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Public trust in higher education rebounded slightly in the last year but remains at historic lows. And presidents know it: According to Inside Higher Ed’s 2026 Survey of College and University Presidents with Hanover Research, just 16 percent of leaders think higher ed has been at least moderately effective in responding to declining public trust—a modest increase from last year’s 8 percent. Just 2 percent of presidents say higher ed has been highly effective at addressing this issue. In a parallel finding, 2 percent of presidents believe that higher ed has been highly effective in addressing the widening education divide in the U.S. electorate,…

No art enthu­si­ast’s vis­it to the Unit­ed King­dom would be com­plete with­out days at the British Muse­um, the Tate, the V&A and the Nation­al Gallery. The fact that all those respect­ed insti­tu­tions are in Lon­don con­sti­tutes a plau­si­ble excuse nev­er to stray out­side the cap­i­tal. But that cap­i­tal is sur­round­ed, lest we for­get, by not just a whole coun­try, but a whole Unit­ed King­dom’s worth of coun­tries. Each region of Eng­land has its own muse­ums and gal­leries worth vis­it­ing, and so do Scot­land, Wales, and North­ern Ire­land. But why just vis­it muse­ums and gal­leries? Uni­ver­si­ties, libraries, town halls, hos­pi­tals, homes:…

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Enrollment at public colleges outpaced state and local support in fiscal 2025, leading to a 1% decrease in per-student funding compared to the prior year, according to the annual State Higher Education Finance report released Thursday.  State and local appropriations for public higher education rose to $130.7 billion in fiscal 2025, a 2.6% increase over the prior year after adjusting for inflation. However, full-time equivalent enrollment rose 3.6% during that period to 10.8 million students — surpassing the gains in public funding. …

The war with Iran is throwing the Middle East into turmoil. Missiles and drones dominate the headlines, but another casualty is emerging: the global university. In a nearly unprecedented move, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that U.S. universities in the Middle East are “legitimate targets” following reported U.S.-led attacks on two universities in Iran. Another attack since then targeted Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, one of Iran’s most prestigious institutions. Over the past two decades, universities from across the globe (including many from the U.S.) have planted campuses throughout the Gulf. Beginning in the early 2000s, they opened…

Unification Under One Global Brand The organizations shaping the future of learning are those that can combine world-class expertise with the scale to deliver it globally. Today, three of them become one: Liberate Global. EI Design, MPS Europa, and Liberate Learning formally unite under a single global identity, bringing together nearly three decades of combined expertise serving Fortune 500 companies, education institutions, government clients, and some of the world’s most respected L&D teams globally. The story behind this unification is one of deliberate, patient ambition. In 2018, MPS acquired Tata Interactive Systems, a company with close to 30 years in…

Human Asset Launches gAImify Hub Human Asset announces gAImify Hub, an AI-powered platform designed to help organizations create more personalized, adaptive, and practice-based workplace learning experiences. As AI adoption accelerates in Learning and Development, many organizations are looking for ways to move beyond faster content production and create learning experiences that support stronger engagement, reflection, and real skill development. gAImify Hub has been developed to address this need by combining AI-assisted course design with adaptive learning, open-ended practice, gamified storytelling, and simulation-based interaction. The platform enables HR and L&D teams to begin from ready-made templates and tailor training to organizational…

Gutkin et al., CHEd Some see the decline as evidence of antisemitism. Noah Feldman is dubious.

While some might envision Gen Z welcoming artificial intelligence into their lives, a new Gallup survey finds people between the ages of 14 and 29 are becoming increasingly skeptical of — and downright mad at — AI. Compared to a similar survey last year, they’re less excited and hopeful about the change it could bring and more angry at its existence, citing concerns about AI’s impact on their cognitive abilities and professional opportunities. Respondents said they used AI at nearly the same rate they did before — they reported only a slight increase in daily and weekly exposure — but…

Clare Morell, First Things Two misconceptions have been circulating since last week’s landmark ruling in K.G.M. v. Meta et al., which found Meta and YouTube liable for harms to an individual…

Republicans in Wisconsin want answers and are vowing to retaliate after the Universities of Wisconsin system Board of Regents fired President Jay Rothman on Tuesday night with no public explanation. Accusing the regents of blatant partisanship, Republicans in the State Legislature are planning to hold a hearing on the firing and to vote against 10 board appointees who have been nominated and are already serving on the board but haven’t been confirmed. The Senate’s GOP-controlled Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, which is holding the hearing, can’t stop the nominations on its own, but the mounting threats may set up…