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Texas and Florida institutions had over 1,000 foreign-worker applications approved in 2025, including new petitions and renewals. Now state changes could disrupt that pipeline.

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The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. Here’s the latest.
We’ve documented actions taken to alter or eliminate jobs, offices, hiring practices, and programs amid pressure to end identity-conscious recruitment and retention of minority staff and students.
Legislators want to get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, end diversity trainings, banish diversity statements, and censor how professors talk about race, gender, and sexuality in mandatory courses.

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The University of Texas at Austin is closing its longtime center, raising questions about its value and purpose.
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Concerns about the future of a work program for foreign graduates is affecting prospective students’ interest in the United States.
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The increase at public two-year colleges chiefly came from certificate and dual-enrollment programs.
Recent hacks have drawn attention to the particular vulnerabilities of college campuses, which often resist tighter security protocols to preserve freedom in teaching and research.
Nearly 6 percent of about 50,000 programs would fall below a new salary threshold, according to federal data. The Education Department is discussing proposed regulations this week.
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It never works if it’s only desired by the faculty. It never works if it’s only driven by an edict from the administration. It works when you meet in the middle.
How to reconnect with purpose to what brought you into this profession.
In evaluating student work, the risks of getting AI wrong are real, but so are the rewards of getting it right.
Why faculty members need to shift the balance of class time from first exposure to skills practice.
Seven tips to plan the right mix of relaxation and work.
It’s unreasonable to expect professors to hit hurdle after hurdle and still stay in the race. Institutions are going to have to clear some obstacles.