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Students facing acute challenges affording their tuition are increasingly turning to crowdfunding. Experts warn it’s a temporary fix to systemic affordability issues.
2 Years After Encampments, Colleges Revisit Protest Policies
Several colleges are re-evaluating their time, place and manner restrictions on student expression this fall, with some relaxing their rules while others seek to tighten them.
Young Men’s Excessive Internet Use ‘Foremost Challenge of Our Time’
An overreliance on technology and stigmas around mental health support contribute to social isolation among young men, speakers at the Symposium on Young American Men said.
From AI Use to Funding Cuts: How Provosts Are Navigating 2026
Inside Higher Ed’s annual CAO survey reveals a fractured landscape, where academic leaders rely on personal AI tools amid broader technological and political disruption.
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The Students I Had to Tell
Financial aid administrators are supposed to solve problems. But I couldn’t fix things for the undocumented students who lost access to in-state tuition and Texas state financial aid.
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The Last 100 Days
The leadership literature focuses on the first 100 days in a new role. But what about the last 100 before you leave?
Ep. 214: Voices of Student Success: When Nontraditional Students Become the Norm
Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses what colleges need to rethink as “nontraditional” students increasingly reflect today’s college population.
Ep. 213: WASC’s Maria Toyoda on Accreditation’s Uncertain Future
The agency leader discusses the Education Department’s proposed regulation re-write.
Academic career advice from a university leader, “Be curious, be useful, bring evidence”
Learn about the career-building secrets of a university leader who has taken a less conventional path through academia.
Backward Course Design—From Learning Outcomes to Assessment to Activities
An expert in student-centered instructional design talks through the process of creating effective university courses, including the potential of artificial intelligence to support feedback and revision.
