Worries of Racial Discrimination on a Campus Where 4 of 5 Students Are WhiteSara BradyMon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMIt seems implausible that collegians in the minority have enough power to routinely and unlawfully discriminate against their peers who comprise the majority. Byline(s) Shaun Harper| Inside Higher Ed
The Gray ZoneSara BradyMon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMPart of the reason the public hasn’t rallied to our side is that after years of being directly insulted, as they see it, they don’t mind seeing some payback. Byline(s) Matt Reed| Inside Higher Ed
Censorship at Northwestern Gets Worse, 10 Years After Alice Dreger’s ResignationSara BradyMon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMLooking back at the Dreger resignation a decade ago, it’s hard to feel optimistic, because censorship on campus is even worse today. Byline(s) John K. Wilson| Inside Higher Ed
George Mason Must Not Comply With the Government’s Demands sara.custer@in…Mon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMIf the institution accepts the Office for Civil Rights’ findings, it will not just damage the college’s reputation, it will make all of higher education more vulnerable, says James Finkelstein. Byline(s) James Finkelstein| Inside Higher Ed
Judge: Minn. Cannot Bar Colleges That Require Faith Statements From State Program Susan H. GreenbergMon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMByline(s) Susan H. Greenberg| Inside Higher Ed
Grant Delays Threaten Cultural and Language Studies Programs Johanna AlonsoMon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMExpected funding for National Resource Centers, which are dedicated to language and area studies education, never came through this summer. Experts worry this could spell disaster for the already-struggling fields. Byline(s) Johanna Alonso| Inside Higher Ed
Supreme Court Ruling Has ‘Bleak Implications’ for Researchers kathryn.palmer…Mon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMThe high court said the National Institutes of Health doesn’t have to restore grants it terminated, for now, which could affect similar lawsuits against other federal agencies. Byline(s) Kathryn Palmer| Inside Higher Ed
Howard President Steps Down, Former President Appointed Interim Emma WhitfordMon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMByline(s) Emma Whitford| Inside Higher Ed
Young People See Math Skills as Nonessential. How Can Higher Ed Help? Ashley MowreaderMon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMThirty-eight percent of young adults think math is very important in their work life; fewer believe it’s important in their personal life. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader| Inside Higher Ed
Letter From a Region of My Mindrachel.toorMon, 08/25/2025 - 03:00 AMLast March, a speed-walk tour of our national museums provided an insight into what was in jeopardy. Now, it seems, we’ve already lost the work of a half century of scholarship. Byline(s) Rachel Toor| Inside Higher Ed
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
Pennsylvania State University is weighing a plan to close seven of its 19 Commonwealth Campuses, which its governing board is expected to vote on in a virtual meeting Thursday. The campuses proposed for closure are Dubois, Fayette, Mont Alto, New Kensington, Shenango, Wilkes-Barre and York. Altogether, those campuses enroll just under 3,200 students. Penn State York, which had 703 students last fall, has the largest enrollment among the seven. If approved, the campuses will be shut down by t...| 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
In the first installment of our 2025–26 Student Voice survey series, most students express confidence in their institution—with clear room for improvement, especially when it comes to affordability.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Student advocates and higher ed lobbyists fear the suggested changes could lead to a shortfall in employees to fill high-demand, low-wage jobs.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Higher education groups are suing the federal government at an exceptional scale in an effort to block executive orders, DEI guidance and other policy changes. Here’s the latest on the legal challenges.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The disinvestment from DEI and scientific pipeline programs will mean STEM training gaps will only grow, Tania Fabo writes.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Research from NACUFS and FIU finds incoming and current students are looking for greater selection and availability from college food providers.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
As career department staff await a delayed executive order and imminent personnel cuts, some say morale is low and tensions are high.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
With higher education becoming more politicized, it’s poised to play a more prominent role than usual in this year’s presidential and congressional elections. The outcomes will carry huge policy implications.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Stanford University plans to cut 363 jobs this fall, starting at the end of September, due to financial challenges driven by federal policy changes, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
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
The Trump administration has threatened to strip Harvard of its ability to host international students and is reportedly eyeing its tax-exempt status. But the legal path to do so is lengthy.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Faculty members feared George Mason’s board would fire its president Friday in the face of ongoing federal investigations they deem politically motivated. The board gave him a raise instead.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Data modeling shows 150,000 fewer students may enroll in U.S. higher education due to visa challenges.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A new partnership between OpenAI and Instructure will embed generative AI in Canvas. It may make grading easier, but faculty are skeptical it will enhance teaching and learning.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Take these steps to get unstuck, Raquel Y. Salinas writes.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
University of Louisiana at Lafayette president Joseph Savoie is retiring suddenly after 17 years in the top job at the public research institution, The Louisiana Illuminator reported. His retirement, announced Wednesday, is effective today.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Colleges from Utah to Indiana and Maine are on track to offer three-year degrees in the near future. But the hesitations that have long plagued the movement haven’t disappeared.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
After a weeks-long standoff with the federal government over alleged antisemitism on campus, Harvard University sued the Trump administration on Monday over the $2.2 billion federal funding freeze enacted after the private institution rejected a far-reaching slate of reforms last week.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Howard University would be the only historically Black institution to earn the Carnegie Foundation’s coveted classification, but certainly not the last.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Nearly 60 days into his second term in office, Trump followed through on his campaign promise to dismantle the Department of Education. Now it’s up to Congress to decide if the agency will be abolished entirely.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The university is facing an investigation related to transgender athletes’ participation in sports, and a White House official says the freeze is “just a taste of what could be coming down the pipe.”| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The administration wants Columbia University to make sweeping changes to its discipline and admissions processes. Experts say the demands are overreaching.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Higher education legal experts shared three key takeaways with Inside Higher Ed.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The secretaries of agriculture and education have issued letters to 16 governors, urging them to rectify the inequities in funding.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Unlike Columbia, the Ivy League institution will not make a direct payment to the government. But it has made a handful of concessions, including handing over admissions data.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Times Higher Education got an earful from conservative students and Republican luminaries alike at this year's Turning Point USA Student Action Summit in Tampa.| 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
More than 100 gender equity and civil rights advocacy organizations signed a letter to the incoming Biden administration’s transition team recommending that President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris stop enforcement of and move to rescind new regulations that reshaped how colleges respond to reports of sexual misconduct on campus.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A delay in issuing the regulations likely means that Trump-era rules will stay in place for another academic year.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Five semesters after ChatGPT changed education forever, some professors are taking their classes back to the pre-internet era.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Lawmakers in Topeka, like those in some other state capitals, used a budget bill to order nonfinancial changes to public higher ed. DEI was the target this time.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
CBOs identify financial threats to their institutions in our annual survey, especially in the near-term. They also hint at confidence in their institution’s ability to adapt.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Biden administration’s proposal includes revisions to how colleges should address cases of sexual assault and extends protections to LGBTQ students. It does not cover athletics, which will be addressed in the future.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Colleges and universities that receive federal funding must be in compliance with new rules by Aug. 14. The regulations rebalance "scales of justice," Education Department says.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Social trust is fraying, zombie bugs are on the loose and human ingenuity never fails to surprise—Scott McLemee rounds up select forthcoming titles from university presses.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The measure now goes to the group’s elected council for approval, disapproval or a vote of the organization’s 10,000-plus full membership.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
In the continuing debate over when, and how, higher education entities should comment on political issues like the Israel-Hamas war, disciplinary associations have received less attention.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The U.S. National Institutes of Health reportedly froze another $250 million in federal research funding for the university, on top of the $400 million already in limbo.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
To address alleged antisemitism, the university will make the changes the Trump administration has demanded, despite legal and academic freedom concerns.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Katherine Franke, a law professor whose interview became the subject of a university investigation, says she’s effectively been terminated.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Universities’ own mistakes helped pave the way for government attacks on academic freedom, Emily Chamlee-Wright writes.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Richard Primack offers advice for how to be a happy, healthy and productive researcher year after year.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Amid bans and restrictions on their use, artificial intelligence tools are creating interest among those who see a solution to systemic peer-review woes.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Trump administration is upending the student visa bureaucracy to deport foreign students. University officials are struggling to keep up.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Faculty can do a lot to make it harder, and less enticing, for students to use generative AI, Catherine Savini writes.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
An investigation cleared Lincoln University of Missouri’s president of charges he’d bullied an administrator who died by suicide. Some alumni and students object to his return.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Experts say the wave in hiring of Title VI staff mirrors a similar surge in the early 2010s, when institutions changed how they respond to Title IX complaints.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Director of the National Institutes of Health says that capping research journals’ open-access fees will help rein in the $19 billion academic publishing industry and bolster scientific debate.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Higher ed leaders and experts say the Trump administration’s harsh list of demands of Harvard gave it no choice but to fight back. Will other institutions do the same?| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
University leaders said the administration's demands are an attack on its independence. Hours later, billions in grants were frozen.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Trump administration is following through on its threat to crack down on colleges’ race-based programs, beginning with a small postgraduate recruitment partnership.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, the share of college applicants who are Black or Hispanic has risen, while the percentage admitted has declined.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
7 strategies I learned from teaching English language learners.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
While we may not agree with what she says, we in academe should defend her right to say it, argues Jonathan Zimmerman.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Essay by law professors at Penn and San Diego asserts that “all cultures are not equal,” decries modern culture, birth control, “inner-city blacks” and “anti-assimilation” Latino immigrants. Many at Penn are demanding the university speak out.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
At Supreme Court hearing on case that could alter college admissions, no big surprises but lots of contentious exchanges -- and anger over Scalia's comments.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Last week the Florida Board of Governors approved three new presidential hires with ties to Governor Ron DeSantis and the GOP, a trend that is clearly growing across the state.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
As campuses grapple with financial instability and revise their values under political pressure, one expert warns that the sector could struggle to attract and retain the talent it needs.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Several wealthy universities are walking back construction plans due to financial uncertainty driven by the Trump administration, particularly around federal research funding.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A new study explores why students drop out of college or choose not to enroll.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The threat of LLMs is an invitation to get to the roots, rather than layering on more, more, more.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A new report from the Pew Research Center shows that the wealth gap between people with and without college degrees remains wide.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The state of Tennessee filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday seeking to nix traditional requirements for Hispanic-serving institutions’ federal designation and grant funding. The state is joined by Students for Fair Admissions, the advocacy group whose lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill resulted in the U.S.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Officials at Drexel University were proactive in responding to reports of antisemitic incidents on campus but still failed to meet the standard under federal law to combat discrimination, the U.S. Office for Civil Rights has found.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Senate Republicans did not cut Pell Grants and replaced a controversial risk-sharing plan proposed by the House. Higher ed advocates are relieved but wary.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Nearly the entire scholarship board quit Wednesday in protest of the Trump administration’s intervention in the selection process, which they say was politically motivated and illegal.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Higher ed and free speech advocates are deeply alarmed by the decision to cancel $400 million in contracts and grants at the university, saying it is yet another example of executive overreach.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Office for Civil Rights has resolved six investigations into how colleges responded to reports of antisemitism. The findings show how those colleges fell short of federal law and hold lessons for the rest of higher ed.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The latest Title VI resolution agreement sheds light on how colleges are being asked to handle complaints about online speech. First Amendment advocates are concerned about the implications.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Resolution agreements announced Monday are the first regarding campus antisemitism, anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias since Oct. 7. The findings signal how institutions across the country can comply with federal law.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Colleges are learning that financial wellness can impact student retention and educating students on money management and loan repayment can enhance their success.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
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Dozens of institutions and associations argue that Trump’s funding freeze is about more than just one university—it’s about the future of American democracy.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The order says the United States will oppose “male competitive participation in women’s sports more broadly, as a matter of safety, fairness, dignity, and truth.”| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Trump administration staged an unprecedented intervention in this year’s Fulbright selection process, rejecting finalists whose research deals with race, gender or climate change.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A bill awaiting Gov. Abbott’s signature would require college administrators to set procedures for faculty governing bodies and appoint their leaders, part of an effort to address “liberal faculty control over universities.”| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Participants recognized change in enhanced self-awareness of how they are influenced by their own culture, greater interest in international relations, and increased awareness of the challenges of coexisting with people from diverse backgrounds.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
