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BREAKING: Individual wearing ‘ICE’ jacket not a legitimate agent, AU says

By Kathryn Squyres and Maya Cederlund | February 14

AU Police Department working to identify individual

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BREAKING: AU now classified as R1 research institution

By Gabrielle McNamee | February 13

Alger says new status will boost AU’s reputation, create more research opportunities

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Longtime Kogod professor gifts largest individual donation in AU history for School of Education

By Soumya Sahay | February 11

SOE to be renamed after H. Kent Baker and his late wife Linda, in her memory

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President Jonathan Alger delivers first report to Board of Trustees in November meeting

By Kathryn Squyres | February 11

Meeting highlights progress in campus safety review, policy updates, enrollment issues

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BREAKING: New strategic plan to be developed over the next year

By Cara Halford | February 7

Alger’s plan starting in 2026 to focus on community, civic engagement

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BREAKING: AU mobilizes resources to respond to Trump executive orders

By Owen Auston-Babcock | February 6

University working to implement guidance to protect immigrants, research funding and transgender students

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AU President Jonathan Alger named board chair of the American Association of Colleges and Universities

By Kathryn Squyres | January 27

Organization advocates for free expression, academic freedom in higher education

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American University navigates budget shortfall for 2026 budget

By Abigail Turner and Soumya Sahay | December 13

University proposes early retirement packages, housing requirements

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AU Encounters to replace current AUx2 requirement in the spring as University reviews AU Core

By Abigail Turner | December 13

University cuts designated first-year advising, shifting advisors to major-based advising after spring 2025

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$68 Million Short

By Kyle Galvin , Gabrielle McNamee and Soumya Sahay | December 13

Students, faculty uncertain of path forward amid budget shortfall

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BREAKING: Rodney Hopson to serve as interim dean of SOE as University determines school’s future

By Penelope Jennings | December 12

Current senior associate dean will take over for Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy

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Administration grapples with antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus

By Cara Halford | December 12

Students and faculty say University response has fallen short

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Change Can’t Wait campaign ends, efforts to continue initiatives do not

By Kadie Fishman | November 25

Campaign success includes Heydt Scholarship, Kogod Endowment, Student Thriving Complex

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AU launches steering committee for The Civic Life initiative

By Ava Agostinelli and Sofia Marcus | November 22

Committee aims to foster healthier political dialogue at AU

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American University among colleges accused of working with College Board to charge children of divorced parents more

By Sophie Milner-Gorvine | November 21

40 colleges cited for tuition price-fixing over past 18 years in lawsuit

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BREAKING: School of Education to undergo ‘massive restructuring’ according to dean

By Gabby Landis | November 12

American University will restructure the School of Education following the departure of Dean Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy in January 2025, according to an email from Holcomb-McCoy to SOE majors and minors obtained by The Eagle. This restructuring comes on the heels of the University’s rising budget deficit, ...

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University will release decision on whether to arm AUPD in early 2025

By Cara Halford | October 31

Administrators say they are in “feasibility assessment” phase

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