1 in 4 employers say they’ll eliminate degree requirements by year’s end
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 29, 2025
A majority of polled hiring managers also said their companies look at relevant experience over bachelor’s degrees during hiring decisions.
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Getting students drawing can help belonging and mental health
Wonkhe
MAY 26, 2025
Developing drawing and creative skills has impacts beyond visual literacies.
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Investment in HBCUs Key to Addressing Nation’s Workforce Challenges
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 27, 2025
Dr. Pernell Goodwin The foundation of the United States is deeply intertwined with the labor, resilience, and ingenuity of Black Americans. From the early days of agriculture and skilled trades to the modern advancements in engineering and technology, Black labor has been instrumental in building and sustaining the nation. Central to this narrative are Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), institutions established to educate and empower African Americans in the face of systemic e
5 Charts Depicting How Faculty Have Changed in Last 20 Years
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 27, 2025
5 Charts Depicting How Faculty Have Changed in Last 20 Years Katherine Knott Tue, 05/27/2025 - 03:00 AM A recent report from CUPA-HR delved into 20 years of data to highlight how colleges priorities are affecting faculty. Heres what stood out to us.
Ghost Students: How Fraudsters Use Fake Identities to Cheat Universities
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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.
16 states sue National Science Foundation over wide-reaching research cuts
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 30, 2025
The lawsuit takes aim at the agency’s cap on indirect research costs and its mass termination of grants related to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Tuition fees are a social contract with small print
Wonkhe
MAY 29, 2025
Scotland's free fees policy faces mounting challenges as public support wavers and funding pressures intensify, argues Hannah Garrow
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Scientific Community Fears for Future of STEM Workforce Amid NSF Overhaul
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 30, 2025
Scientific Community Fears for Future of STEM Workforce Amid NSF Overhaul kathryn.palmer Fri, 05/30/2025 - 03:00 AM The National Science Foundation says major budget cuts, restructuring and priority changes are designed to build a more robust STEM workforce. But experts say the changes, which include axing education-related programs, will have the opposite effect.
Legal defense fund will seek to fill gap left by OCR reduction
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 27, 2025
Set to launch in the fall, the fund backed by National Center for Youth Law aims to defend students’ rights in court and track civil rights data.
Podcast: Governance, apprenticeships, trends
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MAY 29, 2025
This week on the podcast we examine the OfS penalty imposed on Leeds Trinity over subcontractual partnerships oversight.
University of Florida Trustees Select Dr. Santa Ono as President Amid Conservative Opposition
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 28, 2025
The University of Florida Board of Trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to select Dr. Santa J. Ono as the university's 14th president, despite intense scrutiny from conservative activists and Republican lawmakers who questioned his commitment to Florida's higher education reforms. Ono, who has served as president of the University of Michigan since October 2022, must still receive confirmation from the Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state university system.
Navigating Higher Ed’s Tech & Budget Crunch: Yes, You Can Survive
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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
5 Science-Backed Ways to Improve Academic Writing
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 27, 2025
5 Science-Backed Ways to Improve Academic Writing Elizabeth Redden Tue, 05/27/2025 - 03:00 AM Theres a science behind writing clearer sentences, Yellowlees Douglas writes.
Eastern Michigan University to cut ties with Chinese colleges amid lawmaker push
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 30, 2025
The institution is the latest to dissolve its partnerships after Republican legislators raised concerns about national security and research theft.
Support for action on ethnic and disability pay gaps demonstrates our commitment to our communities
Wonkhe
MAY 28, 2025
The government is consulting on publishing ethnicity and disability pay gaps.
Maryland Launches $1M Grant Initiative to Transform Displaced Federal Workers into Teachers
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 28, 2025
Maryland Governor Wes Moore Maryland Governor Wes Moore announced a $1 million grant program designed to help displaced federal workers transition into teaching careers while simultaneously addressing the state's critical educator shortage. The Maryland Higher Education Commission will distribute funds to 11 colleges and universities through the Teacher Quality and Diversity Program.
Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P
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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.
Utah Lawmakers Flex Their Power Over Public Universities
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 28, 2025
Utah Lawmakers Flex Their Power Over Public Universities Ryan Quinn Wed, 05/28/2025 - 03:00 AM In the past two years, the Republican-controlled Legislature has weakened tenure, restricted pride flags at universities, overhauled gen ed at one university and pushed institutions to reallocate funding. Some faculty say their roles are being undermined.
Simplicity as strategy: The future of higher ed procurement
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 27, 2025
Higher ed procurement is evolving—AI and simplification are driving smarter, faster operations.
Action on researcher career development must go beyond surface-level fixes
Wonkhe
MAY 26, 2025
Financial challenges across the sector are having lasting consequences for researchers careers.
Federal Funding Cuts Devastate Academic Public Health Programs
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 30, 2025
Federal funding disruptions in 2025 have destabilized the foundation of academic public health across the United States, resulting in thousands of job losses, halted critical research programs, and billions in projected economic losses, according to a new report released by the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH). The report, titled "Broken Lifelines: The Economic Consequences of Defunding Academic Public Health," provides the first detailed analysis of how grant freezes
Is the Bachelor of Fine Arts Bubble Bursting?
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 27, 2025
Is the Bachelor of Fine Arts Bubble Bursting? Johanna Alonso Tue, 05/27/2025 - 03:00 AM In the U.S., more than 150 musical theater bachelors programs graduate at least 1,500 students each year into a famously unstable industry. Some argue: Enough is enough.
Ed tech venture funding market continued to tighten in Q1
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 28, 2025
Just $410 million in venture capital was invested in the space so far in 2025, furthering a post-pandemic dip.
Impact can’t be gamed or systematised
Wonkhe
MAY 28, 2025
Research impact must emerge from academics' own beliefs and networks, requiring institutional support rather than interference, argue Andy Phippen and Louise Rutt
Colleges Across U.S. Fear Chill on Enrollments of Foreign Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 28, 2025
By Karin Fischer At a conference of international educators, there were mounting worries that an "America First" president could diminish U.S. higher education's global preeminence.
University of Florida Board Votes Unanimously to Hire Ono
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 27, 2025
University of Florida Board Votes Unanimously to Hire Ono Josh Moody Tue, 05/27/2025 - 01:44 PM Before the boards vote, the former University of Michigan president defended his actions related to diversity, equity and inclusion. But the decision isnt final.
Lawmakers and judge push back on Education Department’s gutting, citing inefficiency
Higher Ed Dive
MAY 30, 2025
The agency appealed the May 22 court order temporarily blocking its dramatic downsizing efforts the same day U.S. District Judge Myong Joun issued it.
Negotiating the Future: How HBCUs and MSIs Can Leverage Strategic Enrollment Management for Institutional Resilience
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MAY 30, 2025
Dwight Sanchez In todays hyper-competitive higher education landscape, the challenges facing Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) are immense. Declining birth rates, changingstudent expectations, shifting public sentiment, and persistent underfunding place extraordinary pressure on institutions that have long served as lifelines for students of color and first-generation learners.
Here is why immigrant and international students are so important
University Business
MAY 28, 2025
Without international and immigrant-origin students, U.S. colleges could lose millions in enrollment and billions in economic impact, risking closures and talent loss, says a new report from the National Foundation for American Policy. As domestic enrollment declines and the demographic cliff nears, the report finds that immigrant-origin studentsthose who are immigrants themselves or have at least one immigrant parentare essential to sustaining the nations college system , workforce and economy.
Storm in the Quad: A Tale of Universities at the Crossroads
HEPI
MAY 25, 2025
Rayhan Abdullah Zakaria, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). It was a rainy Monday morning, the kind where the grey skies press low and the air smells like old books and wet leaves. I was huddled in our universitys coffee house, steam rising from a chipped mug, when a colleague leaned over and said something thats stuck with me ever since: Universities are the last bastion of free thinking, the engines of progress.
A Scholarship for Black Medical Students Honored His Father's Legacy. The University Canceled It.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
MAY 29, 2025
By Katherine Mangan Scotched in the midst of a DEI purge, the scholarship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham was meant ultimately to reduce racial disparities in health.
State Dept. Will Vet Student Visa Applicants’ Social Media
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 28, 2025
State Dept. Will Vet Student Visa Applicants Social Media Johanna Alonso Wed, 05/28/2025 - 03:00 AM International education advocates are raising concerns over the administrations decision to pause visa interviews ahead of the new policy rollout.
Spirit of adventure – meet the Nepalese study abroad guides
The PIE News
MAY 30, 2025
Nepal has long been synonymous with the legendary ‘Sherpa’ mountain guides, skilled in helping international travellers explore the Himalayas. There is also however, a more recent tradition of local education guides helping their compatriots to seek out adventure and opportunity through study abroad. In the past, this demand favoured Australia as a study destination, but since the Albanese government introduced increased visa restrictions, that demand has increasingly turned to alter
Harvard professor fired following claims she falsified ethics research data
The Guardian - Higher Education
MAY 27, 2025
Business school professors dismissal is first time Harvard has removed a tenured instructor in about 80 years A Harvard professor known for researching honesty before being accused of extensive data fraud has been fired, the first time the Ivy League institution has dismissed a tenured instructor in about 80 years. Francesca Gino was initially put on administrative leave by the Harvard Business School (HBS) in 2023 after multiple allegations of falsifying data related to her research, which focu
TeachSource Videos in MindTap for Education: Busy Work vs. Analytical Thinking
Today's Learner
MAY 29, 2025
Reading Time: 3 minutes As a professor, I specifically use education TeachSource videos located in the MindTap Learning Path to enhance online lectures and provide students with a hands-on learning component. However, my students were neither engaging in assignment completion nor providing full answers. Then, I had an aha moment , highlighting a common challenge in online education: students need to move beyond surface-level responses towards deeper analytical engagement.
Practical Use Cases for Learning With VR In Higher Education
Inside Higher Ed
MAY 27, 2025
Practical Use Cases for Learning With VR In Higher Education Ashley Mowreader Tue, 05/27/2025 - 03:00 AM Colleges offer students learning opportunities through new and innovative virtual reality simulations.
30 years of Amity: From lone business school to international recognition
The PIE News
MAY 28, 2025
While India is now emerging as a key hub for international education, drawing top students and global investment into its transnational education sector, the roots of this growth can be traced back to policy reforms introduced nearly three decades ago. Once dominated by publicly funded institutions, Indias education landscape shifted significantly after the 1991 economic reforms, opening the door to private investment.
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