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August 24, 2025

IHE 08-25-2025 DNU

By  IHE Staff

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Grant Delays Threaten Cultural and Language Studies Programs

Expected funding for National Resource Centers, which are dedicated to language and area studies education, never came through this summer. Experts worry this could spell disaster for the already-struggling fields.

News

 
Government Science & Research Policy
Supreme Court Ruling Has ‘Bleak Implications’ for Researchers

The high court said the National Institutes of Health doesn’t have to restore grants it terminated, for now, which could affect similar lawsuits against other federal agencies.

Institutions Minority-Serving Institutions
DOJ Deems Definition of Hispanic-Serving Institutions Unconstitutional

The Department of Justice said it won’t defend against a legal challenge to the law defining HSIs as having at least 25 percent Hispanic undergraduates. The program’s future is in jeopardy.

Diversity Race & Ethnicity
What 30 Years of Campus Racial Climate Research Can Teach Higher Ed

Three decades of research on campus climate for students of color shows that little about their experience has changed. The authors of a recent paper hope further research can help.

Student Success Academic Life
Young People See Math Skills as Nonessential. How Can Higher Ed Help?

Thirty-eight percent of young adults think math is very important in their work life; fewer believe it’s important in their personal life.

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Quick Takes

 
Government
Education Dept. Accuses George Mason of Violating Civil Rights Law
Religious Colleges
Judge: Minn. Cannot Bar Colleges That Require Faith Statements From State Program
Executive Leadership
Howard President Steps Down, Former President Appointed Interim
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Engineering beyond Earth

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Opinion
Views
George Mason Must Not Comply With the Government’s Demands

If the institution accepts the Office for Civil Rights’ findings, it will not just damage the college’s reputation, it will make all of higher education more vulnerable, says James Finkelstein.

By James Finkelstein

Opinion
Views
What Counts as ‘Unlawful Proxy Discrimination’?

The Trump administration mostly seems concerned about the use of “unlawful proxies” that would benefit Black and Hispanic students in admission, Catharine Hill writes.

By Catharine Hill

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Opinion
Career Advice Carpe Careers
There Is No Such Thing as ‘Alternative’ Careers for Ph.D.s

It’s time we free ourselves of the false binary of academic and nonacademic careers post-Ph.D., writes Briana Konnick.

By Briana Konnick

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Future-proofing research against shifting federal priorities

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Opinion
Columns Resident Scholar
Worries of Racial Discrimination on a Campus Where 4 of 5 Students Are White

It seems implausible that collegians in the minority have enough power to routinely and unlawfully discriminate against their peers who comprise the majority.

By Shaun Harper

Opinion
Columns Small World
Letter From a Region of My Mind

Last March, a speed-walk tour of our national museums provided an insight into what was in jeopardy. Now, it seems, we’ve already lost the work of a half century of scholarship.

By Rachel Toor

Opinion
Columns Debatable Ideas
Censorship at Northwestern Gets Worse, 10 Years After Alice Dreger’s Resignation

Looking back at the Dreger resignation a decade ago, it’s hard to feel optimistic, because censorship on campus is even worse today.

By John K. Wilson

Opinion
Columns Confessions of a Community College Dean
The Gray Zone

Part of the reason the public hasn’t rallied to our side is that after years of being directly insulted, as they see it, they don’t mind seeing some payback.

By Matt Reed

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