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• Ghost students: Why one-time identity verification is not enough - Mouhamad Mbacke, University Business
  Since April 2026, every applicant completing the FAFSA has been screened for identity fraud. The Department of Education introduced the requirement after Federal Student Aid concluded that stolen and synthetic identities—also known as “ghost students”—had become a serious threat to federal aid programs. Ghost student fraud deserves every higher education security leader’s attention because it […]
• Lessons from AASCU: Why regional universities are built for online growth - Risepoint
  Regional public universities are navigating a period of profound change: demographic decline, growing competition from national online providers, and increasing pressure to demonstrate the value of a degree. Those challenges formed the backdrop for a conversation at this year’s American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Summer Meeting, where Dr. Shelly Blunt, Provost at […]
• How New Visa Limits Are Already Affecting Colleges - Johanna Alonso, Inside Higher Ed
  International applicants dropped by over 25 percent at Illinois’s flagship university and several dozen international students withdrew from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, just weeks before the start of the semester. Those are just two of the ways colleges said, in court filings, that new limits on how long international students can stay in the […]
• Now Is the Time to Plan and Prepare Your Students and Colleagues on Workplace AI - Ray Schroeder, Inside Higher Ed
  If ever there was a most important era in which we must emphasize discourse with our students, it is today. We are in the midst of major changes in our culture and society as a whole. How, then, do we prepare our learners to enter a job market where the primary tools are making huge […]
• Higher education systems are quickly moving toward financial peril - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  Concerns are increasing about the number of university and college systems in financial distress or drifting toward it—and many may be beyond repair without outside help, according to the latest analysis by education tech company Ellucian. Three familiar boogeymen—shrinking pools of students, rising operating costs and workforce disruptions—are worsening the financial outlook for the nation’s […]
• DHS to propose end of 60-day grace period for H-1B visa holders - Kathryn Moody, Higher Ed Dive
  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will soon propose a rule to eliminate the 60-day grace period that H-1B and similar nonimmigrant visa holders receive if their employment ends before the expiration date of their visas.The rule was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget on Aug. 6, but it has yet to be […]
• Tenure-Track Ranks Grew Last Year, Survey Finds - Kathryn Palmer, Inside Higher Ed
  The number of faculty—including those on the tenure track—is on the rise, new data from College and University Professional Association for Human Resources shows. According to a survey of more than 900 colleges and universities about their worker head counts published this week, the number of tenure-track faculty increased 7 percent between the 2024–25 and […]
• Colleges made deep staff cuts while adding tenure-track faculty last year - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  Full-time staff at colleges dropped 6.6% in 2025 compared to the year before, ending several years of growth, according to data released Wednesday by the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources. The decline was even sharper among part-time staff, whose ranks plunged by 23.9% last year, CUPA-HR’s latest survey data showed. However, faculty […]
• Report: Benchmarking Online Ed - Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed
  Last year, the online and professional education association UPCEA urged institutions to close the gap between student expectations on institutional preparedness for online learning as part of its annual report on the Benchmarking Online Enterprises Survey. This year’s report, released Monday, warns that the story beneath the 2026 data isn’t one of a “rising tide […]
• Bankrupt Anna Maria College to sell nursing program for $1.1M - Ben Unglesbee, Higher Ed Dive
  After closing abruptly this year, the Catholic institution is trying to pay off millions of dollars in debt.  Anna Maria College, in Massachusetts, plans to sell its nursing program for $1.1 million to nearby Assumption University next month, according to court documents filed Monday. Anna Maria closed this year following its spring term due to […]
• With New AI Requirements and Courses, Colleges Eye AI Fluency - Emma Whitford, Inside Higher Ed
  Their approaches may differ but their motivations are the same: Employers are, at breakneck speed, increasingly asking for graduates who know how to effectively use AI. It’s called AI fluency, said Ray Schroeder, a senior fellow at the online and professional education association UPCEA, and it “can be a decisive factor between getting a job […]
• Organizational AI Adoption Jumps Six Points - Andy Kemp, Gallup
  Reported organizational adoption of AI grew sharply in Q2 2026. Forty-seven percent of U.S. employees now say their organization has integrated AI tools to improve productivity, efficiency or quality, up from 41% in the last quarter. One in five employees remain unsure as to whether their organization has integrated AI tools, unchanged from prior quarters.  […]
• Worker Anxiety Over AI Is Growing, and Employers Aren't Preparing Employees for What's Next, New Survey Finds - JFF.org
  In a marked shift from a year ago, workers are now more likely to say AI is a net-negative than a net-positive when it comes to finding jobs, building wealth, and securing their quality of life, according to a new national survey released today by national nonprofit Jobs for the Future (JFF). The survey, conducted […]
• Once globally preeminent, U.S. universities are sliding into decline - Jon Marcus, Hechinger Report
  Now, as a new academic year begins, American dominance in higher education globally is incontrovertibly in decline, according to data, international rankings and independent experts.  The slide has been accelerated by a year and a half of funding cuts, restrictions on international students and curbs on what can be said or taught. But it began […]
• Private Colleges Are Losing Their Safest Market Position. The Middle Is Where Demand Dies First - Soren Kaplan, Inc.
  Higher education’s squeeze shows why leaders with neither premium power nor low costs can be first to crack when demand turns against them badly. Private colleges now discount their sticker price by a record 57 percent for first-year students, and net tuition revenue is falling. On July 1, new federal caps on student loans took […]
• New self-paced AI training courses launch - Purdue University
  Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) has launched a new set of Artificial Intelligence Training Courses to help Purdue instructors and staff use AI confidently and responsibly in their day-to-day work. The four self-paced courses cover AI policy and ethics, approved tools, and practical ways to apply AI to teaching, research, and administrative tasks. TLT built […]
• Why college students are paying way less for course materials now - Alcino Donadel, University Business
  College students are spending markedly less on textbooks and other course materials than they were two decades ago thanks to the continued expansion of digital learning. Students spent $388 on course materials for the entire 2025-26 academic year. That’s 26% less than five years ago and about 50% less than in 2007-08, when students paid […]
• College costs for families up 10% from last year, poll finds - Natalie Schwartz, Higher Ed Dive
  College costs for families averaged $34,019 during the 2025-26 academic year, up 10% from the previous year, according to an annual report from financial services company Sallie Mae. Families paid out of pocket for 49% of those costs — which include tuition, fees, housing and other expenses — drawing from student and parent income and […]
• More Than a Virtual Class: How BU Virtual Brings the Classroom to Students Around the World - Boston University Virtual
  For a student logging into a live session in one of Boston University’s online graduate programs, the experience can look deceptively simple: a faculty member appears on screen, classmates join from around the world, and the class begins. What students don’t see is everything happening around that moment. Behind each live online class is a […]
• UC introduces AI Buddy Program for staff amid learning, privacy concerns - Andrew Ramiro Diaz, Daily Bruin
  The UC launched a new initiative in July that encourages staff to learn more about how to use artificial intelligence tools. The AI Buddy Program pairs UC Office of the President staff at differing levels of AI expertise to meet once or twice a week and learn from each other. The program sign-up form allows […]