Even before President Donald Trump unleashed a flurry of executive orders involving higher education, college and university presidents expressed serious concerns about his possible impact on the sector and on their own institutions. That’s according to

The United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., has shut down a dozen student affinity clubs to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive orders to eliminate federal funding for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and

If progressive or even not-so-progressive Jewish students invited comedian Sacha Baron Cohen to their university to perform his riotous parody “In My Country There Is Problem,” with its call-and-pogrom chorus “throw the Jew down the well

Over the past five years of conducting organizational capability assessments of higher education marketing and communications departments, my colleagues and I have interviewed hundreds of internal stakeholders. It’s the most fascinating aspect of the work, hearing

Alumni-in-residence programs provide career insight and professional skill-building to students. SDI Productions/E+/Getty Images A May 2024 Student Voice survey found 29 percent of students believe their college or university should prioritize or focus more on connecting

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday banning transgender women from participating in women’s sports. “The war on women’s sports is over,” he said. “With my action this afternoon, we are putting every school receiving

The National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and other science agencies are continuing to scramble to comply with President Trump’s orders to eliminate federal support for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, among other topics,

To the editor: In “The Doctoral Dilemma” (Feb. 3, 2025), Inside Higher Ed reporter Johanna Alonso describes career coaching as a “cottage industry” of “gurus” that emerged to fill critical gaps in graduate training. As a

As demand for AI-literate employees soars, an army of tech giants is partnering with the California State University system and the governor’s office in a large-scale effort to produce an AI-ready workforce for the nation’s most

The U.S. Education Department is eliminating the nonbinary gender identity option from the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, according to a Tuesday news release. The option will not appear on future forms and will be

College professors and university diversity officers are teaming up with nonprofits and local governments to challenge President Trump’s executive orders that target diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal government, higher education and the private

A Temple University student was arrested over the weekend after allegedly impersonating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on campus. The university reported that two people pretended to be ICE agents at a local store on

Newly confirmed U.S. secretary of defense Pete Hegseth issued a memo Jan. 29 ordering the Department of Defense to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and offices—including race-conscious admissions at military academies. The memo establishes a

In a blow to Louisiana State University law professor Ken Levy’s fight to return to teaching, a state appeals court reversed a lower court’s order that had put him back in the classroom. LSU at Baton

Getting students engaged in a large lecture hall can be a challenge, and it’s almost impossible to create an active learning space. Previous research highlights a connection between where a student sits in the classroom and

President Trump has used diversity, equity and inclusion to explain failures in education, the economy and national security, so you might think we’d be inured to his strategies by now. When he blamed the tragic plane

Study abroad is tied to personal and professional growth for college students, but crossing the border can be an enormous hurdle or feel unattainable for some learners. A new initiative at Bucknell University seeks to empower

Amid reports that the White House is finalizing an executive order to get rid of the Education Department, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that when he nominated Linda McMahon as secretary, he instructed her to “put

Nearly a week after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at combating campus antisemitism, the Education Department opened civil rights investigations into five colleges “where widespread antisemitic harassment has been reported.” The investigations, announced Monday,

The National Collegiate Athletic Association and four states plus the District of Columbia have settled a lawsuit over the association’s rule prohibiting the use of name, image and likeness compensation in the recruitment of athletes, Sportico,

State funding for higher education increased by 4.3 percent this fiscal year, according to a new report from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association, amounting to a total of $129.7 billion in state higher ed

The Pell Grant program has a $2.7 billion shortfall heading into the coming fiscal year, according to new projections from the Congressional Budget Office. The budget office said in June that the program would run a

New Presidents and Provosts: Drexel, Gonzaga, Middlebury, Northern Maine CC, Quinnipiac, RIT, UT San Antonio Health, U of Washington, WSCUC Susan H. Greenberg Tue, 02/04/2025 – 03:00 AM Byline(s) Susan H. Greenberg

Dozens of Education Department employees were notified Friday that they’d been put on paid administrative leave following President Trump’s executive order to root out diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in the federal government. At least some

In the two years since the release of ChatGPT, generative AI has upended higher education. From chat bots that converse with students to apps that can write student papers or purport to detect academic integrity violations,

A new year is underway, but many colleges are still reeling from the fiscal challenges of 2024. With yawning budget gaps and bleak financial projections at some campuses, administrators are cutting jobs, academic programs and athletics

The second Trump administration has begun with a cacophony of executive orders, memos from the Office of Management and Budget, and the disconcerting disappearance—and some reappearance—of research grants and programs. This has led to fear of

In higher education, your relationship with learners shouldn’t end when their program does. If fostered correctly, they’re applying the knowledge they gained, sharing their experiences with their personal and professional networks, and staying engaged with your

Chatter about the potential executive order to dismantle the agency began Friday. Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call Inc./Getty Images The Trump administration is preparing an executive order to dismantle the Education Department, though the specifics are still in

Maura Slocum is passionate about soil. A Peace Corps alum who worked with farmers during her service in Senegal, she can happily talk your ear off about how soil influences so many aspects of human life,

Many federally funded scientists have either had their grants terminated or can’t access approved funding while the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and other science agencies work to comply with President Trump’s recent

Credential attainment among U.S. adults is on the rise, according to new data released by the Lumina Foundation Thursday. The data is part of Lumina’s “A Stronger Nation” tool, which tracks progress toward a goal the

An executive order signed on President Trump’s first day in office declared there are two sexes, male and female, and the Education Department will enforce Title IX consistent with the directive. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The U.S

Frostburg State University president Ronald H. Nowaczyk, 74, died Friday of cancer on what was set to be his last day on the job, according to a university statement. Nowaczyk, who led Frostburg State for nine

It’s that time of the year again—assessment season. Actually, in academia, it’s always assessment season. And while many may be content to silently curse the heavens for their lot as instructors in the modern academy, I

A conservative student group, College Republicans United, held a tabling event at Arizona State University on Friday encouraging students to report their undocumented peers to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But the group encountered over 700

First-generation students make up around 20 percent of the University of South Carolina student population. University of South Carolina While first-generation students are a growing population in higher education, they remain less likely to retain or

During my five years working in postdoctoral affairs at two higher education institutions, current postdoctoral associates have often shared their frustrations with me. Some feel they aren’t getting the credit they deserve in their research group.

Young people today spend a large amount of time online, with a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report noting teens ages 12 to 17 had four or more hours of daily screen time during

A judge has ordered Louisiana State University to return to the classroom a tenured law professor who says the institution suspended him from teaching after he made comments about Donald Trump and Louisiana governor Jeff Landry