Purdue University Introduces An Accelerated BA-PhD Engineering Program Purdue University has announced a pilot program-called B2D7- involving an accelerated BA-to-PhD program in engineering that can be completed in seven years.

Purdue launches new accelerated path to a PhD in engineering. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

An Early Look At The Headliners Speaking At 2026 College Commencements As in years past, authors, athletes, politicians, and entertainers are popular choices to serve as college commencement speakers. Here's an early look at some of them.

Updated with Harvard and Penn. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Religion Professor Ron Highfield Examines the Purpose of the Christian University with New Book Informed by four decades of experience as a religion professor at Pepperdine University, Highfield’s research examines the history and theory of higher education and develops a defense of Christian ed...

The purpose of Christian universities. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.pepperdine.edu/newsroom/art...

University Of Kansas Chancellor Faces A No-Confidence Question University of Kansas faculty and staff leaders are surveying university employees about whether they have confidence in KU Chancellor Douglas Girod and CFO Jeff DeWitt.

Chancellor faces no-confidence question at University of Kansas. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say | CNN Politics Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring th...

When arrogance and incompetence are combined, you get dangerous characters like Kash Patel. www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

George Washington University Sells Virginia Campus To Amazon George Washington University has sold its Virginia Science and Technology Campus to Amazon Data Services for $427 million.

George Washington University sells a campus, will use proceeds to build an endowment. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Here Are The Top 20 Universities For NIH Funding In 2025 Johns Hopkins University led all U.S. universities in 2025 for total NIH grant support, historically the leading source of biomedical research funding in the nation.

The top 20 universities for NIH funding. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

A titan of vaccine development sees his field’s achievements slip away Stanley Plotkin, the 93-year-old "godfather of vaccines," is watching his field’s achievements slip away.

Stanley Plotkin, the 93-year-old "godfather of vaccines," is watching his field’s achievements slip away. www.statnews.com/2026/03/02/s...

A New Approach To Financial Aid Ties Scholarships To Graduation InTuition Scholars flips typical financial aid on its head. Instead of making awards to students when they start college, it gives them a rebate when they complete it.

A new financial aid strategy: tie institutional scholarships to student progress. #AcademicSky #HigherEd. www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

An Early Look At The Headliners Speaking At 2026 College Commencements As in years past, authors, athletes, politicians, and entertainers are popular choices to serve as college commencement speakers. Here's an early look at some of them.

Some of the big names who will be speaking at college commencements this spring. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Congress Has Pumped $2 Billion Into New University Earmarks Higher education earmarks are flowing again. So far, members of Congress have secured about $2 billion for roughly 800 college and university projects this fiscal year

According to Roll Call, eight of the ten senators securing the largest earmark totals in 2026 were Republicans. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

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Congress Has Pumped $2 Billion Into New University Earmarks Higher education earmarks are flowing again. So far, members of Congress have secured about $2 billion for roughly 800 college and university projects this fiscal year

2026 is a big year for higher education earmarks. #HigherEd #EducationSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Trump Made Higher Ed A Target, More States Are Taking Dead Aim At It Several conservative states are proposing new bills that take aim at the same targets that President Trump has put forth as part of his higher education agenda.

Trump made higher education a target, now more states are taking dead aim at it. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

7 Research Teams Awarded $144 Million To Study Age-Related Illnesses The federal government is awarding up to $144 million in contracts to several universities and other research teams to study age-related illnesses and healthy longevity.

Several universities awarded millions by feds for study of age-related illnesses. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Unemployment And Underemployment Rates Among Recent College Graduates Unemployment among recent college graduates is 5.6%, lower than the 7.8% for young workers without a college degree but higher than that for adults overall (4.2%).

How college majors affect unemployment rates for recent graduates #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Texas A&M To Go Tuition Free For Families With Incomes Up To $100,000 Beginning in fall, 2026, Texas A&M University will cover all tuition for incoming undergraduate students from families with annual incomes of $100,000 or less.

Texas A&M expands its free tuition program. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Trump loves to stick these taxes to Americans. Remember in November.

Issues of censorship continue to be raised in Texas

The Big Chill: U. Of Texas Tells Faculty To Avoid Controversial Topics The University of Texas System Board of Regents has approved a new policy that directs faculty to limit the discussion of “controversial topics” in their classes.

University of Texas Board warns faculty about including controversial topics in their courses. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

31 Universities Agree To End Their Partnership With The PhD Project The Education Department announced today that 31 universities had agreed to end partnerships with the Ph.D. Project, a program that helps minority students earn PhDs.

31 research universities agree to no longer partner with a leading PhD pipeline program. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Four More States Ramp Up Their Attacks On Faculty Tenure Tennessee, Kansas, Kentucky and Oklahoma are ramping up attempts to end or gut faculty tenure. Those attempts could change the faculty tenure landscape significantly.

The war on faculty tenure continues. #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

The Sloan Foundation Announces 126 Research Fellows For 2026 The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named 126 new Sloan Research Fellows. They were selected as being among the most promising early-career researchers in their fields.

Here’s the 2026 cohort of Sloan Research Fellows. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

The 26 Gates Cambridge Scholars For 2026 Have Been Announced The 26 students from the U.S have been selected as Gates Cambridge Scholars for 2026. They will begin their graduate studies at the University of Cambridge next fall.

Meet the Gates Cambridge Scholars for 2026. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

How A Simple Nudge Could Improve Racial Equity In Academic Promotion A new study has uncovered a simple change in the process of evaluating faculty for promotion and tenure that reduces possible bias against Black and Hispanic candidates.

More research on promotion and tenure decisions. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Liz Magill, Former Penn President, Named Dean Of Georgetown Law School Liz Magill, the former president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the new dean and vice president of the Georgetown University law school.

Liz Magill, former Penn president, headed to Georgetown. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

Three Reasons Why Momentum For 3-Year College Degrees Is Growing New academic models, increased acceptance by accreditors and broad political support help explain why three-year baccalaureate degrees are gaining strong momentum.

Accelerated bachelor’s degrees are gaining traction. Here’s why. #AcademicSky #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

College Endowments Grew 10.9% In FY 2025; Harvard Still Ranks Number 1 College endowments saw an average 10.9% net return in FY 2025, a slight retreat from the 11.2% posted the prior year. Harvard again had the largest fund at $55.7 billion.

Twenty-one institutions reported endowments valued at more than $10 billion, and 30 had funds of $5 billion or more #HigherEd #AcademicSky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

More simply, Kennedy lied. He often does.

Harvard University Proposes A 20% Cap On A’s To Fight Grade Inflation A Harvard faculty committee has recommended capping the number of A grades that can be assigned in undergraduate classes to 20%, plus up to four additional A’s per class.

Harvard’s plan to attack grade inflation. #AcademicSjy #HigherEd www.forbes.com/sites/michae...