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A regulation targeting tenure in Florida gains approval, big win for DeSantis

Under Regulation 10.003 tenured faculty across Florida's public higher education system will be subjected to a uniform review process every five years that evaluates their compliance with state law.

College professors face the highest exposure to AI tools, study finds

Academics from Princeton, NYU, and UPenn found that of the 20 occupations most exposed to AI language modeling capabilities, 14 of them were postsecondary teachers.

Emotional stress drives 55% of students to consider withdrawing

The yearly rate of students considering withdrawing continues to climb, with emotional stress the main culprit. Those who fare best: students who report supportive faculty and peers as well as access to adequate campus resources.

New College of Florida’s purge claims top DEI officer: “I am the first casualty”

In three short months, New College of Florida installed six new trustees, ousted its president, abolished its Office of Outreach and Inclusive Excellence, and is now removing any trace of Yoleidy Rosario-Hernandez, the school's top DEI officer.

The new disruptor: Carnegie Mellon’s Cloud Lab ‘automates’ science

With more than 200 lab instruments available at a student's fingertips from CMU's revolutionary cloud lab, the only limit to what a scientist can do is dictated by their own ingenuity. "We are automating science," Dean Rebecca Doerge says.

The new Red Scare: Faculty is likely to censor speech more than ever

FIRE's recent report of almost 1,500 discovers faculty are more likely to self-censor their academic publications more than social scientists feared writing something controversial in the 1950s.

Defend your college’s academic freedom: Here’s a toolkit to help you do it

PEN America and the American Council on Education (ACE) teamed up to provide campus leaders with viable strategies to fend off legislative attacks and leverage media relations and campus stakeholders in their defense.

DeSantis’ quest to conquer higher ed just got scarier

The Governor's Office of Florida recently demanded all spending associated with DEI. Then, its governor promised to ban it. Now he has a weapon.

Chaos in Connecticut: Faculty, students seek to replace ‘bullying’ president

A letter signed by 120 Connecticut College faculty members suggested the relationship between leadership and the campus community undergo "a fundamental change" and called on the Board to hold an open forum during its campus visit.

This South Dakota university is cybersecurity’s next powerhouse

Dakota State University's recent partnership with the NSA and a $90 million funding boost aims to upgrade the school's longstanding tradition of placing graduates in cybersecurity jobs to forge South Dakota as the next "cyber state" defending national security.