Yesterday the NYT reported that Trump had dropped his demand for a cash settlement from Harvard; late last night, Trump took to Truth Social to vehemently dispute that, insisting that in fact he's upped the ante. @byjoshmoody.bsky.social has the scoop: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Tenured professors have been fired or sanctioned for their personal views on everything from Palestine to Charlie Kirk. That raises the question: does tenure still matter, or are its protections increasingly moot? @emmawhitford.bsky.social investigates: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Columbia has a new president. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Looks like today may be the day the Trump administration finally splinters what's left of the Education Department: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

The new Carnegie "Access and Earnings" classification was designed to acknowledge institutions that don't spend heavily on research or confer doctorates but still drive opportunity for students. So why are community colleges so upset? @saraweissman.insidehighered.com has the scoop: bit.ly/4qUAgpw

SNAP funding has been partially restored, but college campuses are still struggling to meet demand among food-insecure students, with no end in sight. Great reporting by @saraweissman.insidehighered.com: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Just how dead is the Education Department under Secretary McMahon? @jessicablake.bsky.social @insidehighered.com tells all. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

As more universities whether they'll sign the compact, @insidehighered.com is keeping track of all the responses here. We even made a map for you. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Some colleges are issuing "verbal only" policies to dictate what faculty can say and teach, especially around gender. Unwritten directives may be hard to enforce, but they have a chilling effect. Great reporting by @emmawhitford.bsky.social: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Breaking: After 4 institution's publicly rejected Trump's “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” the White House has confirmed it is meeting this afternoon with the remaining 5 who received the initial offer. Why? The response deadline is Mon. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Student interest in Turning Point USA is surging in the wake of Kirk's murder. Their intentions may be good, but critics warn the proliferation of new chapters will exacerbate political tensions on college campuses. Great story by @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social: www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Breaking: MIT becomes the first to outright reject President Trump's "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education": www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Two years ago, Gov. DeSantis engineered a conservative takeover of New College of Florida, the state's only public liberal arts college. Since then, spending has soared while rankings and completion rates have plunged. Is it headed for a fall? @byjoshmoody.bsky.social has the latest: bit.ly/48t4JV1

Colleges and universities in Texas are handing down murky, "verbal only" directives banning classroom discussions about transgender identity. @emmawhitford.bsky.social has the latest: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

‪Charlie Kirk has been widely praised for promoting "civil discourse." But how civil was his actual discourse? As one source told @ryanequinn.bsky.social it counts as civil—in that Kirk was a civilian—yet it was conducted "outside the parameters of civility." www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

And another college president falls under pressure from state legislators: www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

It's not /all/ gloom and doom in higher ed. Some colleges and universities are reporting record enrollments this fall—for a variety of reasons, as Johanna Alonso @insidehighered.com reports: www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...

The microcredential landscape is often called the “wild west” in higher ed circles. Now two accrediting agencies are stepping in to evaluate alternative credential offerings and hold their providers accountable. Great story by @saraweissman.insidehighered.com: www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Is "viewpoint diversity" a worthy, attainable goal for colleges and universities tasked with educating young people, or simply Republican code for imposing conservative values and views? @ryanequinn.bsky.social does a masterful job of deciphering: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Thanks to a new state higher ed law mandating viewpoint neutrality, Ohio State RAs can only decorate the common spaces in their dorms with items that reflect "Ohio State spirit"—nothing offensive, like animals or the solar system. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Even as many universities cancel or revise research projects due to the Trump administration's funding cuts, the University of Missouri is pushing ahead with plans to build a powerful new nuclear reactor to develop cancer-fighting drugs. @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social explains why: tinyurl.com/mr367x28

Gen AI is making it easy for bad actors to create fake websites to scam students. Great reporting by @byjoshmoody.bsky.social and @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social: www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

In a memo that goes much further than the ED's stayed Feb.14 "Dear Colleague" letter, the DOJ has declared all "potentially unlawful proxies" for DEI "discriminatory." For colleges, that includes recruiting in certain geographic areas and permitting raced-based "study lounges." tinyurl.com/mry97a62

A conservative group has issued a public records request for the syllabi for some 70 UNC courses, demanding to search them for terms such as "DEI" and "white supremacy." Some faculty are refusing to comply. Great reporting by @ryanequinn.bsky.social: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The 3-year bachelor's degree, a long-time goal of some higher ed advocates, is fast gaining traction. Once-hesitant accreditors are granting approval for shortened degrees at institutions from Maine to Utah. Johanna Alonso @insidehighered.com has the story: www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

The pressure on peer reviewers is so intense that it's creating a spike in AI cheating, among reviewers and researchers alike. @kathrynpalmer.bsky.social explains. greathttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2025/07/21/ai-enabled-cheating-points-untenable-peer

Indiana's public institutions voluntarily agreed to cut more than 400 academic programs—including in English, political science and chemistry—ahead of a new state law that sets a minimum number of graduates for each degree to be offered. @ryanequinn.bsky.social has the story: tinyurl.com/5fx6sjpn

Yesterday the Justice Department suggested that UVA president Jim Ryan step down for failing to crack down on DEI. Today Ryan did just that, marking another win for Trump in his battle against higher ed. @jessicablake.bsky.social and @knottkatherine.bsky.social have the story: tinyurl.com/352vwr45

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The Florida Board of Governors rejected Santa Ono as UF president after intense questioning over his changing views on DEI. But last week they quickly approved three other presidential hires with strong ties to the Republican party. @byjoshmoody.bsky.social has the story: tinyurl.com/bde9uckf

More professors are turning to in-class, hand-written assignments and assessments in an effort to break students' growing dependence on generative AI. The results are encouraging. @insidehighered.com's Johanna Alonso has the story: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Workforce Pell, which both houses of Congress support, would allow students enrolled in short-term credential programs to receive the federal aid grants. That could spur unaccredited providers to seek a piece of the burgeoning credentials market. @liamknox.bsky.social reports: tinyurl.com/un455zu9

After successfully suing Harvard and UNC to end consideration of race in admissions, Students for Fair Admissions has a new target: Hispanic-serving institutions. @saraweissman.bsky.social reports on the lawsuit and its implications for the country's 600 HSIs. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Why did the Fulbright foreign scholars' board members resign en masse? @liamknox.bsky.social has the inside story: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

The Senate released its response to Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" late last night. It mirrors the House's bill in many ways but puts forth a different plan for holding colleges accountable for unpaid student loans. @jessicablake.bsky.social has the story: www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

The House vs. NCAA ruling is in: colleges can now pay student athletes directly. www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...

The Trump administration has vowed to overhaul college accreditation to make it easier for new accreditors to set up shop. According to emails obtained by @byjoshmoody.bsky.social, UNC is well on its way to launching one—possibly in collaboration with Florida. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Within hours of being sued by the Trump administration for allowing undocumented students to pay in-state tuition, Texas reversed course, making a college education unaffordable for thousands of students who grew up there. @saraweissman.bsky.social reports: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

After months of inexplicable delay, the UNC Chapel Hill board of trustees finally voted—by email—on tenure for 33 faculty members. What took so long? @ryanequinn.bsky.social got a hold of the emails that reveal the board's tortured deliberations. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

"In the past, Ono had condemned systemic racism & argued for the necessity of DEI [...] Ono emphasized his ideological evolution, which ultimately failed to convince the board" Board said hm you're *new to hatin niggas and we're lookin for someone *true to hatin niggas. good luck on the job market!

The Trump administration's proposed FY 25-26 budget includes changes to Pell eligibility that could seriously hurt part-time students, and the community colleges that largely serve them. @saraweissman.bsky.social has the story: www.insidehighered.com/news/institu...

The Trump administration has taken its fight against DEI to the Fulbright program, intervening in the selection process to disqualify applicants whose projects focus on race, gender or climate change. Great reporting by @liamknox.bsky.social. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

Are there too many musical theater bachelor's programs for the limited number of available jobs? Some professors say yes. suhttps://www.insidehighered.com/news/students/academics/2025/05/27/musical-theater-professor-says-there-are-too-many-bfas

International students on short-term work visas face new threats of deportation from ICE. @liamknox.bsky.social has the scoop: www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

Florida A&M just hired a new president who has virtually no higher ed experience, but—like so many other college presidents in the state—ties to the governor, Ron DeSantis. In fact, critics call her "MAGA Marva." @byjoshmoody.bsky.social got the story: www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Given the current anti-DEI climate, universities in many red states have canceled affinity graduation celebrations for underrepresented groups on campus. But students are carrying on the tradition themselves, as Johanna Alonso reports: www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

Colleges may be reluctant to push back publicly on the Trump administration, but they are quietly spending a boatload on lobbying efforts in Washington. @byjoshmoody.bsky.social examined the data to find out just how much: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Santa Ono is leaving the University of Michigan to lead the University of Florida—a move some conservatives oppose, despite his anti-DEI stance at UMich. @byjoshmoody.bsky.social explores the fight over Ono's appointment: www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

EXCLUSIVE: Santa Ono explains in @insidehighered.com why he's leaving University of Michigan for University of Florida: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...