In many ways, they can’t even think freely, even in a free country,” Stanford University’s Elsa Johnson said of Chinese students who study there. Read more

Earlier this year, the president of Connecticut College approached John Nugent, its director of institutional research and planning, with a question. Read more

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI has unveiled the long-awaited latest version of its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, GPT-5, saying it can provide PhD-level expertise. Read more

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the state of Oklahoma Tuesday over a state law that allows undocumented students to pay in-state tuition rates. Oklahoma is now the fourth state the DOJ has sued for having such a policy. Read more

UK science academy adopts ‘subscribe to open’ model, with libraries being asked to back transition Read more

When Professor Catherine D’Ignazio isn’t running the “Data + Feminism” lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology or organizing “reproductive justice hackathons” she is fighting Donald Trump’s “state terrorism.” Read more