Trump Plans to Give Two Commencement Speeches
Inside Higher Ed President Donald Trump will serve as the commencement speaker at both the University of Alabama and the United States Military Academy, he announced on Truth Social. “I…
Limestone University Pulls Back From Brink of Closure
Inside Higher Ed Limestone University will live on—at least for now—after the Board of Trustees punted on a decision Tuesday to either close the institution or shift entirely online. Instead,…
Collection of Free Education Research May Lose Funding
Inside Higher Ed The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), an online repository of educational research and historical documents that dates back to the 1960s, will most likely run out of…
No NIH Grants for Colleges With DEI Programs or Israel Boycotts
Inside Higher Ed The National Institutes of Health is taking steps to tie colleges’ policies to grant funding. Grandbrothers / Getty Images If colleges and universities want to receive funding…
The Precedent Higher Ed Can’t Afford to Set (opinion)
Inside Higher Ed American higher education stands at a critical juncture following the emergence of reports that the Department of Justice is seeking a consent decree with Columbia University. While…
Students Lose Food Benefits Between High School and College
Inside Higher Ed Fewer than half of low-income students retain their state food benefits in the transition from high school to college or the workforce, even though they might still…
Medical Journals Now Reportedly Under Government Scrutiny
Inside Higher Ed The Trump administration now appears to be targeting medical journals, questioning at least three different publications about how they represent “competing viewpoints” and assess the influence of…
Presidents Condemn “Unprecedented Government Overreach”
Inside Higher Ed Scores of college, university and scholarly society leaders condemned “with one voice” the “unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education” via a statement…
Harvard Sues the Trump Administration
Inside Higher Ed 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…
Northwestern to Fund Research After Federal Freeze
Inside Higher Ed Northwestern University is stepping in to fund ongoing research projects after the private institution received stop-work orders on nearly 100 federal grants, CBS News Chicago reported. The…