IHE 02-10-2026 DNU

As colleges stage spring career fairs, many are inviting government agencies—including Customs and Border Protection. But some students don’t want immigration officials on campus amid Trump’s national deportation campaign.

New data shows that 40 percent of the professoriate is composed of adjuncts who work for meager wages. And compared to their peers on the tenure track, adjuncts are more likely to be Black or female.

The Trump administration is going on the offensive against institutions, but higher education groups continue to find success in courts as they secure orders blocking parts of the president’s agenda. More on key legal challenges here.

A new pre-orientation uses reflection and strengths-based exercises to help veterans transition to college.

In turning to AI, we risk replacing expert judgments with synthetic authority.

By Åke Elden

When a classroom discussion about Ben Shapiro descended quickly into ridicule, I knew we needed to rewind.

By Musbah Shaheen

Powerful organizations during the Red Scares crafted a world where “academic freedom” was conditional on political allegiance.

By Dominique J. Baker

Racial illiteracy about this and a range of other topics is guaranteed to worsen as books are banned in our nation’s K–12 schools.

By Shaun Harper

What university leaders can learn from reading about the EV transition.

By Joshua Kim