Religion’s Shifting Role in Higher Ed

A new book explores how religion, once at the core of American higher education, made its way to the margins of campus life.

Plugging the Gap: How One College Is Reducing Course Failures

Through course redesign, embedded TAs and a culture of experimentation, the University of the Pacific is seeing returns on first-year attrition.

Nobelist: U.S. Scientists Took Support ‘For Granted’ Before Trump Cuts

Frances Arnold, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in chemistry, says U.S. science is “paying the price” for not explaining the benefits of research funding for “far too long.”

Why UVA President’s Resignation Could Be a ‘Watershed Moment’

Ousting James Ryan is a dramatic escalation in the Trump administration’s war against higher ed and sends a chilling message to other university leaders, experts say.

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What to a Political Science Teacher Is July 4?

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Universities Need to Go Corporate

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3 Questions for WashU’s Ronné Turner

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Harvard Can’t Cave

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A Re-Engagement Strategy for Administrators

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International Students Under Trump

The Trump administration is rapidly revoking student visas for hundreds of international students at colleges across the country. ICE agents have abducted them on campuses and outside their homes, detaining them for months in remote holding cells; many foreign students are fleeing voluntarily to avoid that fate. Universities’ international offices are scrambling to navigate a visa system in chaos and figure out how to help students while avoiding federal backlash.

Students themselves are afraid and confused. Some were told they’re a “foreign policy threat,” others that minor criminal infractions are grounds for deportation. But many more have no idea what they did to jeopardize their hard-earned U.S. education.

Inside Higher Ed is closely covering the crackdown on international students. Follow along here.