#Higher Education

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🇺🇸 47% of college students have seriously considered changing majors due to AI: Survey — 09/04/2026 [USA]
AI's potential impact on the job market is a major area of concern for college students.
Related: #Artificial Intelligence, #Future of Work, #Career Anxiety
🇺🇸 Fired University of Wisconsin system president 'blindsided' by ouster — 08/04/2026 [USA]
Former Universities of Wisconsin President Jay Rothman, who was fired Tuesday, said he was shocked by the decision but that he was unlikely to pursue a lawsuit. “Absolutely I was blindsided,” Rothman ...
Related: #Political Conflict, #Leadership
🇺🇸 These blind students say their college blocked their education. A new rule could help — 06/04/2026 [USA]
Higher education is especially reliant on computers and phones, but accessibility for people with disabilities has often been forgotten. A new federal rule could change that. 
Related: #Digital Accessibility
🇺🇸 N.Y.U. Professors Go on Strike, Seeking Better Pay and Job Protections — 23/03/2026 [USA]
About 950 full-time faculty members who are not on the tenure track walked out. The university told students that classes would continue.
Related: #Labor Strike
🇺🇸 Harvard faces Justice Department lawsuit over alleged civil rights violations — 20/03/2026 [USA] Related: #Civil Rights, #Legal Action
🇺🇸 Harvard University is back on top as the No. 1 'dream' school among college applicants — 20/03/2026 [USA]
Harvard is still the ultimate “dream” school among current college applicants but factors, such as price and financial aid, weigh heavily.
Related: #University Rankings
🇬🇧 Antisemitism has ‘become normalised’ on UK campuses, says Union of Jewish Students — 16/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Poll of students of all faiths and none found almost a quarter had seen Jews targeted for their religion or ethnicityOne in five students would be reluctant to, or would never, houseshare w...
Related: #Antisemitism
🇬🇧 Row over university fees shows UK’s ‘reset’ with EU may not be so simple — 15/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Ministers go to Brussels for talks amid tuition fees standoff, almost 10 years after Britons voted to leave EUThis week is “Brexit reset” week for the British government, as ministers engage...
Related: #Brexit Impact
🇺🇸 Universities slow hiring, faculty navigate rocky future amid Trump attacks on higher education — 14/03/2026 [USA]
The Trump administration’s attacks on universities have led to a slowdown in hiring, with international academics particularly caught in the crossfire. Colleges are being forced to navigate both thre...
Related: #Political Influence
🇺🇸 Audacy’s ‘Campus Files’ Podcast Returns For Season 2, Unpacking College Controversies Including Yale’s Naked Freshman Photo Scandal — 11/03/2026 [USA]
Audacy’s original weekly podcast “Campus Files” has returned for a second season — with a brand-new series of investigations into scandals and controversies that have rocked higher education. “Campus ...
Related: #Campus Scandals, #Media Coverage
🇬🇧 Home Office refuses to exempt exceptional students from tough immigration rules — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]
Exclusive: Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concerned about effect of student visa ban on female Chevening scholars from Afghanistan and Sudan The Home Office rejected an appeal from the fore...
Related: #Immigration Policy
🇺🇸 Ministers could ban relatives of overseas students on some courses, adviser warns — 07/03/2026 [USA]
Steve Smith says restrictions may follow if enrolments to research masters programmes continue to rise
Related: #Immigration Policy
🇺🇸 Pell Grant funding shortfall on the horizon as nearly 2 million more students qualify — 28/02/2026 [USA]
Pell Grants, the federal financial aid program that helps low-income Americans afford college and has enjoyed broad bipartisan support, are projected to have big funding shortfalls that could jeopardi...
Related: #Financial Aid, #Government Funding, #Economic Inequality, #Student Debt
🇺🇸 Columbia Student Detained by ICE Promotes ‘Beauty’ and ‘Brains’ Online — 28/02/2026 [USA]
Elmina Aghayeva has 114,000 followers on Instagram and has seemingly never posted about politics, unlike other Columbia University students detained by immigration officers.
Related: #Immigration Enforcement, #Social Media Influence
🇺🇸 Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of 'wokeness' — 27/02/2026 [USA]
The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secret...
Related: #Education Policy, #Military Affairs, #Political Ideology
🇺🇸 Earnings call transcript: Laureate Education Q4 2025 sees strong revenue growth — 19/02/2026 [USA] Related: #Financial Performance, #Revenue Growth
🇺🇸 Cambridge University wins rowing trademark case — 10/02/2026 [USA]
The university took legal action after Cambridge Rowing Limited tried to register a trademark.
Related: #Intellectual Property, #Legal
🇺🇸 Universities told to report foreign interference on campus to MI5 — 09/02/2026 [USA]
Ministers say UK universities have become a "prime target for foreign states and hostile actors".
Related: #National Security, #Espionage
🇺🇸 12 Columbia Professors and Students Are Arrested at Anti-ICE Protest — 06/02/2026 [USA]
Demonstrators, who were demanding that the university provide more protection for international students, blocked Broadway.
Related: #Immigration, #Activism
🇺🇸 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott halts new H-1B visa petitions at state agencies and universities — 27/01/2026 [USA]
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered Texas universities and state agencies on Tuesday to halt new H-1B visa petitions until next year
Related: #Immigration Policy, #Workforce Development