Several major universities have picked new presidents

The University of Florida picked a president with experience at a neighboring flagship while Northwestern University hired its new leader away from another Big 10 institution.

Dismissing AI is not critical thinking. It’s intellectual closure

How do we help students engage critically with powerful new tools without turning learning into either compliance or avoidance?

AI isn’t eliminating gender gaps. It’s reorganizing them

AI is sold as a driver of efficiency and innovation, but its human costs fall unevenly. As automation accelerates, women are bearing the brunt.

UF digs at DEI as another presidential search draws scrutiny

The flagship publicly denounced DEI as “discriminatory” as criticism mounts over Stuart Bell's selection as sole presidential candidate.

Dismissing AI is not critical thinking. It’s intellectual closure

How do we help students engage critically with powerful new tools without turning learning into either compliance or avoidance?

AI isn’t eliminating gender gaps. It’s reorganizing them

AI is sold as a driver of efficiency and innovation, but its human costs fall unevenly. As automation accelerates, women are bearing the brunt.

Why families are applying early decision to their second choice

The institutions that will navigate the next several admissions cycles best are the ones that recognize early yield as a lagging indicator rather than a leading one.

Make student experience the north star in space management

Universities must implement intelligent space management solutions to boost enrollment, maximize retention, and create seamless experiences that drive a sense of belonging and long-term engagement.

Mental health: How to spot students who aren’t asking for help

The gap between students who need help and students who ask for it is where retention quietly breaks down.

Why leaders accelerate decline when they focus on survival

When survival becomes the strategy, it quietly changes how leaders lead. Efficiency replaces direction, caution replaces conviction, and, over time, organizations don’t stabilize. They stall.

Value of college must be judged by more than career earnings

Post-secondary education is an investment that should leave students financially better off. However, reducing a college education to early-career earnings data is economically misguided.

Why dual credit needs better pathway design

Dual credit is often viewed as early exposure to college. Its real value is building momentum toward a certificate, degree or successful transfer.

A few ways to demystify investment in college athletics

With college athletics’ popularity, ratings and revenues at all-time highs, the sidelines are filled with potential investors of all sorts.

Why Indiana University’s AI skills course is free

This moment is an opportunity for America’s leading public universities to help society prepare for the fastest technological change of our lives.

Remote work—not AI—has sidelined recent college graduates, research finds

An analysis of federal employment data, paired with a deep dive into the flexible work arrangements at one unnamed Fortune 500 tech company, reveals that companies are less likely to hire recent college grads into occupations that can be done remotely.

Internships: How strategic partnerships can create a new model

Institutions that can leverage local partnerships to expand access to paid internships will be better positioned to attract and retain a diverse student population

N.Y.C. children may get up to $3,000 from city for college accounts

The city’s current savings plan starts with $100. A City Council proposal would make the initial contributions among the highest anywhere.

Five big changes coming to higher education this summer

Student borrowers will begin to see different options for loan repayments and forgiveness, while current students will face new limits on how much they can borrow in the first place.