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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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Why Division III Should Reject a 5-Year Eligibility Model

We need to protect what makes Division III unique.

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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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Mondays With Beyoncé in My New USC Marshall M.B.A. Course

The global music mogul’s entrepreneurial success takes center stage in a USC business school course.

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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.

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An Ode to Overhead Projectors

Now obsolete, they transformed my teaching.

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Apprenticeships: Learning at Work

Apprenticeships predate the modern university by centuries. But as concerns about both college costs and value mount, many higher ed institutions are looking to apprenticeships—all of which involve earning while learning—as affordable, efficient pathways for learners seeking reliable, well-paying careers in everything from nursing to cybersecurity. In the process, they’re reimagining the interplay between higher ed and the workforce and developing fresh ways to deliver experience and credentials of value. Inside Higher Ed’s multipart series, produced with support from Ascendium, explores the people, places and programs shaping the new era of apprenticeships.