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  • College Leadership Crisis: Trust, Power, and Navigating Campus Protests

    College Leadership Crisis: Trust, Power, and Navigating Campus Protests

    University presidents face a crisis of trust and power. Navigating campus protests requires building relationships, faculty engagement, and innovative leadership often lacking in today's climate. Strategic engagement is key.


    Harvard Under Fire: Visa Threats & Funding Cuts Over Antisemitism Claims

    Harvard Under Fire: Visa Threats & Funding Cuts Over Antisemitism Claims

    Harvard faces visa revocation and funding cuts from DHS over alleged antisemitism and pro-Hamas sentiment on campus. The Trump administration demands documentation and threatens SEVP accreditation.


    Windows 10 to Windows 11 Migration: College Guide

    Windows 10 to Windows 11 Migration: College Guide

    Migrate from Windows 10 to Windows 11 before support ends. Assess readiness, refresh devices, and consider Extended Security Updates (ESU). Compatibility checks minimize costs and risks. Plan your Windows 11 upgrade!


    Trump Admin’s Education Cuts Face Legal Challenge

    Trump Admin’s Education Cuts Face Legal Challenge

    Lawsuits challenge Trump administration's education cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), citing hindered research and data collection impacting education outcomes. Legal challenge grows against cuts.


    DOE Research Funding Cap Blocked: University Lawsuit

    DOE Research Funding Cap Blocked: University Lawsuit

    A federal court blocked the DOE's plan to cap indirect research cost reimbursements to universities after a lawsuit by education associations and colleges. The cap was set at 15%, impacting research funding.


    Immigration, Activism, and Due Process: Then and Now

    Immigration, Activism, and Due Process: Then and Now

    Comparing immigration suppression tactics of the 1980s (LA 8) and today, highlighting concerns about due process, national-security arguments, and parallels with past eras of prejudice and government overreach. Key issues: activism, deportation.


    Student Transfer Flexibility: Adapting Policies for Student Success

    Student Transfer Flexibility: Adapting Policies for Student Success

    Explore how institutions can improve student transfer success by adapting policies, drawing lessons from teach-out scenarios. Discover key findings on credit transfer and learning mobility.


    Columbia University, Edward Said, and Academic Freedom Under Attack

    Columbia University, Edward Said, and Academic Freedom Under Attack

    Columbia University faces scrutiny over academic freedom, Edward Said's legacy, and government intervention. The university's actions spark debate about free speech and Middle East studies. Attack on Columbia.


    Fewer Students Engage in College Activities After COVID

    Fewer Students Engage in College Activities After COVID

    Involvement in extracurricular activities, interestingly, increased during the 2020–21 academic year, which researchers theorize could be due to students seeking new ways to connect with their peers amid social distancing measures.


    Sonoma State turnaround plan calls for boosting enrollment 20%

    Sonoma State turnaround plan calls for boosting enrollment 20%

    It aims to do that by improving its marketing, bringing artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to its recruitment process, and expanding direct admissions and dual-credit programs with local high schools as well as concurrent enrollment with community colleges.


    The Difficult Work of Developing Engaged Citizens: The Key

    The Difficult Work of Developing Engaged Citizens: The Key

    It’s incredibly important, but you want to get to the point where this is part of the campus culture,” Vinnakota told Sara Custer, editor in chief of Inside Higher Ed.


    College Completion Growth Spurred by Certificates

    College Completion Growth Spurred by Certificates

    This spring’s “Undergraduate Degree Earners” report, released today, attributes the increase to record-breaking growth in certificates, with 525,200 learners completing one, up 11.2 percent from the year prior.


    NIH Freezes Millions More in Funding for Columbia

    NIH Freezes Millions More in Funding for Columbia

    “In line with President Trump’s mission to combatting discrimination and promoting fairness, HHS is partnering with other federal agencies to conduct a comprehensive review of grants awarded to universities that have failed to protect students from discriminatory behavior.


    The Education Dept. Wants to End DEI. Does It Have the Staff?

    The Education Dept. Wants to End DEI. Does It Have the Staff?

    Trainor then on February 14 issued a “Dear Colleague” letter, drastically expanding the definition of discrimination to include the consideration of race, gender, or other identity in scholarships, financial aid, graduation ceremonies, and student life.


    Florida House proposal could cut college grants for 22,000 students

    Florida House proposal could cut college grants for 22,000 students

    The association said restrictions to the EASE program would disproportionately hurt non-traditional and low-income students at the affected colleges, and it is urging Florida residents to sign a letter to lawmakers opposing the proposal.


    Student Journalists Grapple With Publishing Protesters’ Names

    Student Journalists Grapple With Publishing Protesters’ Names

    In the wake of attacks on international students—especially pro-Palestinian protesters—student newspapers are grappling with questions of if and how to protect protesters whom they have featured in articles, activists who have contributed opinion pieces and even their own reporters when they cover topics they fear the Trump administration could take issue with.


    Researchers sue NIH over mass cuts to DEI grants

    Researchers sue NIH over mass cuts to DEI grants

    Plaintiffs, including dozens of academic scientists, alleged that the agency’s leaders, starting in February, “upended NIH’s enviable track record of rigor and excellence, launching a reckless and illegal purge to stamp out NIH-funded research that addresses topics and populations that they disfavor.”