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New Mexico Highlands President Dismissed Without Cause https://bit.ly/3QtOb8w

Opinion | ‘More Everything Forever’ and Universities as Counterweight to the Dominant AI Narrative

Why we should understand what tech billionaires believe. By Joshua Kim: https://bit.ly/3PSHNYl

Opinion | New PSLF Rules Break Promise to Borrowers

Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness should not change across administrations. By Daniel A. Collier: https://bit.ly/4xhtYU6

Community Colleges Advocate for NSF Program Amid Upheaval at Agency

Two-year colleges are calling for a funding increase for a National Science Foundation (NSF) workforce program. They worry rapid-fire changes at the NSF could hamper the program’s positive impact on their institutions. https://bit.ly/49QVWMq

Student Success | Where First-Generation Students Find Support

A Community College Research Center study finds first-gen students draw on family, peers and campus staff for support, but gaps in advising and resource access persist. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/academic-life/2026/06/08/where-first-generation-students-find-support?utm_campaign=IHESocialEditorial&utm_content=Student+Success+%7C+Where+F&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=facebook

What Do We Know About Who Isn’t Reporting Race on College Applications?

Two admissions cycles into the post–affirmative action landscape, researcher James Murphy is trying to understand the somewhat-confusing surge in students who decline to share their race when they apply to college. https://bit.ly/4ebGR9k

Police Remove Researchers From Diabetes Conference https://bit.ly/43ULsrP

ICYMI | The Auburn University Board of Trustees on Friday gave itself complete control over course offerings, curriculum, degree requirements and academic credentials while eliminating shared governance at the Alabama land-grant university. Faculty say they have serious concerns about the policies and a host of unanswered questions about what the changes will mean in practice.

The two policies, passed unanimously without discussion, mimic what Alabama House Bill 580 will require of other public institutions when it takes effect in October. As a land-grant institution created and governed by the state Constitution, Auburn isn’t explicitly bound by the law, but lawmakers have made veiled threats to punish noncompliance anyway by withholding state funding for offending institutions. The university appears to be taking a page out of Texas public institutions’ playbook by pre-emptively overcomplying with new state law, experts say.

Effective Friday, the existing Faculty Senate is dissolved. It already held an advisory-only role, but its replacement—the Presidential Academic Advisory Council—“is a shift from faculty-led governance to administratively controlled consultation,” the Auburn American Association of University Professors chapter wrote in a statement. The council will “provide advice and perspective, at the President’s request and direction, on matters related to academic policy, academic governance, and the academic mission of the University,” as well as “confidential” advice on other matters, according to the policy. The body may not issue any public statements on behalf of the university.

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Ohio State Settles With Nearly 300 Strauss Victims https://bit.ly/4ahuIi2

The United States Department of Justice Investigates 15 More Med Schools, Alleging Race-Based Admissions

The Justice Department has yet to name the latest institutions accused of violating civil rights law in assembling their med school classes. Critics say the administration is misreading the law—and that diverse classes lead to better doctors. https://bit.ly/49K0Ydv