Year 2026

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February 2026

Policy
  1. ［Policy] UNC Administrators Can Now Secretly Record Faculty
    Inside Higher Ed, 02.11.26
  2. ［Policy] Can Embattled Women’s and Gender Studies Programs Survive?
    Inside Higher Ed, 02.06.26
  3. ［Policy] Barnard, Columbia join Harvard legal fight against Trump administration’s blocking of international student enrollment
    Columbia Spectator, 02.09.26
  4. ［Policy] The Chilling Effect of Student-Visa Vetting
    The Chronicle of Higher Education, 02.06.26
  5. ［Policy] Pell Grant Facing $11.5B Shortfall, CBO Says
    Inside Higher Ed, 02.13.26
  6. ［Policy] UT Austin Folds Gender, Ethnic Studies Into Single Department
    Inside Higher Ed, 02.13.26
  7. ［Policy] Trump’s EPA decides climate change doesn’t endanger public health – the evidence says otherwise
    The Conversation, 02.12.26
  8. ［Policy] Florida proposal to further limit out-of-state, international students at some universities advances in House
    CBS News, 02.11.26
  9. ［Policy] Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of ‘wokeness’
    AP News, 02.27.26
  10. ［Policy] Graduate Students’ NSF Fellowship Applications Are Being “Returned Without Review”
    EOS, Science News by AGU, 02.06.26
  11. ［Policy] At Boulder’s NIST, three-year cap on international early-career researchers sparks fears of a scientific exodus
    Boulder Reporting Lab, 02.12.26
Education
  1. ［Education] College Board Bans Smart Glasses During SAT
    Inside Higher Ed, 02.02.26
  2. ［Education] University of Southern California Names a Lawyer as Its New President
    The New York Times, 02.04.26
  3. ［Education] Colleges See Major Racial Shifts in Student Enrollment
    The New York Times, 02.03.26
  4. ［Education] An AI Bot Is Making Podcasts With Scholars’ Research. Many of Them Aren’t Impressed.
    The Chronicle of Higher Education, 02.05.26
  5. ［Education] At These Universities, Using AI Isn’t Shunned — It’s a Graduation Requirement
    the74million.org, 02.17.26
  6. ［Education] As Students Turn to ChatGPT for College Searches, AI Visibility Becomes Priority
    Inside Higher Ed, 02.13.26
Research
  1. ［Research] Living in space can change where your brain sits in your skull – new research
    The Conversation, 02.11.26
  2. ［Research] Adjunct Faculty in the Higher Education Workforce
    College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, 02.04.26
  3. ［Research] Can our pets really say ‘I love you’? Science is finding out
    University of California News, 02.12.26
  4. ［Research] 3 ways UC science is healing broken hearts
    University of California News, 02.11.26
Other
  1. ［Other] Here’s What the Latest Epstein Files Say About His Ties to Higher Ed
    The Chronicle of Higher Education, 02.02.26
  2. ［Other] Professors in the Epstein files say they hoped friendship would lead to research funding
    AP News, 02.12.26

January 2026

Policy
  1. ［Policy] Community college officials urge approval of blocked bachelor’s degrees
    EdSource, 01.13.26
  2. ［Policy] Federal prosecutor apologizes for Babson student’s deportation in violation of court order
    Boston.com, 01.14.26
  3. ［Policy] UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
    The Guardian, 01.14.26
  4. ［Policy] Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
    The New York Times, 01.15.26
  5. ［Policy] He Axed Tenured Faculty. He Could Now Help Republicans Cut Budgets Statewide
    Inside Higher Ed, 01.16.26
  6. ［Policy] Trump 2.0’s impact on higher ed: The first year in 8 numbers 
    Higher Ed Dive, 01.20.26
  7. ［Policy] Spanberger appoints 27 to university boards, orders study of selection process
    Virginia Mercury, 01.20.26
  8. ［Policy] Why California universities are still ‘on edge’ after Newsom proposed large budget increases
    EdSource, 01.21.26
  9. ［Policy] Rebuking Trump, Congress Moves to Maintain Most Federal Education Funding
    Education Week, 01.20.26
  10. ［Policy] MSI Cuts Create Barriers for Indigenous Learners
    Inside Higher Ed, 01.20.26
  11. ［Policy] Trump’s admissions data collection strains college administrators 
    The Hechinger Report, 01.19.26
  12. ［Policy] Yale will cut graduate student enrollment due to federal tax hike, dean says
    CT Insider, 01.22.26
  13. ［Policy] He left the US for an internship. Trump’s travel ban made it impossible to return
    AP News, 01.26.26
Education
  1. ［Education] Booming SF neighborhood will be home to new college campus — a blow to downtown
    San Francisco Chronicle, 01.13.26
  2. ［Education] Some UF Venezuelan students have new hopes of returning home. Others aren’t so sure.
    The Independent Alligator, 01.11.26
  3. ［Education] The Enduring Hazards of College Hazing 
    The Assembly, 01.14.26
  4. ［Education] Ph.D. Programs in Flux as GU Directs Admissions Reductions
    The Hoya, 01.16.26
  5. ［Education] More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors
    NPR, 01.15.26
  6. ［Education] Women far outnumber men in law school, med school, vet school and other professional programs
    The Hechinger Report, 01.20.26
  7. ［Education] ‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
    The Guardian, 01.20.26
  8. ［Education] Beyond ‘cheating’: AI exposes deeper crises in universities
    University World News, 01.22.26
Research
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