Every Ivy League University, save Yale, ranked in the bottom 200 of FIRE's rankings. Plus, more universities claim a lack of diverse enrollment post-affirmative action.
A trio of retirement announcements and a pair of presidents stepping down—including Michael Drake of the University of California system—dominate this edition.
The current Minnesota governor is no stranger to America's education system, having worked hands-on in classrooms and passed progressive policy measures in K12 and higher ed.
Higher education leaders are clamping down on campus community members' outspoken—and private—comments regarding the war in Gaza and heightened antisemitism, administering more aggressive measures and pushing policy in the process.
Leaders at the only historically Black college in East Tennessee say they plan to submit an application within a month to the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools for to regain accreditation, which says the college is maintaining certain levels of educational standards.
Wealthy Republican- and Libertarian-backed megadonors are funding think tanks, influencing political thought and are largely behind recent attacks against university governance structures, declares a whitepaper by the American Association of University Professors.
The donor behind the $237.75 million gift to Florida A&M University was Gregory Gerami, a 30-year-old businessman from Texas who said he wanted to make sure the historically Black school's windfall would help students who needed the money most.
