ICYMI | Columbia University expelled and suspended multiple students for participating in allegedly disruptive protest activity in spring 2024 and earlier this year it announced on Tuesday. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/3H0NfDR

Illinois Budget Lists Funds for Defunct College bit.ly/44Z4Zrg

Govt. Requests Admissions and International Student Info From the The University of Chicago bit.ly/4f4WNKx

Wyoming President to Step Down bit.ly/4kSWdko

ICYMI | As the Trump administration calls higher ed leaders to task over DEI, trans athletes and other issues, women’s colleges have largely been left alone. Until a conservative legal group filed a complaint against Smith College last month. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4o9f9OU

🚨 Breaking News | Columbia University Settles With Trump Administration Columbia University has reached a $221 million settlement with the federal government over claims of antisemitism that is expected to restore millions in federal research funding. bit.ly/458lzoR

How Youngkin Reshaped Virginia’s Universities The Virginia governor has appointed multiple donors, political activists and former GOP officials to governing boards, prompting a clash with faculty and Democrats. bit.ly/4f94AY7

College Employees in Kansas Can’t List Pronouns in Emails Lawmakers in Topeka, like those in some other state capitals, used a budget bill to order nonfinancial changes to public higher ed. DEI was the target this time. bit.ly/3UtPH92

How House Republicans Want to Reshape College Athletics The SCORE Act meets the NCAA's demands and would prohibit student athletes from being recognized as college employees. bit.ly/3TSL08D

Student Success | College Students With Kids More Likely to Face Eviction In this episode of Voices of Student Success, Inside Higher Ed discusses New America's research on student parents and the impacts of housing insecurity on their long-term outcomes. bit.ly/40BqZqS

Opinion | AI and Higher Ed: An Impending Collapse Universities’ rush to embrace AI will lead to an untenable outcome, Robert Niebuhr writes. bit.ly/4m8JKtZ

Planning the Sabbatical You Need The sabbatical you need may not be the one you think you should take, Bethany Wilinski writes. bit.ly/470bQTP

OCR to Investigate Five Colleges for ‘National Origin Discrimination’ bit.ly/3TYPo5Z

Louisiana Seeks to Join Florida’s New Accreditor bit.ly/3TUi2VZ

Opinion | Teaching and Learning Critical and Creative Thinking How can we more deeply integrate the development of these skills into our curricula? bit.ly/3IOO2bz

Minnesota Alters Financial Aid Program Formula bit.ly/4onj7DN

Career Advice | Can Intellectual Virtues Reenergize Teaching? Rebecca Vidra writes that she is thinking hard this summer about what it means to be an intellectually curious, humble and resilient teacher. bit.ly/4lMPtWM

Columbia Deal a ‘Threat’ to Higher Ed, Experts Warn The $221 million settlement extends beyond tackling antisemitism. Some experts said it’s an example of “coercion,” while others say Columbia University had it coming. bit.ly/4m5VDAS

What Columbia University’s Settlement Stipulates Columbia University is hoping that the agreement with the Trump administration over campus antisemitism claims will “reset” its relationship with the federal government. bit.ly/4o6grKr

.Hopkins Press Plans to License Books to Train AI The publisher did not disclose which AI company or companies it’s partnering with, but expects any resulting revenue to be “meaningful” in advancing its mission. bit.ly/3J1Lp6g