Documents unsealed by a federal judge on Thursday include dossiers that investigators prepared on pro-Palestinian student activists before they were targeted for deportation.

As the federal government prepares to limit what people can borrow for graduate school, some state entities are planning to fill the gap.

Morris Brown College issued an alert around 9:30 a.m. Thursday, telling its students to plan for virtual studies today.

School officials closed Villanova University on Thursday after, they said, the school received a 'threat of violence' early in the morning.

Research universities lobbied Congress on sweeping policy changes, fended off restrictions on international students and shaped policy on financial aid, AI and other issues. Major research universities spent more than $37 million on federal lobbying efforts in 2025 as the sector was beset by a flurry of policy changes during the first year of Donald Trump’s second term. That’s up significantly from 2024, when those same institutions spent $28.1 million.

A series of shutdowns announced by the provost are short on detail. Professors say they make little sense.