China’s real estate collapse is blocking students’ path to the West
I foresee that we will go back to the situation of 25 years ago, when only a small Chinese elite was able to study abroad, says Sabrina Wang Read more
Central Washington U. punishes student who called staff ‘incompetent’
A free speech group is intervening to help a student punished by Central Washington University for criticizing financial aid staff in an email. Read more
Clark University braces for a harsh new reality as higher ed recession looms
On Main Street in Worcester, a Salvadoran bakery sits beside a Chinese takeout joint, just around the corner from Vietnamese and Dominican restaurants. Taken together, they’re a daily reminder of the global community Clark University has cultivated. Read more
Where Is Columbia’s $200-Million settlement going, exactly?
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
DHS Offers to ‘Simplify’ Harvard Lawsuit
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
Two in five students think degree not needed for ‘good career’
Proportion of young people planning to attend university full-time has fallen to just over half, survey suggests Read more
After the House v. NCAA Settlement: Will college athletes be able to gain real power by 2035?
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
Reports of Chinese espionage at Stanford prompt freedom concerns at home and abroad
“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
Colleges aren’t supposed to fiddle with their Wikipedia pages. They try anyway.
Earlier this year, the president of Connecticut College approached John Nugent, its director of institutional research and planning, with a question. Read more
OpenAI claims GPT-5 model boosts ChatGPT to ‘PhD level’
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
