Could Uncertainty in Higher Ed Be a Catalyst for Change?

Could Uncertainty in Higher Ed Be a Catalyst for Change?

At Digital Universities US, online and digital education practitioners wondered if the headwinds facing higher ed will urge colleges and universities to address long-standing fractures. As colleges navigate major disruption—from a loss of federal funding to AI advancements—they’re also being forced to grapple with persistent questions around their role in skills training, trust in their institutions and how to keep pace with digital learning inn…

Timeline: Gabel says Pitt ‘more proactive,’ as Pittsburgh higher ed responds to Trump moves - Open Campus

Here’s how President Donald Trump’s administration has roiled higher ed, and how the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and other local colleges and universities have responded. This timeline will be updated as developments occur. June 11 Chancellor-Elect Joan Gabel. (Courtesy of Aimee Obidzinski/University of Pittsburgh) Pitt Chancellor Joan Gabel says, in a virtual town hall, that administrators are now making “more of a pro…