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1 in 3 Americans recommend trade school for high school graduates

Higher Ed Dive

A smaller share of surveyed adults would suggest a four-year college or university as the “ideal post high school path,” a recent report found.

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3 things institutions can do to build resilience in a dynamic international education landscape

The PIE News

While rapidly changing policies make for a dynamic landscape, underlying demand from international students remains strong. Universities are having to do so much to stay relevant and competitive in this fast-paced, changeable environment, and internal resources are being stretched to their limits. But, focusing on what they can control, reviewing and optimising critical processes, and investing in robust, integrated systems is one way universities can secure their future success in this evolving

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Tulane Environmentalist Resigns Amid Research ‘Gag Order’

Inside Higher Ed

Tulane Environmentalist Resigns Amid Research ‘Gag Order’ kathryn.palmer… Fri, 06/13/2025 - 03:00 AM Kimberly Terrell, director of community engagement at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, alleges that university officials told her not to publicly discuss her research after someone at the state capitol cited it as evidence that Tulane is “anti–chemical industry.

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International students increasingly turn to the UK

The PIE News

The UK has taken the top spot for student demand in Keystone Education Group’s 2025 student recruitment report, while the growing diversification of study destinations beyond the ‘big four’ continues to define the global mobility landscape. The report , due to be published on June 18, captures the sector at a moment of “transformation”, said Keystone CEO Fredrik Högemark, as financial pressure fuels rising interest in non-traditional study destinations particularly in Europe and Asia.

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Ghost Students: How Fraudsters Use Fake Identities to Cheat Universities

Ghost student fraud costs higher education $5 billion annually as fraudsters use stolen identities to exploit financial aid. California estimates 20% of community college applications—over 460,000—are fake bots taking spots from real students. These "ghost students" never attend classes but access federal loans and aid before vanishing. Remote learning creates perfect conditions for criminals to exploit systems.

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Tennessee Lawsuit Puts HSIs’ Fate on the Line

Inside Higher Ed

Tennessee Lawsuit Puts HSIs’ Fate on the Line Sara Weissman Fri, 06/13/2025 - 03:00 AM The state and the group Students for Fair Admissions sued the federal government, arguing Hispanic-serving institutions—as currently defined—are unconstitutional.

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Explained: why Nepalese students are choosing the UK

The PIE News

Restrictive immigration policy in Australia has boosted numbers coming to UK. 75% of the market is searching for undergraduate options with affordable fees. Medium-of-instruction (MOI) English language waivers are common, and often linked to TNE college partnerships. Nepal has been a key recruitment market for both Australia and the UK for many years – but as the number of students applying to the UK rises, many more universities are starting to explore the market.

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New Data Shows Attendance Fosters Student Success

Inside Higher Ed

New Data Shows Attendance Fosters Student Success Ashley Mowreader Fri, 06/13/2025 - 03:00 AM Faculty say attendance is known to promote learning and improve student outcomes. Students say they want more flexibility to manage outside pressures.

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A Guide to the ADA Title II Accessibility Rule

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

The deadline is fast approaching for public entities to achieve compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Title II web accessibility rule. By April 24, 2026 (or April 24, 2027 depending on a location's population size), digital content produced by state and local government services, including public universities, must meet accessibility standards.

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Students’ Advocates Voice Concern as Education Dept. Amps Up ID Verification

Inside Higher Ed

Students’ Advocates Voice Concern as Education Dept. Amps Up ID Verification jessica.blake@… Fri, 06/13/2025 - 03:00 AM About 125,000 aid applicants will have their IDs checked this summer. The department says the move is necessary to protect taxpayers.

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Leave to Achieve?: A new framework for universities to drive local social mobility

HEPI

By Dani Payne , Senior Researcher and Education Lead at the Social Market Foundation. University remains the most effective pathway for disadvantaged individuals to achieve upward social mobility. Graduates earn more, are less likely to be unemployed, and report higher levels of health, happiness and civic engagement. Yet, despite this individual impact, higher education’s benefits often fail to translate into positive outcomes for local communities.

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Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive

As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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Ongoing visa freeze threatens US summer programs

The PIE News

As the freeze – initially intended to last a few days – stretches into its third week, sector leaders are increasingly frustrated about the lack of communication from the State Department, with impacts compounded with every day that passes. “The proof, ultimately, will be not in the promises but in the appointments,” Mark Overmann, executive director of the Alliance for International Exchange told The PIE News.

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Harvard and Yale Selling Off Private Equity Stakes

Higher Education Inquirer

Harvard and Yale—titans of American higher education and longtime bellwethers of endowment strategy—are quietly offloading billions in private equity holdings. These moves, confirmed through multiple reports and market insiders, signal a significant shift in institutional investing, with potential ripple effects across the higher ed landscape and beyond.

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A Few Words About Trustees

Inside Higher Ed

A Few Words About Trustees Elizabeth Redden Fri, 06/13/2025 - 03:00 AM Most faculty and staff know very little about the president-trustee relationship, Rachel Toor writes.

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The Unraveling of the AAUP

The Chronicle of Higher Education

This organization no longer knows what it stands for. By Matthew W. Finkin This organization no longer knows what it stands for.

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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Do You Actually Have a Strategy?

Echo Delta

Join Higher Ed Marketing Lab host Jarrett Smith as he explores the essential elements of strategy. Learn how strategy differs from activities like planning, why strategy doesn’t begin with goals, the importance of selective over-performance, and how to recognize a true strategy over something that merely sounds strategic. Subscribe to the Higher Ed Marketing Lab Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Google Podcasts Transcript The post Do You Actually Have a Strategy?

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A Year of Self-Care: Monthly Wellness Routines for Higher Ed Faculty

Insight Into Diversity

Burnout doesn’t just appear overnight—it builds over time. Faculty juggle demanding workloads, student needs, research pressure, and administrative tasks, all while navigating their own personal lives. A sustainable self-care strategy can help reduce stress and boost mental well-being throughout the academic year. This faculty self-care calendar offers small, actionable monthly wellness routines that align with the academic calendar—easy enough to implement, powerful enough to make a difference.

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Admin 101: How to Fix Our Cold, Inefficient Hiring

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Too many searches, especially in this buyer’s market, fail to woo job candidates with kindness and professionalism. By David D. Perlmutter Too many searches, especially in this buyer’s market, fail to woo job candidates with kindness and professionalism.

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What Gen Z needs to know about non-college pathways

University Business

Gen Z students feel well-informed about four-year degrees and post-high school workforce options but know less about other non-college pathways, a new survey finds. Gen Z students, including those nearing graduation, reported knowing less about apprenticeships, certificate programs, military service and other post-secondary pathways, according to a survey by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation.

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America’s universities must embrace – not efface – indigenous knowledge

THE (Times Higher Education)

Even in a political climate hostile to diversity, Indigenous people will keep asserting their right to use their languages, say Candace Galla and Madoka Hammine

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K-12: UK private schools lose legal challenge over VAT

The PIE News

The Independent Schools Council (ISC), which represents private schools in the UK, argued that the controversial policy requiring schools to pay VAT on their fees was discriminatory and contrary to human rights. But three High Court judges have today dismissed the case , with the ISC plotting its next move. It’s the latest step in a furious legal battle as private schools scrambled to try and overturn the policy, fearing that their student numbers could plummet as families are no longer ab

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Education Dept. Plan to Send CTE Programs to Labor On Hold for Now

Inside Higher Ed

Before a federal judge blocked its plans, the Education Department reached a deal with the Department of Labor to hand over some of its career, technical and adult education grants, according to court records.

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New Nonprofit to Work Toward Safer, Truthful AI

Campus Technology

Turing Award-winning AI researcher Yoshua Bengio has launched LawZero, a new nonprofit aimed at developing AI systems that prioritize safety and truthfulness over autonomy.

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The Newest Need for Underground College Newspapers

Higher Education Inquirer

In an era dominated by social media noise, shrinking professional newsrooms, and increasing institutional secrecy, the revival and reinvention of college and university newspapers may be more necessary than ever. While many campus publications have suffered cutbacks or collapsed entirely due to budget constraints, digital overload, and administrative pressure, the need for independent student journalism remains urgent—perhaps even existential.

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Cloud Security Alliance Offers Playbook for Red Teaming Agentic AI Systems

Campus Technology

The Cloud Security Alliance has introduced a guide for red teaming Agentic AI systems, targeting the security and testing challenges posed by increasingly autonomous artificial intelligence.

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The complex reality of college student mental health: Data reveals both challenges and positive trends

University Business

The word “crisis” is used frequently and, I would argue, inaccurately, to depict the psychological well-being of today’s college students. It is true that college students’ mental health has deteriorated in many regards during the past two decades. The Healthy Minds Study, which gathers national survey data on tens of thousands of students annually, has found that the percentage who considered suicide in the prior year rose from 6% in 2007 to 13% in 2024.

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RAJ AGNIHOTRI

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

RAJ AGNIHOTRI has been named the next Raisbeck Endowed Dean of Iowa State University’s Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business. He will begin his service July 1, 2025. Agnihotri currently serves in the college as Mary Warner Professor and Morrill Professor of marketing and assistant dean for industry engagement at Iowa State. He has served at Iowa State since 2018, and in his current role as assistant dean since 2024.

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Why these college students are wary of the GOP megabill

University Business

Emi Glass had one thing on her mind when she was applying to college: cost. Footing the bill for a degree was never a foregone conclusion for her, growing up in a single-parent household in Kettering, Ohio. In between shifts at the local Dairy Queen, she poured hundreds of hours into applications for a wide range of schools and scholarships. She worried about where she would go, and more importantly, if she’d be able to pay for it.

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Top govt figure in the dock for role in Kenyan scholarship scandal

The PIE News

Jonathan Bii, governor of Uasin Gishu, one of Kenya’s prominent counties, is now facing legal scrutiny over his alleged involvement in the controversial Uasin Gishu Finland/Canada Scholarship Program. Bii, a member of the United Democratic Alliance, an affiliate of Kenya’s ruling coalition, is accused of supporting the scholarship scheme and requesting additional payments from students.

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People want AI regulation — but they don’t trust the regulators

FIRE

As AI reshapes the world around us, survey data shows rising support for its regulation. Are we protecting society, or baking censorship into our digital future?

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Judge Releases Harvard Researcher After 4-Month Detention

Inside Higher Ed

A judge released a Harvard Medical School research associate and Russian native Thursday. She had been held in federal detention for nearly four months after she tried to re-enter the U.S. Kseniia Petrova still faces a criminal charge for allegedly trying to smuggle frog embryos into the country through Boston’s Logan International Airport, where Customs and Border Protection detained her, but she’s been freed for now.

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“This Is a True Revolution”: Why Professor Daniel Acuna Believes Now is the Time to Learn AI

Coursera blog

Daniel Acuna has always wanted to talk to computers. Long before large language models, before Python and GPUs, he was a curious student in Chile trying to build a chatbot, without formally knowing how to program. “I thought I could interact with the computer,” he says. “And somehow, I got it to respond to a few prompts. It gave me butterflies. It sounds cliché, but I’ve always wanted to talk to computers.

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Weekend Reading: Out of Eeyore’s Gloomy Place (rather boggy and sad)

HEPI

This is an edited version of a speech giving by Vivienne Stern , Chief Executive of Universities UK, to the HEPI Annual Conference on Thursday 12 June. Thank you, Nick, for the invitation to speak today. In a somewhat pathetic attempt to prove the utility of my degree in English Literature, I once learned that the way to prove the validity of your argument was to back it with reference to a work of literature, preferably by someone who was good and dead.

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National Junior College Athletic Association Head Coaches Reveal Athletic Equity is Present

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Riann Mullis Imagine going through a typical work week without a colleague or coworker inserting an analogy or anecdote from sports into the conversation. Regardless of the reason, from comparison to training, or overcoming adversity, “Collegiate athletics have been a part of the American culture since the 1800s” (Lewis, 2013). Sports significantly influence colleges and universities nationwide, acting as a driving force for institutional culture.

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Michigan House GOP Targets Universities with Endowment Penalties, DEI Bans, and Political Culture War Demands

Higher Education Inquirer

Michigan’s Republican-controlled House Appropriations Committee has introduced a higher education budget that dramatically reconfigures funding for the state’s public universities. Behind the numbers lies a sweeping attempt to reshape the role of public institutions, both fiscally and ideologically, with harsh penalties for elite universities, restrictions on diversity programming, and mandates that reflect the national right-wing culture war playbook.