Colleen Flaherty

For the AI literacy is a life skill file: Within 45 mins, "ChatGPT provided advice on getting drunk, hiding eating habits from loved ones or mixing pills for an overdose." www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

In Fourth Week, Federal Shutdown Increasingly Hinders Higher Ed Georgia Tech says it’s cutting expenses to “preserve cash,” the University of Hawaiʻi system is paying federally funded workers $20 million every two weeks and a N.J. community college says a solar en...

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Students Struggle With Surprise Costs, Don’t Know About Help New Student Voice data offers insight into students’ financial vulnerability and their grasp of cost of attendance amid a broader push for cost transparency.

💸 Just 27 percent of students have a clear understanding of the full cost of attendance, and this rate is lower still among students who have seriously considered stopping out.
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The U.S Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that it's moving to cut off Harvard University’s eligibility to receive federal funding. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

Former Provost Sues UNC Chapel Hill Chris Clemens alleged in his lawsuit that some board members and a dean violated state open meetings and records laws. A professor says his suit is “hypocritical.”

According to the lawsuit, the BOT behind closed doors “engaged in a sweeping policy discussion about tenure’s institutional value and global costs,” and later communicated through Signal. UNC leadership allegedly asked Clemens to step down shortly thereafter. www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Hey #AcademicSky, got parking woes? I want to hear about them. Tell me about your university's return-to-office plans, parking policies and any petty (or not petty) complaints about spot availability. Reach me here or on Signal: @ emmawhitford.96

Special Report: Smarter Campus Systems A new special report from Inside Higher Ed looks at how outdated campus systems threaten institutional missions, especially success for modern learners: first-generation, transfer and adult students. ...

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Uncle Sam walks across a campus quad.

How the Education Dept. Wants to Advance ‘Patriotic Education’

Professional historians say the department’s plan is part of the Trump administration’s broader attempt to create an Orwellian “truth ministry” and omit the more troubling aspects of the nation’s past. https://bit.ly/4nfvvVl

International Enrollment Down at Small, Regional Colleges Large, selective colleges enroll the greatest share of international students. But they’re not the institutions feeling enrollment drops so far this fall, early data shows.

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U.S. Department of Education Places Harvard University on Heightened Cash Monitoring for Financial Responsibility Concerns Today, the Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) announced that it has placed Harvard University (Harvard) on Heightened Cash Monitoring (HCM) status following growing concerns regarding th...

This week's Friday surprise... We'll have a story, and I defer to my IHE colleagues in making sense of this step—but we got a few buttons closer to Nuclear: www.ed.gov/about/news/p...

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against The New York Times

Judge Dismisses Trump’s Lawsuit Against The New York Times www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...

Texas A&M President Steps Down Under Pressure Mark Welsh resigned Thursday after state lawmakers accused the university of pushing “leftist DEI and transgender indoctrination” on his watch.

That strange space in which faculty members defend a president who fired a professor and unseated two administrators over an academic freedom dispute but/and he steps down under intense political pressure anyway... www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

Judge Rules Harvard Funding Freeze Illegal A federal judge said the Trump administration violated the institution's First Amendment rights when it froze billions of dollars in research grants.

Breaking:
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Survey: College Students’ Views on AI Key findings from Inside Higher Ed’s student survey on generative AI show that using the evolving technology hasn’t diminished the value of college in their view, but it could affect their critical th...

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Is AI tanking college's value in students' eyes? No. They're definitely interacting with the technology but most often in ways that can augment their learning. And they have mixed views on faculty of use of AI for teaching... This and more from our new Student Voice: Amplified survey.

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"If I were advising a college president wondering what to make of this, I’d tell them to pair affordability with strong career-pathway programs and invest in faculty development to reinforce the classroom behaviors that matter most to students.”

—Richard Roman, founder of Trusted Arc Labs

Why College Deferred Maintenance Is a Growing Risk A majority of colleges and universities were poised to fund less than a quarter of deferred maintenance needs last fiscal year, an IHE survey finds. Experts warn the backlog represents a growing enrol...

"I’ve worked with institutions where students are literally walking past shuttered buildings on campus tours, or sweating through admitted-student events due to outdated HVAC systems.”
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DOJ Declares Slew of DEI Practices Unlawful in Memo The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

“This highlights that every practice of colleges is under scrutiny, even ones that have been viewed as politically safe for years (such as top ten percent plans or even TRIO programs)." www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Ep. 167: Reimagining Online Learning | Inside Higher Ed

Stephanie Moore on rejecting the binary between online and in-person learning, plus engagement, what T&L practices are disruptable in the age of GenAI and which aren't, and more. It's a treat. www.insidehighered.com/podcasts/key...

How Public Attacks on Harvard Harm All of Higher Ed The administration’s use of public channels to herald funding freezes and federal investigations tells of a coherent agenda to remake higher ed, according to one political scientist.

"I think the administration wants to weaken that accountability function that can be played by universities because it undermines, ultimately, their ability to exercise power in the service of that larger vision of what they believe America should be." www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Federal Policy Uncertainty Impacting College Budgeting In our forthcoming annual survey of college and university chief business officers, anxiety abounds. A majority say uncertainty is challenging their ability to conduct even basic financial planning.

Recent history offers one comparison to the current financial uncertainty for higher ed—the early days of the pandemic. But the federal government at that time “quickly stepped in to provide support." Now, the federal government “is causing the uncertainty.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

What’s Next After Trump Signed “Big Beautiful Bill” Colleges should start communicating with students about the changes while bracing for state budget cuts, higher ed experts say.

ICYMI: Seeing the new higher ed provisions “run smoothly may be a little too much to hope for,” said Jon Fansmith of ACE. “Hopefully they don’t implode. That’s our guiding principle right now.” www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

NIH Plans to Cap Publisher Fees, Dilute “Scientific Elite” Director of the National Institutes of Health says that capping research journals’ open-access fees will help rein in the $19 billion academic publishing industry and bolster scientific debate.

Ostensibly increasing access to publicly funded science while cutting science research funding... www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Full table/deets here, via @insidehighered.com table czar @knottkatherine.bsky.social and team: www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

A New Tool to Improve College Cost Transparency Economist Phil Levine developed his price calculator to help families understand the cost of a degree without deciphering complex aid formulas. Colleges are queuing up to use it.

A Simple Tool Aims to Clarify College Cost

Economist Phil Levine developed his price calculator to help families understand the cost of a degree without deciphering complex aid formulas. Colleges are queuing up to use it. www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...

University Leaders Weigh Changes to Research Funding Model Two new models are geared toward creating a more transparent and accountable system to track costs indirectly related to research.

“Unfortunately, something is going to change,” said Barbara Snyder, president of the Association of American Universities. “Either we will be part of it or it will be imposed upon us … Significant division in the research community is going to kill us.”

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Federal Funding Uncertainty Halts Construction Projects Several wealthy universities are walking back construction plans due to financial uncertainty driven by the Trump administration, particularly around federal research funding.

Higher ed drinking game word: Uncertainty. This time, around construction, per Josh Moody: www.insidehighered.com/news/busines...

Nondegree Credentials Yield Mixed Outcomes The American Enterprise Institute and Burning Glass Institute analyzed upward of 23,000 nondegree programs to see how well they meet learners’ goals.

Only about 12 percent of nondegree credentials offered graduates significant wage gains of 10 percent or more that they wouldn’t have gotten otherwise compared to similar workers. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

Data: International Students by the Numbers How much impact do international students have on American colleges and universities? Inside Higher Ed illustrates their influence in five key graphics.

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