The spending plan protects TRIO from Trump’s chopping block and boosts funding for the National Institutes of Health.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
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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
Trump reversed an order requiring federal agencies to freeze grants and loans, but programs at odds with his executive orders remain at risk of losing funding.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Fear, fantasy and fun—Halloween’s history and psychological significance.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Students were also more likely to feel negative emotions than positive ones while studying and completing their assignments, according to data collected by Kahoot!| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Biden administration has pushed off new regs that have loomed over colleges and outside contractors for months. But the threat of them has already created waves across higher education.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Colleges are touting big boosts in Pell recipients this fall, made possible by the new FAFSA’s revised eligibility requirements. Does that mean they have more low-income students?| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs