Department of Education releases guidance on anti-DEI directive but questions remain

March 20, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Higher ed leaders have been asking the U.S. Department of Education for more detailed guidance ever since the Office for Civil Rights issued a Dear Colleague letter on Feb. 14 calling for the elimination of race-conscious programming and policies.

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Study finds that three in five students see themselves as customers of their university

March 20, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — More than three in five students consider themselves customers of their institution, according to a new analysis of Inside Higher Ed’s Student Voice data. Is that a bad thing?

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University transfer enrollment sees growth for three consecutive years

March 20, 2025

UNIVERSITY BUSINESS — College transfers grew by 4.4% last fall, marking three years of increasing enrollment, according to a new report by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. With transfer enrollment 7.9% higher than pre-pandemic fall 2020, transfer students comprised about 13% of non-first-year undergraduates.

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College transfer enrollment sees 4.4 percent increase for the fall semester

March 20, 2025

HIGHER ED DIVE — Nearly 1.2 million college students transferred to new institutions in fall 2024, marking a 4.4% increase in transfers compared to the same period in 2023, according to research released Wednesday from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.

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Native school loses one quarter of faculty due to federal budget cuts

March 20, 2025

THE NY TIMES — As the Trump administration trims the federal work force, students and educators at Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas fear for the future of a school that was already facing troubles.

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US State Department lacks clarity on how to recruit international students amid policy changes

March 20, 2025

NPR — U.S. State Department employees tasked with advising international students about opportunities to pursue higher education in the United States can’t get clear answers from the federal government on how to discuss or promote their work or if they’re even allowed to do so.

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US Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to college programs for reporting bias allegations 

March 20, 2025

AP NEWS — The Supreme Court said Monday it won’t hear a challenge from conservative college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by a university program for reporting allegations of bias.

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National Institutes of Health research grants fall to 9-year low

March 20, 2025

PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE — While a Massachusetts judge considers an injunction to delay cuts to federally funded research, the number of government research grants has fallen to a nine-year low.

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Foreign students express concern over recent executive orders affecting education

March 20, 2025

NPR — It was billed as a “Palestine Night” gala and fundraiser, with proceeds going to families in Gaza. At the campus student center at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, students in traditional Palestinian red and black robes mingled with others amid tables selling jewelry and keffiyeh head coverings, a photo booth and prayer

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Academic researchers unsure about the future of their career amid multiple education related court cases

March 20, 2025

INSIDE HIGHER ED — Despite court orders blocking Trump’s federal funding freeze, bans on DEI and other executive mandates, academic researchers are still in the dark on what all of it could mean for their careers and the pace of scientific discovery.

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