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November 30, 2025

IHE 12-01-2025 DNU

By  IHE Staff

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The Students Studying 4—or More—Majors

Some say they hope the many majors will help them stand out in the job market, though experts say the extra majors may not be of interest to employers.

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Northwestern Settles With Trump Administration

Northwestern will pay $75 million and walk back a 2024 deal with student protesters, among other concessions, in order to restore hundreds of millions in research funding.

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The Growing Diversity of Community College Trustees

Since the 1990s, more women, people of color and community college graduates have become members of governing boards at two-year colleges.

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Faculty Academic Freedom
Associate Provost on the Right’s Coordinated Attack on Academic Freedom

In her book The Right to Learn, Valerie Johnson dives into the years-long erosion of academic freedom in red states and how universities must resist it.

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12 Ways to Improve College for Military Learners

A recent report outlines strategies that could make higher education more supportive of active-duty, veteran and military-affiliated students.

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States Should Step Up on Graduate School Aid

States can offer targeted grants and zero- or low-interest loans to keep grad school pathways open after the end of Grad PLUS.

By Josh Farris and Derrick Young Jr.

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Plan to Pivot: A Survival Guide for Scientists

Career agility is no longer optional for Ph.D.s. Here’s how to build it.

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Northwestern’s Complicity With the Trump Regime

We need shadow universities to preserve academic values and academic freedom at a time when they are under attack by government officials and campus administrators.

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A Sense of Agency

Yes, job training is important. But people are more than workers.

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