Momentum is building around plans to dismantle the department, but what does it actually do for colleges, universities and their students?| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
As the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation review grants and programming for verboten topics—including DEI and “gender ideology”—many researchers aren’t sure if their projects will pass Trump’s nebulous, ideological tests.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The secretary nominee is likely to be confirmed, but the department has already taken action in her absence, though few political appointees have been named.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The American Association of University Professors and others argue in a new lawsuit that the executive orders violate the Constitution.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A new Inside Higher Ed/Generation Lab survey shows Harris leading nationally by 38 points, with around a third of students reporting they are more likely to cast a ballot because she’s top of the ticket.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Research since World War II has consistently found overwhelmingly left-oriented political attitudes and ideological self-Identification among college and university faculty. It has also found overwhelming support for the Democratic Party (see e.g., Klein and Stern, 2005; Klein and Stern, 2009; Gross & Simmons, 2007; Honeycutt & Freberg, 2017; McClintock, Spaulding, & Turner, 1965; Rothman, Lichter, & Nevitte, 2005; Buss & von Hippel, 2018). These findings are important for several reasons. Re...| www.nas.org