Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.

He became the youngest Black professor at Cambridge, then the center of a maelstrom of race and research ethics. Before that, he was a source, generous with his warmth and time.

After a decade-long enrollment boom, CUNY faces faculty shortages and pressure to prepare students in the field for an AI-driven job market.

The decision is a blow for the administration, which has engaged in a yearslong battle with the Ivy League institution.

Nearly 400 colleges will compete at the club or varsity level next spring, making women's flag football one of the fastest-growing collegiate sports. Athletic directors say it’s a useful recruitment t...

Starting in fall 2027, students need to meet a set of academic requirements to get free meals, housing help and other supports. College leaders say the move will increase completion rates. But basic n...

The Trump administration on Thursday withdrew its subpoena demanding the names and contact information of Jewish employees at the University of Pennsylvania, signaling a step back in the administratio...

Faculty at Wenzhou-Kean have accused their employer of obfuscatory employment agreements, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation and lack of shared governance. University officials dispute ...

International students previously could stay as long as their program lasted. The Trump administration is ending that 1978 policy.

Foodborne illness researchers are fielding a wide range of requests to answer questions about the disease and the parasite that causes it, drawing attention to the role of academia in public health em...

Kevin Guskiewicz’s reversal of his plan to leave for Clemson University raises questions about whether his relationship with some board members has really changed. But he now gets personal travel hour...

The reversal follows weeks of criticism directed at the Board of Trustees, finger-pointing among the board members and a campaign in support of Guskiewicz.

The Health and Human Services secretary is asking a medical journal for more information on why it removed a published article that suggested a link between vaccines and infant deaths.

Legislators are increasingly determining colleges’ core classes, underscoring how higher ed has become a political lightning rod.

Eight students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute died by suicide between 2021 and 2025. The university has since taken numerous steps to bolster suicide prevention efforts, but some parents of the de...

Criticism of DEI practices at his last stop raised questions about Stuart Bell’s candidacy for the University of Florida job. UF’s board defied critics, but the larger state panel still needs to sign ...

The report on the state of humanities scholarship has generated a lot of debate in academic circles and received backlash from the leading anthropology association.

At a recent Shabbat dinner, recorded and shared with Inside Higher Ed, the Bard College president spoke candidly about his upcoming retirement, Jeffrey Epstein, fundraising for Bard and the media fren...

The faculty of arts and sciences also voted to use average percentile rank to determine which students are eligible for internal awards and honors.

Although the monetary value of the deal is unknown, Instructure says the cybercriminals have returned the hacked personal data and offered assurance “that no Instructure customers will be extorted as ...

Tom Alter was fired from his tenured job at Texas State last fall in what free speech advocates call an egregious violation of First Amendment rights. He took his case on tour, advancing faculty organ...

Nearly 16 percent fewer adults started college for the first time this fall compared to the previous year. Some say the change represents rightsizing after an enrollment boom, but others say it’s a re...

The criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak.

“I would take money from Satan if it permitted me to do God’s work,” Botstein told lawyers during their investigation into his connection to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

South Carolina technical college students can participate in a wide range of apprenticeship programs, from culinary arts to automotive care. Inside Higher Ed visited with some of the apprentices recen...

The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...

Virginia Tech president Tim Sands is stepping down after 12 years on the job. But a cryptic statement from a powerful senator suggests he is being pushed out by the board.

The decision marks a significant development in a monthslong legal battle between the Ivy League university and the Trump administration.

A spate of firings in the fall revealed just how corroded tenure protections have become. How did we get here?

Columbia University has selected Jennifer Mnookin, a legal scholar and current chancellor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, as its next president. Jennifer L. Mnookin

Trump officials are reportedly planning to enact a number of agreements Tuesday that could send key ED responsibilities to other agencies.

Carnegie’s new Student Access and Earnings Classification has stirred up controversy among community college advocates. Carnegie is standing by its approach.

After court orders, the Trump administration agreed to use emergency reserves to pay for food stamps during the government shutdown. But the funds cover only half of what’s needed. Campuses are trying...

Inside Higher Ed spoke with more than a dozen politicians, higher education experts and former department employees; their thoughts on the agency’s status varied, but many tried to remain hopeful.

The document would require signatories to make sweeping changes to policies and practices. A number of institutions have already said no, and more responses are expected.

A growing number of institutions are censoring faculty speech and instruction through murky verbal directives that sow fear and confusion. Can they be enforced?

The scheduled meeting follows increasingly forceful pushback to the wide-ranging proposal.

Charlie Kirk’s murder is pushing more conservative college students to start Turning Point USA chapters in the name of advancing civil discourse. But critics fear the group’s expansion will only exace...

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.

Student outcomes and rankings are slipping at the liberal arts college while spending is up. Critics believe the college is at risk of implosion, and some are calling for privatization.

Verbal-only policies prohibiting academic discussions of trans identity appear to be extending beyond the Texas Tech system and now include anti-trans curricular reviews.

Pointing to the slain activist’s inflammatory statements about minority groups, some are pushing back—at their own peril—against the right’s framing of him as an emblem of quality discourse.

Mark Welsh resigned Thursday after state lawmakers accused the university of pushing “leftist DEI and transgender indoctrination” on his watch.

Colleges credit popular health sciences programs, increased dual enrollment, stepped-up retention efforts, new graduate programs and more for their record enrollments this fall.

As microcredentials proliferate and attract millions of students, some accreditors are ready to launch quality checks for alternative credential providers.

Conservatives in and outside of higher ed have long argued that universities lack their perspectives. But empowered Republicans are now deploying tools including legislation and funding threats to for...

Ohio State University has advised resident advisers to restrict all dorm floor and common room decor—as well as welcome programming for incoming students—to “Ohio State spirit themes” to avoid offendi...

As the Trump administration upends federal research, Mizzou aims to raise more than $1 billion to build an advanced nuclear reactor to accelerate production of key ingredients for cancer treatments.

Dozens of fake college websites, which appear to be connected, are pushing scams. Many of the sites appear to be built with or supplemented by generative AI.