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The Netflix show depicts a fictional campus responding to many of the issues weighing on HBCUs today, including federal funding cuts, terrorist threats and immigration enforcement.
Some Say America’s Government Is Broken. This Group Is Looking to Fix it.
A new nonprofit called Recoding America is looking to change how the Department of Education and federal government work, ensuring they benefit citizens. Inside Higher Ed spoke with their chief digital officer to learn how.
Finding Career Direction in the First Year
Podium Education’s Career Discovery program expands to 10 universities, with early surveys showing gains in career confidence and intent to persist.
A Conservative Group Used to Target the Media. Now It Hunts DEI.
Accuracy in Media deploys billboard trucks and undercover recordings to accuse students and staff of supporting Hamas or running illegal DEI programs. Its current leader says the organization’s tactics remain true to its original mission. Some disagree.
McMahon Touts Arizona State as Example for Nation
In addition to praising ASU, the secretary denounced colleges that “put their own corporate interests first” and boasted of the success of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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There’s Still Time to Prepare for the Morning After Election Day
Consider this checklist for the days—and weeks—after.
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‘Situated’ and Higher Ed Staff
Reading Angela Duckworth’s marvelous new book and thinking about Kevin McClure’s piece on the volatile higher ed workplace.
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5 Steps for Going ‘Alt-Fac’
Are you a Ph.D. holder who wants to keep working in higher ed but not in a faculty role? Become familiar with the range of roles available and how to prepare for them.
Ep 217: Voices of Student Success: Is College Preparing Students for Work?
Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses the importance of embedding career readiness throughout college.
Ep. 216: Voices of Student Success: What Are We Missing About Student Mental Health?
Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses how the entire college experience shapes student well-being and what it takes to build a culture of care.
Teaching Strategies to Get Students Reading and Speaking Up in Class
A champion of active learning shares ways to create more equitable classrooms, build students’ trust and support academic skills development.
Why Universities Need to Start Taking Microaggressions Seriously
Drawing on research into the experiences of Chinese academics in the U.K., we hear how these subtle but powerful discriminatory acts manifest in universities and what can be done to address them.
