What’s Behind the Push for ‘Institutional Neutrality’?

Since last Oct. 7, several institutions have pledged to refrain from speaking on political and social issues. But what does it mean for a university to go neutral?

Changing How Higher Ed and Industry Drive Innovation

The partnerships that drive knowledge economies are expanding to include a variety of institutions, businesses and geographies as the need to find new solutions to global problems becomes more urgent.

Teaching College Students to Be Good Neighbors

An initiative at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill encourages students living off campus to be responsible renters and respectful community members.

Positive Partnership: Colloquium Encourages Interdisciplinary Learning for Students

A chemistry professor and a music professor collaborated to deepen student understanding of both fields through integration of concepts with sound.

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Pluralism U

Eboo Patel asks, if the University of Chicago is the free speech university, which will be the pluralism university?

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Changing of the Guard at ‘Inside Higher Ed’

Moving on from the publication I helped found.

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Off-Loading in the Age of Generative AI

A guest post by James DeVaney.

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ChatGPT-4o Shows ‘Friendly’ Behavior

The app initiates personalized conversations and offers responses without a prompt. This signals a shift toward agentic AI, where models act more like colleagues.

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What to Actually Look for in a Mentor

Contrary to a popular catchphrase, Evan D. Morris writes that students should seek mentors who look out for them—not just those who look like them.

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Mindful Teaching in Moments of Tension

Rosalie Metro offers ideas for facilitating sensitive classroom conversations with compassion this election season.

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The Confusion and Chaos of Title IX Reform

President Biden, when he was elected in 2020, promised to immediately overturn Trump-era Title IX reforms. But the bold changes he introduced to the federal government’s gender equality law have hit a series of regulatory and political roadblocks causing chaos and confusion among compliance officers, university leaders and students. Judges have temporarily blocked enforcement in nearly half the country, leaving the future of Biden’s reforms hanging in the balance. Get up to speed with Inside Higher Ed’s coverage of the key developments.