Howard University has reinstated dozens of the more than 500 incoming first-year students it unenrolled last week over missed tuition and financial-aid deadlines, leaving hundreds still without a place in the class weeks before the fall semester begins.
The class arriving this fall is not waiting for universities to decide whether AI belongs in higher education because, in their minds, that question has already been answered.
Education in recent years has been the battleground for culture war disputes from immigration to transgender rights along with political posturing on issues like student loan forgiveness, admissions practices and free speech on campus.
Third-party software has become essential to modern university operations, but it has also created new threats. Proper data governance can protect colleges from the next attack.
A formula designed to reward colleges for student success generated larger payouts than budgeted. Now, Texas’ higher education agency may limit how schools receive such funding.
