The Office of Management and Budget published long-expected proposed rules for how federal agencies must carry out Trump’s order to put “senior appointees” in charge of deciding who gets funded. The proposal also ends an effort to cap indirect cost rates. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Judge Overturns West Point Restriction on Civilian Faculty Speech www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Scoop: NSF has been quietly blocking new funds and grants to four top universities: Duke, Harvard, Princeton, and Yale. Dozens of proposals from PIs at these universities—and their collaborators—have been stuck at the Office of Award Management awaiting finalization for months.

NIH Is Funding More Grants Up Front, a Risk to Research and University Budgets www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Portland State Moves Toward Layoffs, Despite Faculty Calls for Pause www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

AAAS Calls for Confirmation Hearing for NSF Director www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Read the full story featuring more past Survivor contestants and a long-time fans who co-created a course analyzing the show: bit.ly/3PerLYv

As @officialsurvivor.bsky.social reaches the finale of its 50th season, Inside Higher Ed spoke to more than half a dozen faculty contestants about what drew them to the show and how they’ve incorporated their fandom into their classes.

Oakland City U ‘Suspending’ Undergrad Classes; Online Grad Courses Continue www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

"Daniel Werfel, a former IRS Commissioner during the Biden administration, said he was unaware of instances where the IRS agreed in advance 'to permanently forgo examination of previously filed tax returns for a specific person or business.'” www.yahoo.com/news/article...

25 States Sue ED Over Grad Student Loan Limits www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Virginia Increases Campus Gun Restrictions, While Florida Allows Armed Workers www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Warned of Layoffs, Oakland City U Workers Now Aren’t Getting Paid www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

Snorkeling at Pearl Harbor: Kash Patel’s Travels Add to Focus on Ethical Issues www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/u...

There goes the Senate Ed Committee chair: Cassidy Loses His Primary in Louisiana, as Trump Vanquishes Another G.O.P. Foe www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/u...

Georgetown Accused of Failing to Register as ‘Foreign Agent’ of Qatar www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

Universities Suspend Final Exams After Canvas Hack www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Iowa’s Higher Ed Overhaul Bills Mostly Fizzled. State Regents May Act Instead. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Rutgers Disinvites Engineering Graduation Speaker After He Criticizes Israel www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Prime with ads. Just how Kubrick intended.

S.C. Lt. Governor Threatens to Defund HBCU That Canceled Her Speech www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

13 former leaders of the NSF are asking the Senate & the Trump administration to install leaders for the agency, after its director resigned more than a year ago and the White House ousted the entire National Science Board last month: www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

SC Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, who’s running for governor, cut a campaign ad focused on SC State University student protests of her planned graduation speech, and called for an end to tenure. www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

After thousands of public comments on loan caps, the Education Department declined to change its definition for professional programs. Here’s @jessicablake.bsky.social’s first story on the final rule. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

🚨 Breaking News | The Trump administration finalized regulations Thursday that will put in place new loan limits for postbaccalaureate degrees as well as make changes to how students repay their loans. Read the full story ➡️ https://bit.ly/4d1XG6l

New State Laws Land Blows Against Shared Governance, Tenure: Many legislatures have wrapped up their regular sessions. Inside Higher Ed provides a rundown of major legislation that passed in nine of these states. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

3 Brown University Students Sue Over December Shooting www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Haha I was like "they're gonna blame universities" but I wasn't suspecting it'd be the second paragraph www.thefp.com/p/the-cultur...

So the White House finally provided a reason for the National Science Board ousters to me this afternoon: "The Supreme Court’s reasoning in U.S. v. Arthrex in 2021 raised constitutional questions about whether non-Senate confirmed appointees can..." (1/2) www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

All 22 members of the board that advises and oversees the US National Science Foundation (NSF), a leading funder of basic science, were fired on 24 April without explanation. go.nature.com/42tkCGv

Crimes Unit Reviewing Report That N.C. A&T Funded Officials’ Relatives www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Russell Brand, awaiting trial on rape and sexual assault charges, admits to sex with 16-year-old girl in 2000s

Chapel Hill Refuses to Release $1.2M Report on Controversial Civics School www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Two copy editors high-fiving so hard right now

Yeah I wrote a brief on it. And maybe it's just my algorithm still feeding it to me. But, fellow media, how much more *are* we gonna write about a report from 10 faculty at an Ivy League institution unrepresentative of most of higher ed?

The Heterodox Academy newsletter today straightforwardly defines "viewpoint diversity" as attracting more conservatives (see question atop chart):

Tenn. Passes “Charlie Kirk Act” Defending Campus Speakers share.google/d81hSHQBlgcl...

I’d like to die.

Kentucky Republicans Override Beshear's Veto of Faculty Firing Bill www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

As Bahrain Cracked Down Amid War, a Death in Custody Sparked Outrage www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/w...

Just got the "this looks like a long document, use AI to summarize it" prompt from Adobe Acrobat for a document that's only 6 pages long. Kids will only read an AI summary of my obituary.

Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...

Rothman is out in what one Republican state lawmaker called a “blatant partisan hatchet job.” More from @byjoshmoody.bsky.social www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Trump Once Again Pushes Steep Education, Research Cuts www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

being a parent with ADHD of children with ADHD is kinda like herding cats but I’m also one of the cats

‘Potentially Existential’: Higher Ed Denounces Proposed Federal Funding Strings www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...

Didn’t see this coming, but I’m back at the Post to cover the final stretch of the Caps’ season. It’s been a really weird couple of months, but I’m grateful to have the work and be back doing what I love for the time being