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Faculty & Staff

New USAO Policies Put Small-Class Model Under Pressure

Faculty and students say recent changes to course approval and compensation could weaken the public liberal arts college’s hallmark small-class experience.

September 23, 2026

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UT Austin Eliminates Four Ethnic and Gender Studies Majors

The university will stop enrolling new students in several race- and gender-focused programs, a move faculty say reflects growing political pressure on higher education.

September 23, 2026

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Faculty & Staff

Wake Tech Uses 21 AI Agents to Handle Enrollment Growth Without Layoffs

Wake Tech says its AI assistants have helped manage rapid growth, but decisions involving empathy, exceptions and student well-being remain in human hands.

September 22, 2026

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Faculty & Staff

Journal Editors Use Fake Citations In Their Own Op-Ed

Three co-editors of a peer-reviewed higher education journal are facing questions after at least nine of the 31 references in their own editorial turned out to be fabricated or misattributed, the kind of error often linked to AI-generated text.

September 21, 2026

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Faculty & Staff

The Next Generation of Latino Music Leaders is Being Built in College Classrooms

A Latin Grammy-winning UF professor says the future of Latino music depends not just on honoring legends, but on teaching young creators to own the industry they help shape.

September 18, 2026

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From the Field: Treating Student Parents as Partners

Seventy-one percent of parenting community college students say caregiving could force them to withdraw.

September 18, 2026

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The Literacy Gap Is Following Gen Z to College

From lower testing benchmarks to growing reliance on AI tools, colleges are grappling with what happens when students enter higher education without the reading skills needed to succeed.

September 17, 2026

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Harvard's AI Divide: Dean Says Embrace It, Faculty Say Not So Fast

Humanities professors are pushing back hard after Dean David Deming urged them to stop policing AI use and start welcoming it into writing-intensive courses.

September 16, 2026

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Faculty & Staff

The Faculty With the Least Protection Are Most at Risk

New data on faculty discipline and higher ed layoffs points to a workforce crisis falling hardest on contingent instructors.

September 10, 2026

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Why Schools Are Rolling Back AI Access

As K-12 major districts like NYC and LA Unified restrict generative AI, educators from primary schools to law programs are rewriting the rules of academic integrity — focusing less on catching AI use and more on ensuring students still learn to think.

September 4, 2026

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Why Top Colleges Are Reversing Course on Test-Optional Admissions

After years of test-optional policies, elite universities are reinstating standardized testing as concerns grow over college readiness and student success.

September 2, 2026

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Faculty & Staff

Second Chances in the Classroom: How Alternative Grading Supports Growth

By allowing reattempts and emphasizing feedback, alternative grading aims to reduce anxiety and keep students focused on progress rather than perfection.

September 1, 2026

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Faculty & Staff

Lawsuit Challenges Texas Higher Ed Policies Limiting DEI-Related Teaching

A federal lawsuit backed by the ACLU argues that policies restricting certain books, courses and classroom conversations are silencing professors and narrowing student learning.

August 18, 2026

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Faculty & Staff

Inside George Mason University's Largest College, Black Faculty Say They Are Being Targeted

At Mason, a public reckoning with the past has coincided with a quieter story inside the College of Humanities and Social Sciences — where Black women faculty describe contracts cut short, authority stripped away, and a dean they say answers to no one.

August 13, 2026

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Christina Paxson to Step Down Early as Brown President Amid Wave of Ivy League Leadership Shifts

Ending her tenure a year earlier than expected, Brown President Christina Paxson will step down in 2027 following a unanimous contract extension through 2028 granted just 14 months ago.

August 3, 2026

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Faculty & Staff

Vassar to Pay $5 Million to Settle Women Professors’ Pay Bias Claims

The proposed settlement would compensate roughly 84 women full professors and require the college to conduct annual pay audits over the next three years.

July 31, 2026

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Women Leaders Continue to Rise in HBCU Athletics

At a time when the pressure is high in intercollegiate athletics, female leaders are flourishing at HBCUs.

July 20, 2026

Let’s Honor Women Staff in Higher Education by Fixing the Systems That Harm Them

A new study on trauma and imposter phenomenon among women staff in higher education makes clear that institutional change—not individual resilience—is what’s urgently needed.

July 14, 2026

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