Global University News

Walla Walla Community College eyes 43 layoffs, closing a branch campus
The Washington institution may declare a financial emergency as it seeks $4.3 million in savings for a budget under…
Kentucky Senate passes bill making it easier to cut faculty
Faculty groups have slammed the measure, which would allow boards to terminate instructors who teach programs with…
Trump order directs federal contractors to dump DEI — or risk canceled contracts
Agencies must insert a clause by April 25 in their contracts that requires colleges and other partners to abstain…
Kentucky State could get dramatic academic overhaul under state proposal
A bill in the state’s General Assembly would declare financial exigency at the university and transform it into a…
Education Department now has 10 interagency agreements: Here are the details
Supporters say outsourcing will reduce federal bureaucracy. Critics claim it adds confusion to federal grantmaking…
Portland Community College reaches tentative deal with striking union staff
The college has been remote since March 11, the beginning of a work stoppage that has also delayed the beginning of…
NIH grant terminations disproportionately hurt women, early-career researchers
The federal agency's abrupt cancellation of about 2,300 grants weakened the U.S. research training pipeline, per a…
Hampshire College risks losing accreditation amid financial troubles
The New England Commission of Higher Education asked the institution to show why it should not be placed on…
Average net tuition down when adjusted for inflation, Brookings data shows
The findings stand "in stark contrast to the public’s perception,” report author Phillip Levine said.
University of Alabama students sue over suspended magazines
Plaintiffs say the university’s cancellation of two publications over their focus on women and Black audiences…