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January 2026
Policy
- ［Policy] Community college officials urge approval of blocked bachelor’s degrees
EdSource, 01.13.26 - ［Policy] Federal prosecutor apologizes for Babson student’s deportation in violation of court order
Boston.com, 01.14.26 - ［Policy] UPenn faculty condemn Trump administration’s demand for ‘lists of Jews’
The Guardian, 01.14.26 - ［Policy] Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip
The New York Times, 01.15.26 - ［Policy] He Axed Tenured Faculty. He Could Now Help Republicans Cut Budgets Statewide
Inside Higher Ed, 01.16.26 - ［Policy] Trump 2.0’s impact on higher ed: The first year in 8 numbers
Higher Ed Dive, 01.20.26 - ［Policy] Spanberger appoints 27 to university boards, orders study of selection process
Virginia Mercury, 01.20.26 - ［Policy] Why California universities are still ‘on edge’ after Newsom proposed large budget increases
EdSource, 01.21.26 - ［Policy] Rebuking Trump, Congress Moves to Maintain Most Federal Education Funding
Education Week, 01.20.26 - ［Policy] MSI Cuts Create Barriers for Indigenous Learners
Inside Higher Ed, 01.20.26 - ［Policy] Trump’s admissions data collection strains college administrators
The Hechinger Report, 01.19.26 - ［Policy] Yale will cut graduate student enrollment due to federal tax hike, dean says
CT Insider, 01.22.26 - ［Policy] He left the US for an internship. Trump’s travel ban made it impossible to return
AP News, 01.26.26
Education
- ［Education] Booming SF neighborhood will be home to new college campus — a blow to downtown
San Francisco Chronicle, 01.13.26 - ［Education] Some UF Venezuelan students have new hopes of returning home. Others aren’t so sure.
The Independent Alligator, 01.11.26 - ［Education] The Enduring Hazards of College Hazing
The Assembly, 01.14.26 - ［Education] Ph.D. Programs in Flux as GU Directs Admissions Reductions
The Hoya, 01.16.26 - ［Education] More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors
NPR, 01.15.26 - ［Education] Women far outnumber men in law school, med school, vet school and other professional programs
The Hechinger Report, 01.20.26 - ［Education] ‘Just not monetizable’: humanities programs face existential crisis at US universities
The Guardian, 01.20.26 - ［Education] Beyond ‘cheating’: AI exposes deeper crises in universities
University World News, 01.22.26
Research
- ［Research] A new CRISPR startup is betting regulators will ease up on gene-editing
MIT Technology Review, 01.09.26 - ［Research] Watch how Berkeley research turned coffee spills into a life-saving test
UC Berkeley News, 01.09.26 - ［Research] Some UF Venezuelan students have new hopes of returning home. Others aren’t so sure.
EdSource, 01.14.26 - ［Research] Young men want to get big. For some, it’s becoming an obsession
NPR, 01.14.26 - ［Research] New Study Examines Gender Differences in Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence Risk
Caltech, 01.20.26