Podcast: A look at executive orders affecting higher education and responses from universities
INSIDE HIGHER ED — In this episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, Editor in Chief Sara Custer speaks with IHE’s news editor, Katherine Knott, about the policies, people and surprises from the first 30 days of the second Trump administration.
Read More about Podcast: A look at executive orders affecting higher education and responses from universitiesHow professors are teaching courses in a virtual reality environment
INSIDE HIGHER ED — A professor at Michigan State University teaches two courses in a virtual reality setting, allowing for focused discussions and learning in a new and engaging environment.
Read More about How professors are teaching courses in a virtual reality environmentHigher education groups call for the US Department of Education to rescind letter calling for the end of DEI programs
MARQUETTE TODAY — The American Council on Education yesterday sent a letter co-signed by 68 higher education organizations to the Department of Education, calling on the agency to rescind its recent “Dear Colleague” letter that was meant to clarify its position on diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and programs in higher education.
Read More about Higher education groups call for the US Department of Education to rescind letter calling for the end of DEI programsSurvey finds that three in five college students lack sufficient food and housing
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Hope Center’s most recent basic needs survey shows while a majority of respondents lacked essentials, including food and housing, fewer than half engaged with institutional supports to mitigate these challenges.
Read More about Survey finds that three in five college students lack sufficient food and housingIowa House of Representatives approves bills related to DEI and transparency
IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH — The Iowa House Higher Education Committee moved several bills to the House floor Wednesday focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion practices at community colleges and private universities, among other topics.
Read More about Iowa House of Representatives approves bills related to DEI and transparencyA look at the most significant federal actions facing higher education
MASS LIVE — A dizzying flurry of executive orders followed by legal stays or reversals has characterized federal policy toward higher education over the past month.
Read More about A look at the most significant federal actions facing higher educationOpinion: College leadership should push back on federal policies
DIVERSE — On the day of his death in 2020, an op-ed appeared in the New York Times, pre-written by Congressman John Lewis, urging Americans to stand up for justice and what he called “good trouble, necessary trouble.
Read More about Opinion: College leadership should push back on federal policiesVideo: Ohio lawmakers react to recent federal orders on higher education
WTOL 11 — The bill, which has passed in the state senate, would also prevent faculty from striking.
Read More about Video: Ohio lawmakers react to recent federal orders on higher educationHow friendships can be beneficial to graduate students
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Graduate students and postdoctoral scholars can benefit in many ways from prioritizing friendships, Yi Hao and Mallory Neil write.
Read More about How friendships can be beneficial to graduate studentsA look at steps to close a university
INSIDE HIGHER ED — There is no good time in the calendar year to announce a closure of a university. Such an announcement will be immediately met with a vast array of feelings ranging from anger to grief, all of which should be validated.
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