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Section: Leadership & Policy
Leadership & Policy
Unprecedented Outside Coaching for Jackson State University President Raises Questions About HBCU Leadership Development
JSU President Dr. Denise Jones Gregory will receive one year of leadership coaching as she transitions from interim to permanent president of the institution. But who is best qualified to help an HBCU president succeed?
June 16, 2026
Institutions
Justice Department Widens Scrutiny of Medical School Admissions
A new round of federal investigations into medical school admissions is putting colleges at the center of a broader fight over race, merit, and the future of the health care workforce.
June 16, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Open Searches, Closed Doors
Institutions continue to grapple with the tension around how much transparency in presidential searches is the right amount — but the real crisis isn't who applies, but who's willing.
June 12, 2026
Institutions
North Carolina’s private colleges claim $38B economic role as financial pressures mount
The state’s independent colleges remain major workforce and economic engines, but recent enrollment losses and financial stress show a more complicated outlook.
June 10, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Trump Administration Releases New Proposed Rules on Federal Grant Selection Process
New federal grant rules could upend college funding and the programs serving students and communities who need it most.
June 10, 2026
African-American
Not Embracing Diversity is America's Costliest Contradiction, NCA&T Chancellor James Martin Says
In an interview with The EDU Ledger, the chancellor of the nation's largest HBCU makes an economic case for diversity, tied to the national security imperative.
June 5, 2026
HBCUs
Spelman Names Top Roboticist Dr. Ayanna Howard As 12th President
Dr. Ayanna Howard — a roboticist, AI pioneer, and former NASA engineer who currently serves as dean of the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University— will assume her duties on August 1.
June 5, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Prison Education Initiatives Gather Research to Improve Recidivism
The Cornell Prison Education Program has announced a new national consortium and data-tracking initiative aimed at analyzing how higher education in correctional facilities impacts communities.
June 4, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Skeletal Staff, Dropping Quality: The Struggle to Rebuild the 'Nation’s Report Card' Agency After DOGE Cuts
While a new report commissioned by the Trump administration suggests narrowing the focus of the gutted Institute of Education Sciences, former leadership warns the agency cannot be rebuilt under a proposed 67% budget cut.
June 4, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Historian Warns Trump Policies Risk 'Timed Destruction' of Independent Higher Education
Speaking at the Education Writers Association's annual meeting, UCLA professor Eddie Cole warned that shifts in federal accreditation and grant criteria could leave universities vulnerable to unprecedented political interference.
June 3, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Financial Strain Prompts Princeton to Reverse Fossil Fuel Divestment Policy
As universities face economic pressures, PRINCO’s president argues that total divestment didn't meaningfully advance net-zero goals—and that major energy companies are necessary for the clean-energy transition.
June 2, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Michael A. Baston Shares Vision for Community College Success
Following his recognition as an
EDU Ledger
Champion, the Cuyahoga Community College president reflects on the unique obstacles facing today’s non-traditional and first-generation students.
June 2, 2026
Institutions
Johns Hopkins Legacy Debated in New Study Amid National Reckoning Over Slavery
New research challenges the widely reported claim that Johns Hopkins owned slaves, pointing to alternative explanations for 19th-century census data.
June 1, 2026
Institutions
Why a Massive Endowment Doesn't Mean a University Is Rich
As elite institutions announce layoffs, hiring freezes, and program cuts, a closer look at the difference between what institutions own and what they can actually spend reveals a more complicated financial picture than headline numbers suggest.
June 1, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of University of Alabama in Free Speech Rights Case
The University of Alabama did not violate students’ free speech rights when it shut down two university-sponsored magazines that catered to specific audiences based on race and sex, respectively, a federal judge has ruled.
May 28, 2026
Students
IHEP Analysis Details Impact to Students From SNAP, Pell Grant Funding Shortfalls
Two programs that serve as “critical lifelines” — SNAP benefits and the Pell Grant — are in peril and could lead to lower college completion rates for students from low-income backgrounds if they aren’t adequately funded, a new analysis from the Institute for Higher Education Policy states.
May 28, 2026
Leadership & Policy
The Blueprint for Banning DEI: How Texas Is Using Department Consolidation to Reshape Higher Ed
Some faculty members say it is a politically-motivated, top-down defunding of teaching and research that centers issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and citizenship.
May 27, 2026
Leadership & Policy
Lawsuit Accuses University of Michigan of Using Private Security to Surveil Black, Muslim Student Activist
A sweeping civil rights lawsuit accuses the University of Michigan and its police department of a coordinated campaign of harassment and private surveillance against a prominent student activist, marking an escalation in the nationwide legal fallout over campus protest crackdowns.
May 26, 2026
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