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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.
Under New Loan Limits, Students Struggle to Finance Final Year
Evolving guidance from the Education Department shut two students out of federal student loans. “It really feels like someone’s stabbing you,” one mom told Inside Higher Ed.
The NIH Director Says a Lot. Critics Call Much of It Misleading.
Jay Bhattacharya insists he wants to restore trust in the National Institutes of Health. Current and former agency employees say he’s doing the opposite.
Inside the ‘Culture of Fear’ at One American-Chinese University
Faculty at Wenzhou-Kean have accused their employer of obfuscatory employment agreements, wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation and lack of shared governance. University officials dispute the charges.
CBOs Are Over Weathering Storms
Chief financial officers may be cautiously optimistic about the near-term financial outlook after a volatile year, but they also want structural change—now. Do they have the tools and buy-in to make it happen?
The Apprenticeship Wish List
Apprenticeships are growing. But experts say that without more funding, updated laws and better data, the U.S. is still far from the system they know is possible.
How GOP State Lawmakers Are Reshaping General Education
Legislators are increasingly determining colleges’ core classes, underscoring how higher ed has become a political lightning rod.
Parents of WPI’s ‘Lost Sons’ Speak Out
Eight students at Worcester Polytechnic Institute died by suicide between 2021 and 2025. The university has since taken numerous steps to bolster suicide prevention efforts, but some parents of the dead want WPI to do more.