5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (276+ words) The development of internal executive recruiting teams offers a compelling alternative to external search firms. By Bridget Hough, James Kao and Caitlin Hargadon Many institutions of higher education are now discovering the business case for building an in-house executive search…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (190+ words) Throughout history, autocrats have gone after higher ed finances to control institutions’ culture. By Dominique J. Baker Illustration by Justin Morrison / Inside Higher Ed The ultimate danger remains that, when institutions comply with authoritarian wishes, the government will just ask…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (422+ words) It’s not just the federal government that’s telling grad students their work doesn’t matter. By Lauren Chambers and JP Flores Thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., in March 2025 to protest the Trump administration’s science policies. But here is what that…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago   (124+ words) A recent Inside Higher Ed interview describes in unusually candid terms an increasingly popular—and problematic—view of the president’s role. Most important, they recognize that the measure of a presidency is not how thoroughly a president puts a personal…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (522+ words) Wealthy students with high standardized test scores make up the majority of students at the most selective universities, which also spend far more on student instruction than less selective institutions. So where does that leave everyone else? Roughly two-thirds of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (839+ words) The administration accused accreditors of neglecting their “positions of public trust.” The Trump administration’s sweeping plan to reshape how accreditors oversee colleges and universities was released for public comment last week, prompting a flurry of consternation about the future of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (592+ words) The Education Department and National Science Foundation have suggested regulations that would adopt core aspects of the White House Office of Management and Budget’s proposal—even though it’s not finalized. Individual agencies are suggesting rules echoing a White House proposal…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (408+ words) The Trump administration accused the accreditor of violating federal requirements in nearly 30 ways. The Trump administration is trying to strip the American Bar Association’s accreditation council of federal recognition—a move that could threaten law students’ eligibility for federal student…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (265+ words) Constituents have until Sept. 19 to comment on the rule. The Trump administration took the next step Wednesday in its effort to overhaul who decides which institutions should have access to federal aid and how, releasing proposed changes to the Education…...