IHE 05-07-2026 DNU

Trump’s Justice Department has ramped up enforcement of the Supreme Court ban on race-conscious admissions practices. Its UCLA finding shows what could be in store for other universities under investigation.

New research from the Brookings Institute highlights better and worse ways to craft a free college program. Here’s how researchers think lawmakers can get it right.

Campaigners suggest refusing to take a stance on contentious issues may be the best way to navigate new free speech requirements.

In this week’s Voices of Student Success episode, two students explore how social media, campus life and post-pandemic shifts are reshaping connection—and where institutions are falling behind.

The hope is that graduate loan caps will put pressure on institutions to lower costs. But the caps could cost students much more in the long run.

By Eileen Connor

By treating breaks in the academic calendar more intentionally, faculty can carve out informal periods of time away between once-every-seven-years sabbaticals.

By Liz Delia

In a new operating environment defined by political interference, funding uncertainty and cost pressure, solutions are less about silver bullets and more about discipline and speed.

By Sara Custer

An argument for population decline to be included on the academic worry list.

By Joshua Kim

Applying advertising science to small college advertising.

By Christopher Huebner

Part 1: What Michigan students are telling us about transfer.

By Monica Brockmeyer