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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 12h

ICYMI | Here are a few headlines from this week:

⚖️ With Compact, Universities Weigh Whether to Give Up Freedoms for Unknown Payout
💰 The Costs Students Don’t See Coming—and Why They Matter
🛬 International Student Arrivals Drop 19%

Read more in the weekly news update. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4nIj2tf

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

College Degree Aspirations on the Decline https://bit.ly/4n2Taau

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Study: Institutions, Over Peers and Tribes, Bolster Indigenous Student Belonging https://bit.ly/3J0aaQE

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Senate OKs Richey to Lead @usedgov.bsky.social Civil Rights Office https://bit.ly/3Wz4UXm

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

Kimberly Richey, a white woman with blond streaks in her hair, sits at a table in front of an audience during a confirmation hearing on Thursday.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

More @usedgov.bsky.social Employees Fired

The Trump administration threatened to lay off federal workers because of the government shutdown. An unspecified number of employees got pink slips Friday. https://bit.ly/4n4OvoD

#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

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Ryan Quinn @ryanequinn.bsky.social · 1d

Senate OKs Richey to Lead ED Civil Rights Office

The Senate voted this week to confirm Kimberly Richey as the Education Department’s assistant secretary for civil rights—returning her to a role she held in an acting capacity from August 2020 until N...

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Sara Weissman @saraweissman.insidehighered.com · 1d

Campus centers and programs for undocumented students are caught in a politically precarious moment after the Department of Justice called for an investigation of the University of Nevada at Reno’s undocumented student services.

Trump Targets Nevada at Reno’s Undocumented Student Supports

The DOJ called for an investigation into the University of Nevada at Reno for its supports for undocumented students. Immigrant student advocates worry about other such programs but urge campuses not ...

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Katherine Knott @knottkatherine.bsky.social · 1d

And MIT president says "we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.”

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MIT Rejects Proposed Federal Compact

MIT is the first institution to reject a proposal by the Trump administration that would trade preferential treatment on federal funding in exchange for far-reaching changes.

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Ryan Quinn @ryanequinn.bsky.social · 1d

More Education Dept. Employees Fired (and HHS employees in these shutdown-related layoffs, though we don't know whether any were at NIH. If you know, please DM me or email [email protected] )

Trump Fires More Education Dept. Employees

The Trump administration threatened to lay off federal workers because of the government shutdown. An unspecified number of employees got pink slips Friday.

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

ICYMI | In this episode of The Key, Sara Custer, IHE’s EIC, is joined by news editor Katherine Knott to unpack: the funding cuts hitting MSIs, the new international student policies, the latest in student borrowing, and, yes—that compact.

Listen to the full episode ➡️ https://bit.ly/47oatNF

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Opinion | An Open Letter: On Elite Education and Pulling Up Ladders

In a letter to someone in a position of power who received a degree from the same institution, Rachel Toor pleads with a certain pol to consider his attacks on higher ed. https://bit.ly/42AJ61f

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Opinion | Curators of Knowledge, Not Chaos

Universities cannot—and should not—platform every perspective, Gerardo Martí writes. https://bit.ly/3KK8CuU

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Student Success | Improving Academic Supports for Incarcerated Students

An analysis by the University of Puget Sound identifies barriers to success and promising practices to support students enrolled in higher education programs in prisons. https://bit.ly/4obJcEy

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

‘New Collaborations Needed’ as U.S. Cuts Global Health Funding

Curtailing competition, reducing waste and drawing more on industry and philanthropic sources seen as ways to fill gaps left by NIH’s retreat. https://bit.ly/3WD6J5z

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Higher Ed Will Likely Be a Key Topic for SCOTUS. Which Cases Will Make the Cut?

Transgender rights—and their impact on college athletics—are expected to be a primary focus on the main docket, but higher ed experts are also watching the less predictable shadow docket. https://bit.ly/4nNNHWn

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Trump Administration Targets Undocumented Student Supports

The DOJ called for an investigation into the @unevadareno.bsky.social for its supports for undocumented students. Immigrant student advocates worry about similar programs but urge campuses not to comply preemptively. https://bit.ly/3WuQpDZ

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Democratic Lawmakers Pressure UVA

Democrats are demanding answers over the University of Virginia president’s resignation and warning the board against signing a proposed federal compact. https://bit.ly/4350eMC

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

🚨 Breaking News | MIT has rejected the Trump admin’s proposal to sign on to the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which would mandate sweeping changes across campus in exchange for preferential treatment on federal funding.

Read the full story ➡️ https://bit.ly/4h5dQgM

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Career Advice Reminder | Leading Through Uncertainty

As leaders, we can help others manage uncertainty, even if we can’t provide all the answers, Jen Heemstra writes. https://bit.ly/4nJtZuG

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 1d

Report: Training Authentically Skilled Graduates in the Age of Generative AI https://bit.ly/4pWZUcB

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2d

Many 2025 ‘Genius’ Fellows Affiliated With Universities https://bit.ly/46Y80cd

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2d

@notredame.bsky.social Receives 2 Gifts Totaling More Than $200M https://bit.ly/4q7MMla

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2d

House Dem Leader Demands Hearing Over Political Out-of-Office Emails https://bit.ly/478c6yS

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 2d

🆕🎧 In this episode of The Key Podcast, host Sara Custer is joined by IHE's news editor Katherine Knott to unpack everything: funding cuts to MSIs, new international student policies, and, yes—that compact that everyone’s talking about.

Listen now ➡️ https://bit.ly/3IQnI1g

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Ryan Quinn @ryanequinn.bsky.social · 2d

Saudi Arabia Approves Branch Campus for Longtime Partner U of New Haven
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Saudi Arabia OKs Campus for U of New Haven

The institution says it started educating Saudi royal family members in the ’90s and later developed curricula for a Saudi “security college,” despite criticism. Now it could be the first university a...

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