More College Leaders Speak Out Against Compact but Don’t Reject It Katherine KnottThu, 10/30/2025 - 03:00 AMExperts say the mixed messaging reflects confusion over the Trump administration’s muddled rollout of the agreement and a desire to keep all options open. Byline(s) Katherine Knott| Inside Higher Ed
Illinois Launches Effort to Re-Enroll Some College, No Degree Cohort Johanna AlonsoThu, 10/30/2025 - 03:00 AMByline(s) Johanna Alonso| Inside Higher Ed
Student Mental Health Challenges Persist colleen.flahertyThu, 10/30/2025 - 03:00 AMStudents’ mental health and overall well-being continue to lag, finds Inside Higher Ed’s Student Voice survey, even as campuses expand support services. Byline(s) Colleen Flaherty| Inside Higher Ed
How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens Student Success Ashley MowreaderThu, 10/30/2025 - 03:00 AMAt a webinar Tuesday, experts shared projections about how the budget bill could impact college students and their financial stability. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader| Inside Higher Ed
Accreditors Launch Efforts to Endorse Short-Term Credential Providers Sara WeissmanThu, 10/30/2025 - 03:00 AMByline(s) Sara Weissman| Inside Higher Ed
Attacks on Universities ‘an Attempt to Control Political System’ Susan H. GreenbergThu, 10/30/2025 - 03:00 AMFormer Canadian opposition leader Michael Ignatieff says no sector is secure after what has happened in the U.S. Byline(s) Patrick Jack for Times Higher Education| Inside Higher Ed
Blexit Escorted Off Hampton University’s Campus Sara WeissmanThu, 10/30/2025 - 03:00 AMByline(s) Sara Weissman| Inside Higher Ed
Looking Aheadquintina.barne…Thu, 10/30/2025 - 03:00 AMThe future of the New England Transfer Guarantee. Byline(s) Rob Johnston| Inside Higher Ed
Loan Forgiveness Becomes a Tool for Authoritarianism Elizabeth ReddenThu, 10/30/2025 - 03:00 AMThe unaffordability of college makes it easier for President Trump to build up ICE and advance an authoritarian agenda. Byline(s) Christian Collins| Inside Higher Ed
Students are becoming more food insecure and colleges are limiting operations to conserve cash. The longer the shutdown lasts, the harder it will be for higher ed to bounce back.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Federal Judge Indefinitely Blocks Trump’s Latest Layoffs jessica.blake@…Wed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMByline(s) Jessica Blake| Inside Higher Ed
HBCUs Ramp Up Security After Threats, Campus Shootings Sara WeissmanWed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMHistorically Black college and university leaders say security is a priority after terroristic threats last month and shootings on campuses in recent weeks. Byline(s) Sara Weissman| Inside Higher Ed
Higher Ed Lobbying Drops in Third Quarter Josh MoodyWed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMMajor research universities spent heavily to lobby on research funding, student visas and other issues in the third quarter, but spending is slightly down compared to prior quarters. Byline(s) Josh Moody| Inside Higher Ed
Amy Reid Named ‘Honorary Alum’ After Being Denied Emerita Title Emma WhitfordWed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMThe symbolic move stands in direct opposition to the New College president’s decision. Byline(s) Emma Whitford| Inside Higher Ed
Northwestern, Cornell Still Working to Unfreeze Federal Funds Katherine KnottWed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMThe Trump administration has used funding freezes as leverage in negotiations with universities as officials seek sweeping changes to campus policies and practices. Byline(s) Katherine Knott| Inside Higher Ed
Listen: Putting AI Tools in the Classroom Ashley MowreaderWed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMInside Higher Ed’sVoices of Student Successdiscusses the role of faculty in embracing and teaching alongside AI tools for career development. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader| Inside Higher Ed
Teach Writing, Not Document Productionjohnw@mcsweeneys.netWed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMIf we want students to learn to write, AI tools shouldn’t have much of a role. If we don’t think students need to learn to write anymore, I’m not sure what we’re doing here. Byline(s) John Warner| Inside Higher Ed
Universities Teaching Wisdom Skills 2030jdimaggio@upcea.eduWed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMTwo weeks ago, we examined the transformation of higher education in the next five years. Today, we look at how this transformation will shift the emphasis of our teaching. Byline(s) Ray Schroeder| Inside Higher Ed
Higher Ed Institutions Raise Concerns About H-1B Visa Fee jessica.blake@…Wed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMByline(s) Jessica Blake| Inside Higher Ed
Lewis & Clark College Divests From Weapons Manufacturers jessica.blake@…Wed, 10/29/2025 - 03:00 AMByline(s) Jessica Blake| Inside Higher Ed
University of North Georgia says it can no longer afford to maintain the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students. Advocates worry about losing decades of research, resources and support.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Free Higher Education News, Jobs, Career Advice and Events for college and university faculty, adjuncts, graduate students, and administrators.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Biden administration officially pushed back to October the release of new regulations regarding Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The final regulations were expected this month based on the Education Department’s regulatory agenda. A coalition of gender justice and survivor advocacy organizations has called on the administration to stick to that timeline, saying that a delay would be harmful to students.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A divided Congress and stark disagreements over spending spell trouble.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Biden administration says Baptist is exempt from addressing sexual harassment claims involving students LGBTQ+ students, if it can show conflict with its religious tenets.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Proposed Title IX rule would require colleges to set sport-specific criteria if they seek to limit or deny a transgender student from playing a sport consistent with their gender identity.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Groups representing sexual assault survivors fear Biden administration will miss next month's deadline for overhauling Title IX, leaving Trump-era rules in place as another academic year begins.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Improving how colleges respond to sexual assault on campus is one of President Biden's top priorities. But it's likely to be an uphill battle.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Department of Education's new regulation says colleges aren't responsible for sexual assault or harassment that takes place in study abroad programs or in private, off-campus settings.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Education Department rescinds two guidance documents from Obama administration and issues new directions on how colleges should comply with Title IX. New regulation will follow a formal notice-and-comment period.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
One legal expert told Inside Higher Ed that the flagship institution essentially agreed to be bound by what was nonbinding guidance.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Inside Higher Ed’s 15th annual Survey of College and University Chief Business Officers was conducted by Hanover Research. The survey included 169 chief business officers (CBOs), mostly from public and private nonprofit institutions, for a margin of error of 7%. The response rate was 7%.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The challenge is far greater if we pay attention to college-readiness data.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Three pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested on the University of Michigan campus Wednesday, MLive Media Group, a local news organization, reported. The TAHRIR Coalition, a campus student group, led the protest in response to an event held by the university’s Students Supporting Israel chapter, which featured several Israel Defense Forces soldiers.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
In our forthcoming annual survey of college and university chief business officers, anxiety abounds. A majority say uncertainty is challenging their ability to conduct even basic financial planning.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Colleges should start communicating with students about the changes while bracing for state budget cuts, higher ed experts say.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
College business officers projected more confidence this year than last year, despite sprawling enrollment challenges that have left many institutions struggling.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Multiple programs had their grants terminated for saying they hoped to enroll roughly equal numbers of male and female students, leaving high schoolers without college-access resources at the start of the admissions cycle.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Reverse transfer—the practice of awarding associate degrees for credit earned in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree—is beneficial for colleges, state workforces and the vast some college, no credit population. Why do so few students opt in?| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Just one-third of researchers, publishers, funders and librarians believe academic reward and recognition systems are working well, according to a survey from Cambridge University Press.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The College Board’s ubiquitous standardized test is now exclusively digital and significantly shorter. It’s a big change at a decisive moment for the testing industry.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Critics of newly proposed Title IX regulations fear that the Biden administration is stripping away due process; others believe the Department of Education is striking an appropriate balance.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
House Republicans’ latest plan to improve the student loan system focuses on helping defaulted borrowers get back on track and adjusting income-driven repayment plans.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Although not likely to become law anytime soon, the package of bills shows that Senate Republicans are ready to step up to the plate on higher education policy.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
With student loan payments set to resume, a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report shows more borrowers are struggling. “The situation is worse than we could have imagined,” one advocate said.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Nearly 22 million borrowers applied for loan forgiveness in the week since the application opened.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Public scholarship is about more than just getting published: It’s about joining the public conve| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Two federal judges on Monday dealt different blows to the administration’s generous income-driven loan repayment plan. What does that mean for borrowers awaiting relief?| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
According to one researcher, far fewer selective colleges have posted the racial makeup of their incoming classes as compared to this time last year.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Indiana University officials demanded a student newspaper not print news in its homecoming edition, then fired an adviser who objected to censorship demands.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Charlie Kirk’s murder is pushing more conservative college students to start Turning Point USA chapters in the name of advancing civil discourse. But critics fear the group’s expansion will only exacerbate tensions on already fractured campuses.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The U.S. Education Department will fix an error in the formula that determines how much financial aid a student can get, which would have cost students about $1.8 billion, the agency told NPR Tuesday.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The department is allocating $50 million and deploying staffers to help institutions adjust to the rocky FAFSA rollout. College leaders are underwhelmed.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Nine universities were asked to give “limited, targeted feedback” on the proposal by today. So far, six have rejected the deal.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Biden administration’s new rule overhauling Title IX, the federal gender-equity law, is on hold in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia after a federal judge issued an order temporarily blocking the regulations from taking effect in those states Aug. 1.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling extending protections against employment discrimination to LGBTQ people has implications for how colleges define sex and enforce gender equality on campus.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Facing the possibility that more colleges could reject its wide-ranging deal, the Trump administration opened up the offer to more institutions. Whether any will sign is unclear.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The university’s president said the compact would undermine the government’s merit-based approach to funding research.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Institutions and advocates took issue with the proposal’s vague language and lack of privacy safeguards as well as the vast time and effort needed to collect the required data.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
“It’s unnecessary to do what the administration is doing now, unless one is operating like a mob boss,” said UC Berkeley Law’s Executive Director of the Edley Center on Law & Democracy, Catherine E. Lhamon.| Articles Archive - UC Berkeley Law
Summer bridge programs have long helped students from underrepresented backgrounds start their college journey. In the anti-DEI era, many institutions are quietly shifting focus.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Can text messages from a chat bot help keep community college students enrolled? A new study suggests the answer is yes—if designed correctly.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Liberty University has reportedly reached a settlement with various plaintiffs—a mix of former students and employees—who sued the evangelical college in Virginia for allegedly mishandling Title IX issues for years. The settlement was made official Wednesday, according to court documents.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Jerry Falwell Jr. has officially resigned from Liberty University, the university confirmed Tuesday. Falwell submitted his resignation letter through an attorney late Monday night after promising and later withdrawing his resignation earlier in the day. Yesterday, the university's Board of Trustees accepted his resignation as chancellor and president and his resignation from its Board of Directors.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A group of House Republicans asked Friday for a briefing on the Education Department’s purported decision to fine Liberty University $37.5 million over alleged violations of federal campus crime–reporting requirements.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Professional programs get access to more federal dollars under a new law, raising the stakes for next week’s policy negotiation.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Faculty were told just a week ago that the programs would conclude at the end of the fall semester. Next steps for students currently enrolled in the four microcampuses are unclear.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Across the country, student groups and other organizations are working to fill the gaps left behind by campus centers and programs lost to a snowballing anti-DEI movement.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Liberty University is under investigation for Clery Act noncompliance. Fourteen women have sued since July, accusing the university of a long-standing pattern of mishandling sexual assaults.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Education Department fines Michigan State $4.5 million for failing to report sexual violence, including abuse of hundreds of women by former team doctor. The penalties signal toughened enforcement of federal disclosure laws.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Identifying a football culture that protected athletes and officials, the Education Department will fine Penn State U nearly $2.4 million for failing to notify students about assistant coach charged with sex abuse and for failing to disclose other campus crimes.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Huston-Tillotson University, a private institution in Texas, will receive the single largest donation ever given to a historically Black college or university: $150 million, paid out over the next decade.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The U.S. Army will continue to support nine ROTC units affiliated with colleges and universities, reversing cuts announced in June. ROTC cadets can continue to enroll at the affected schools, which will now operate as extension units in partnership with another institution.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Facing controversy, President Mark Welsh resigned abruptly Thursday. Now a search for his successor is set to begin amid a recent state trend of hiring lawmakers to lead institutions.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
An uptick in faculty average salary wasn’t enough to recover to 2019-level compensation. The gender pay gap also persists, along with low per-course compensation for part-timers.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Experts offer solutions to prevent doxing and advice about how to respond and keep yourself safe if it happens to you.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Thanks in part to Biden-era regulatory changes, the Trump administration has a powerful set of tools it could use to threaten institutional eligibility for federal student loans, Jonathan Helwink writes.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
So far, 18 McNair program grants have been canceled. The Education Department says it will issue awards for the rest of them by the end of the month.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The disruptions in TRIO funding have caused some programs to lay off or furlough staff. The Education Department says it will issue grant awards by Sept. 30.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
According to former Western Michigan provost Julian Vasquez Heilig, provosts are stuck driving change with few, if any, allies, while simultaneously playing crisis manager for the university.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Universities are making exceptions to institutional neutrality policies to issue statements on Charlie Kirk’s death as some take aggressive action against some faculty remarks.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Politico reports that the president called "almost every student" from China a spy.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Some experiments for creating schedules that may lessen the physical and emotional exhaustion so common at the end of the spring semester.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Self-assessment isn't incompatible with educational rigor, it's a necessary ingredient.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
BYU-Idaho and Ensign College will launch truncated bachelor’s degree programs next spring after getting the go-ahead from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A fresh Student Voice survey finds that more than half of students who aren’t engaged in campus life beyond the classroom are dissatisfied, that campus involvement is linked to ease in making friends and more.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is calling on colleges to change how they approach student success. He unveiled a new grant program for minority-serving institutions and flamed elite universities.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A second lawsuit alleges a Stanford University–University of Washington collaboration worked to “censor” Americans’ speech. The new suit takes aim at the researchers themselves.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
National Academies report sees system in disarray and calls for better pay, more mentoring and speedier path to their own labs.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Colleges will have to comply with new certification requirements in order to receive any funding from the NIH, effective immediately.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Financial aid offices have been overworked and understaffed since the pandemic. Now the FAFSA fiasco has put some in crisis mode.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The federal student aid form had just begun to stabilize after a disastrous launch last winter. Then the Trump administration gutted the agency that manages it.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Government investigators dissected the federal aid form’s botched rollout at a congressional hearing Tuesday. Their findings paint a familiar picture of bureaucratic bungling, with some telling new details.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Boston University research center and its founder, Ibram X. Kendi, faced backlash after announcing layoffs. Some employees and students say the controversy overshadows larger questions about the university’s commitment to DEI.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Using the term “gaslighting” is an extreme type of ad hominem argument.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
More than half of public media stations are affiliated with a college, and more host colleges students for career preparation. Cuts to federal funding may reduce internship and practicum experiences for learners.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Texas A&M University professor Russell Taylor Johns was arrested by university police last Wednesday following an allegation that he exposed himself at the University of Texas at Austin earlier this year, KBTX reported.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The State Department has revoked 6,000 student visas so far this year, Fox News reported along with The Washington Post.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The National Institutes of Health’s director ordered employees to “conduct an individualized review of all current and planned research activities,” including active grants and funding opportunity announcements, according to images of a document provided to Inside Higher Ed. The review comes amid concerns that the NIH won’t distribute all of its allocated grant money by the time the federal fiscal year ends Sept. 30, meaning those dollars will return to the U.S. Treasury.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Advocates worry the Trump administration is planning to end a long-standing policy that allows international students to stay in the U.S. until their studies are complete.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
