Students are arriving on campus less prepared for college-level reading than in previous generations—a trend that has only accelerated with the rise of AI.
Hiring has cooled for entry-level software developers—work increasingly done by AI agents—and college enrollment in computer and information science programs has been declining.
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.
Those of us working most closely with students know that persistence does not happen because a resource exists. It happens because a student is ready to engage in it.
Federal officials argue that capping graduate loans will pressure postgraduate programs to rein in tuition and shrink the nation's trillion-dollar student debt load.
