Pro-Palestinian protesters won council elections, and have refused to fund campus groups, like the men’s Ultimate Frisbee team, unless their divestment demands are met.

A female student was fatally shot. A man who was not a student had a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the university president said.

OpenAI continues to expand some of its educational offerings, while holding others—including a tool that could be used to detect cheating—back.

Learn more in The N&O’s higher education news roundup about the changes UNC-Chapel Hill implemented after last year’s on-campus shooting.

The legislation would test federal law and help Californians who are ineligible for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Pregnancy was always implicitly protected by Title IX. But Biden’s new rules formalize the rights of pregnant and parenting students, making higher ed more accessible. Lacy Guzman decided to go back to college when she was pregnant with her first child. She and her husband had both lost their jobs around the same time, and they wanted to set their family-to-be up for a more stable future. By the time she started her associate program, her son, now 9, was 6 months old. Throughout her undergraduate and master’s programs, she had two more children.

Contending for talent is nothing new in higher ed. But with AI raising the stakes, leaders say this time feels different.