Duane Morris May 28, 2026 Artificial intelligence continues to dominate the conversation for employers in California. On May 21, 2026, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-6-26, directing a sweeping set of state-level actions aimed at studying, managing and mitigating the workforce impacts of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. […]
Ed Source Michael Burke and Daniel J. Willis May 28, 2026 Colleges have used AI to get fraud down from peak levels, but scammers are still stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars every month. Years since first being targeted by Covid-era financial aid scammers, California’s community colleges still can’t fully […]
Inside Higher Ed Josh Moody May 22, 2026 The administration proposed sweeping changes to how accreditors evaluate institutions that officials say will lower the cost of college. Critics are skeptical. fter four days of dense and occasionally contentious discussions over the Trump administration’s proposed overhaul of accreditation, an advisory committee […]
Higher Ed Dive Caroline Colvin May 19, 2026 The salary threshold is only part of the exemption test, one attorney reminded HR leads. Dive Brief: The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced Thursday it was rescinding the embattled Biden-era overtime rule, more than a year after federal courts […]
Cal Matters Adam Echelman May 19, 2026 California’s community colleges have been battling fraudulent students for years, trying to prevent scammers from stealing financial aid money. Recent data shows the colleges’ efforts finally may be working. Last spring, CalMatters reported that colleges were seeing unprecedented reports of fraud, with scammers stealing […]
U.S. Department of Education May 19, 2026 Under President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, the Department of Education (ED) is advancing its commitment to return education to the states by expanding access to longstanding federal flexibilities. Today, ED announced it has approved Florida and Illinois’ Ed-Flex […]
The Hill Max Rego May 19, 2026 Democratic attorneys general in more than 20 states and Washington, D.C., on Tuesday filed suit against the Education Department over new limits set to go into effect for graduate student loan borrowers. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland, states that […]
Cal Matters Dan Walters May 19, 2026 Two weeks from now we’ll probably know which of the 61 candidates for governor have finished 1-2 in the primary election and will face each other in November for the dubious honor of governing a state that may be ungovernable. The weasel adverb […]
Cal Matters Kahani Malhotra May 16, 2026 Despite being a political junkie and longtime fan of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, Shasta College senior Raymond Randolph hesitated to speak up about politics on campus. But Kirk’s assassination during a Turning Point USA event at a Utah university in September 2025 changed […]
Inside Higher Ed Jessica Blake May 18, 2026 As the second week of accreditation negotiations gets underway, experts say the operational cost of the new regulations may be high for institutions—but the payoff could be worth it. As the Department of Education heads into its second week of negotiations over […]