LSU Student Jailed for Allegedly Tweeting Threat to Tiger-Loving Governor

An LSU student is in hot water after the state’s governor brought a live tiger to a football game.

Scholarly Publishing World Slow to Embrace Generative AI

As the technology’s reach into the information sector expands, a recent report from Ithaka S+R shows that academe is still grappling with how best to integrate it into the scholarly publishing process.

Missing Their Absentee Ballots, Some Students Still Voted

When the process of obtaining and using an absentee ballot failed, some college students found themselves needing a last-minute plan B. What did this voting problem-solving look like?

Academic Success Tip: Hiring Embedded Writing Tutors

Colby College trains students to work as writing fellows who support faculty members in writing-intensive courses.

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Grade Inflation: An Ahistorical Narrative

The narrative around grade inflation would benefit from some historical perspective, write Christopher J. Richmann and Ryan T. Ramsey.

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What’s Next for DEI?

Colleges should rethink their approaches to DEI if they don’t want to see it dismantled during a second Trump administration, Patrick J. Casey writes.

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‘How the World Ran Out of Everything’ and ‘Recentering Learning’

Economic and higher education lessons from the pandemic.

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Cancer and the Human Condition, Part 2

Further reflections on how the humanities can help us process and cope with acute illness.

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The Jobs of Faculty Governance

Peter Eckel breaks down the discrete jobs that make up effective faculty governance.

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Write a Book, No Matter What

As an early academic, it will not only help you create a scholarly identity and enrich your teaching, but it will also allow you to shape the career you want, writes En Li.

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The 2024 U.S. Election

Every election cycle sparks hope, fear and—eventually—change in higher education. But in the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the stakes feel particularly high, given the debates raging over cost, campus free speech, DEI and student protests, among others. Check out Inside Higher Ed's coverage of the relevant issues and moments that shaped the 2024 race to the White House.