Opinion: How the White House could disrupt higher education

February 6, 2025

THE ATLANTIC — “I’d summarize it as: fuck.” That’s what one senior university administrator told me when I asked about the chaos that erupted at the National Institutes of Health this week. Academics are in panic mode in the face of sudden new restrictions from the Trump administration.

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Florida Board of Governors approves overhaul of general education at state universities

February 6, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — The Florida Board of Governors voted to remove hundreds of classes, many touching on race and gender, from general education offerings at all 12 state universities.

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Federal student loan borrowers should expect collections to restart

January 30, 2025

CNBC — For roughly the past five years, federal student loan borrowers who fell behind on their bills didn’t need to worry about the usual consequences, including the garnishment of their wages and retirement benefits. That will soon change.

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New policies could limit Public Service Loan Forgiveness

January 30, 2025

FORBES — House Republicans are floating a proposal to limit eligibility for a key federal student loan forgiveness program intended to benefit public service borrowers.

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Court challenges and new polices could end or significantly alter federal student loan SAVE program

January 30, 2025

ABC 7 — If you are one of the 8 million borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education, or SAVE, Plan student loan forgiveness program, you could start getting big bills again.

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Accelerated MBA programs become more popular for American students

January 30, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — When the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management announced in November that it’s launching a one-year master of business administration program next summer, it joined a growing number of business schools responding to prospective students’ worries about the return on investment of a traditional two-year M.B.A.

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Graduates with MBAs struggle to secure employment

January 30, 2025

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — Landing a professional job in the U.S. has become so tough that even Harvard Business School says its M.B.A.s can’t solely rely on the university’s name to open doors anymore.

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Boston University Law professor Jonathan Feingold discusses how DEI initiatives support academic freedom

January 28, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Trump is coming for higher education. His congressional allies are already armed with measures like HR 6848, which would ban universities from inviting statements that document a professor’s “past or planned contributions to efforts involving diversity, equity, and inclusion.”

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Opinion: How to use a collaborative model to help graduate students learn

January 22, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Marieke Van Puymbroeck and Jenny Presgraves offer advice for building participation in a professional development program for graduate students and postdocs.

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US Supreme Court to review case involving student loan debt

January 22, 2025

ABA JOURNAL — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear three new cases, including challenges to a federal rule that forgives student debt and to the part of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to cover some preventive care services.

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