State legislatures are removing trustees, federal pressure is reshaping university priorities overnight, and donor influence over curriculum is no longer a polite concern.

A Louisiana House committee has advanced a bill that would keep universities from disclosing how much public money they pay athletes under new revenue-sharing rules. Critics say taxpayers have a right to know how those dollars are spent.

Fighting AI misses the point. As educators, we must incorporate AI as a revolutionary curricular tool that helps us expect more from students.

Faculty and administrators have redesigned developmental education, built guided pathways that put students at the center of their institutions, and launched strategies to improve early momentum results so that institutions and students know if they are on track to completion.