Industry News & Insights| February 20, 2026

This ongoing column in the Provost Newsletter tracks current news in the Higher Education Industry. Links are included to news sources, like the Chronicle, for your exploration. Some of these are innovations, or new practices that may inspire, while others will be related to the overall national challenges that higher education may be facing. I hope the highlights will be helpful as we continue to work through our transformation efforts: 

• Apprenticeships were in the news this week. I found it remarkable how the U.S. compares to other countries. 
• International enrollment concerns are high in the sector with the CommonApp demonstrating an additional drop this term. Higher Ed Dive shared some good ideas for attracting more international students including diversifying international markets and giving students more flexibility. 
• Labouré College of Healthcare (Massachusetts) will close in August with part of their portfolio being absorbed by Curry College also inf Massachusetts. 
• Yale College (the undergraduate portion of Yale) is downsizing, 
• University of North Texas is addressing a $45M deficit due to state funding declines and loss of international students. 
• Good news for college grads, salaries are up according to NACE, and employers value the college degree as they seek to fill workplace pipelines and plan for successions.  
• UVA is integrating career design into the curriculum to prepare students for life after college. 

Faculty and Student Spotlight

Nuclear Injustice Exhibition

The Nuclear Injustice exhibition (which was on view November 15, 2025 -  January 31, 2026) sheds light on the profound political, personal, and environmental impacts of nuclear weaponry through powerful contemporary art. “This exhibition presents the survivors’ resilient stories through art, reframing nuclear history as an issue of environmental justice and human rights,” says student co‑curator Joel Wilson ’27, the Amelia A. Gould Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Creative Arts. 

Co‑curated by Sarah Cunningham, associate clinical professor and art gallery director, and Joel Wilson ’27, in collaboration with Emily Welty, PhD, chair of Peace and Justice Studies, the exhibition features work by Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner, Alan Nakagawa, Michael Wang, and Will Wilson. Together, their pieces trace the ongoing effects of nuclear testing and contamination from the military sites of the Marshall Islands and the American Southwest to the soundscapes of Hiroshima and the lingering, often invisible infrastructures of energy and contamination that persist today. 

A highlight of the show is Alan Nakagawa’s evolving installation Peace Resonance: Hiroshima/Wendover (2018–present), which received special focus in a recent NHK segment. The work blends sound, video, and watercolor to explore memory, place, and the reverberations of nuclear history. 

Past Exhibitions | Nuclear Injustice Exhibition

Visit Pace University’s Art Gallery to see “Nuclear Injustice,” a thought‑provoking show on nuclear impact, Indigenous resistance, and climate justice.

Pace University New York