Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
Inside UNC’s Effort to Launch a New Accreditor Josh Moody Fri, 06/06/2025 - 03:11 PM University of North Carolina system officials say it’s past time for a new accreditor, arguing the current setup fails to focus on students, emails obtained by Inside Higher Ed show.
The Guardian - Higher Education
JUNE 6, 2025
Arsenic was historically mixed with copper to create a vivid green for book covers, which can irritate modern day readers A new tool to quickly identify books that are poisonous to humans has been developed by the University of St Andrews. Historically, publishers used arsenic mixed with copper to achieve a vivid emerald green colour for book covers.
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Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
Purdue University has ended a long-standing partnership with its independent student newspaper, The Purdue Exponent, and will no longer distribute papers, give student journalists free parking passes or allow them to use the word “Purdue” for commercial purposes. The Purdue Student Publishing Foundation board (PSPF), the nonprofit group that oversees The Exponent—the largest collegiate newspaper in Indiana—said the changes came without warning.
University Business
JUNE 6, 2025
Scammers are collecting millions of dollars by posing as community college students and requesting financial aid. These “ghost students,” now running rampant in California and infiltrating other states , are deploying new deepfake technology to trick their institutional victims. More than one-third of California community college applicants were likely fake, and ghost students have made off with more than $13 million in federal and state dollars, Cal Matters reports.
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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.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
Rapid Rehousing Efforts in California Show Promising Results Ashley Mowreader Fri, 06/06/2025 - 03:00 AM A state program designed to address student homelessness holistically greatly improved retention and attainment, according to new data from Cal State Long Beach.
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JUNE 6, 2025
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Higher Ed Dive
JUNE 6, 2025
The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed with a lower court that the agency’s efforts to reduce its workforce must stop while a lawsuit against it is argued.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
JUNE 6, 2025
By Christa Dutton Lawmakers told campuses to shift money from "operational inefficiencies" to high-demand majors.
The PIE News
JUNE 6, 2025
The globalised education landscape continues to grow. According to ICEF Monitor, the volume of students studying abroad is expected to reach more than 9 million by the year 2030. And for education sectors around the world, international students are a major financial pillar. For example, in the 2021/22 academic year, non-EU students generated almost £9bn in tuition for UK universities.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
Constructive Engagement Elizabeth Redden Fri, 06/06/2025 - 03:00 AM Mark Zupan recounts a constructive exchange with an alumnus and higher ed critic.
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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
Higher Education Inquirer
JUNE 6, 2025
Predatory lead generators are still lurking the internet, looking for their next victims. These ads continue to sell subprime online degrees from robocolleges like Purdue Global, Colorado Tech, Berkley College, Full Sail, Walden University, and Liberty University Online. After you provide your name and number, they'll be calling you up. But these programs may be of questionable value.
University Business
JUNE 6, 2025
Louisiana’s Legislature could expand funding for a program that allows adults to access free community college tuition in high-demand fields, but lawmakers will likely wait until budgeted money is expended before adding more. Applications opened this week to access grants available through the M.J. Foster Promise Program in the Louisiana Community and Technical College system.
Higher Education Inquirer
JUNE 6, 2025
As states grapple with budget shortfalls and federal funding shifts, Medicaid—the nation’s largest public health insurance program—faces potential cuts that could severely impact medical and mental health providers who depend heavily on Medicaid reimbursements. This looming threat not only jeopardizes access to critical healthcare services but also risks destabilizing the very providers that serve some of the most vulnerable populations in the United States.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
Advice for graduates. I humbly and gratefully accepted my sixth honorary degree from Long Beach City College yesterday. Much more importantly, I also had the enormous privilege of crafting a speech for more than 5,300 members of the Class of 2025. It was the most ethnically diverse group of graduates to whom I have delivered a commencement address. They looked like California and reflected the very best of America.
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JUNE 6, 2025
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JUNE 6, 2025
Lawmakers are dusting off digital censorship tactics and aiming them at AI chatbots. But whether it's code or conversation, the First Amendment still applies.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
Advice for graduates. I humbly and gratefully accepted my sixth honorary degree from Long Beach City College yesterday. Much more importantly, I also had the enormous privilege of crafting a speech for more than 5,300 members of the Class of 2025. It was the most ethnically diverse group of graduates to whom I have delivered a commencement address. They looked like California and reflected the very best of America.
Higher Education Inquirer
JUNE 6, 2025
Gina Miller, the high-profile British activist and candidate for Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, is calling on UK universities to seize a rare moment of global academic realignment by welcoming American scholars fleeing political repression and institutional decay in the United States. Miller, who rose to prominence for her legal battles against Brexit, told The Telegraph that Britain’s top institutions—particularly Cambridge—should become havens for academics and students seeking int
University Business
JUNE 6, 2025
Veterans’ advocates have spent decades fighting to close a loophole in the G.I. Bill that made veterans a target for for-profit universities. Many vets exhausted their education benefits only to end up with worthless degrees. The law was finally changed in 2021, but deep within former President Donald Trump’s major budget and tax bill, there is language that could reopen the loophole.
The PIE News
JUNE 6, 2025
As 8,000 delegates gathered in San Diego for the opening plenary of NAFSA 2025, the sector was hit with the news that the Trump administration was halting the scheduling of student visa interviews as it prepared to expand its social media vetting of prospective students. Then, on day two of the conference – as friends and colleagues filtered out of the convention centre to drinks receptions across the city – they were rocked by more bad news.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
International Students Hit With Back-to-Back Orders Liam Knox Fri, 06/06/2025 - 03:00 AM Trump issued two orders Wednesday night that could deal a major blow to international enrollment. One targets Harvard; the other restricts travel from more than a dozen countries, raising alarms across higher ed.
The PIE News
JUNE 6, 2025
Last week, US educators were shocked by secretary of state Marco Rubio’s announcement that he would “aggressively revoke” visas for Chinese students and enhance scrutiny of future visa applications for students from China and Hong Kong. Rubio’s statement – released on May 28 and comprising two sentences – said the revocations would include “those with connections to the Chinese Communist Party” and those studying in “critical fields”.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
The Trump administration is asking Congress to cut funds for tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90 percent, according to the Department of the Interior’s proposed budget released Monday.
HESA
JUNE 6, 2025
Welcome to the final edition of Fifteen before our summer break. Today’s voyages take us from Harvard (where else?) to Tashkent, Paris to Moscow, Dubai to Fez with a very brief stop in North Mitrovica. Too much is Trump-related, too much of it is about financial ills, but there are also some good news stories with respect to increased access to higher education as well.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore funding to AmeriCorps programs in 24 states and Washington, D.C.
The PIE News
JUNE 6, 2025
The temporary restraining order (TRO) was issued by federal judge Allison Burroughs on June 5, just one day after President Trump’s signing of a proclamation to suspend the issuing of US visas to international students entering Harvard for an initial six months. During the Massachusetts hearing, Burroughs said Trump’s directive would cause “immediate and irreparable injury” to America’s oldest institution, temporarily blocking it “until there is opportunity to hear from all parties”.
Inside Higher Ed
JUNE 6, 2025
Senate Dems Grill Trump’s Pick to Lead the Office for Civil Rights Johanna Alonso Fri, 06/06/2025 - 03:00 AM Richey positioned herself as prepared to continue the Trump administration’s crusades against trans women athletes and campus antisemitism—but provided little insight into how she plans to do so with OCR’s skeleton crew staff.
University Business
JUNE 6, 2025
Three decades ago, foreign students at Harvard University accounted for just 11% of the total student body. Today, they account for 26%. Like other prestigious U.S. universities, Harvard for years has been cashing in on its global cache to recruit the world’s best students. Now, the booming international enrollment has left colleges vulnerable to a new line of attack from President Donald Trump.
Insight Into Diversity
JUNE 6, 2025
Harvard University is once again at the center of a high-stakes legal and political standoff with President Donald Trump, who this week issued an executive order barring foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend the university. The proclamation, delivered Wednesday, was met with swift legal action from Harvard and a temporary restraining order from a federal judge just one day later.
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