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Women’s Wrestling Aims At 2026 NCAA Championship Status

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women’s wrestling may become the 91st NCAA championship sport in 2026. Second, as the recommendation also includes establishing a Women's Wrestling Committee, which would begin its work in January 2025, to allow time to prepare for a championship in winter 2026. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics voted at its Feb.

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Liberty University Fined $14M for Clery Act Violations

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The education department will also conduct post-review monitoring of Liberty through April 2026 to ensure the school executes on promised improvements. Further lapses in Clery Act compliance could jeopardize the terms of the university’s participation in the federal student aid programs or result in other administrative sanctions.

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Marquette announces $31M in cuts over 6 years - Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive

Ray Schroeder

Marquette said it intends to begin the process by cutting $11 million from its fiscal 2026 operating budget. The university will form a committee of faculty, staff and administrators to recommend where the budget can be cut.

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Opposition Against Northwestern Stadium Renovation Grows Amid Hazing Scandal Fallout

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The upgrades to Ryan Field were set to begin after the 2023 season, with a reopening in 2026. A lot of us faculty members feel like it's really time for the administration to try to get out ahead of these problems," Pearson said. But calls to delay are increasing. Fitzgerald was first given a two-week suspension without pay.

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St. Cloud State University Announces More Future Faculty Cuts Amid Worsening Financial Issues

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The plan will help reduce the deficit to about $9 million by fall 2025 and create a surplus of about $5 million by fall 2026, according to administrators. Cloud State President Dr. Robbyn Wacker. University leaders attributed the budget deficit to enrollment, insufficient staffing reductions, and high instructional costs.

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How this university plans to reduce its budget deficit by $110 million in one year

University Business

Leadership on the state’s board of regents has been reshuffled, the president announced his plans to step down and highly ranked administrators have been let go. 1, 2026, according to a financial update posted on the school’s website. 1, 2026, according to a financial update posted on the school’s website.

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Cutting 1 of 6 positions at UW-Oshkosh saved $15M, but there's still a $3M shortfall - Kimberly Wethal, Madison.com

Ray Schroeder

It’s still a “significant gap,” Leavitt wrote — larger than the projected shortfalls at four of the other Universities of Wisconsin campuses as of August — but UW-Oshkosh has plans to make up the rest of the shortfall by June 2026.