Inside Higher Ed's News

Researcher says it’s time to study, then stop, child sex trafficking in higher education. Her new paper showing that predators skew white, male and academic is a start.

Saint Vincent College adopts new rules after many found speaker’s remarks at conference sponsored by college to be racist.

Though most presidential searches end with a candidate being hired, a small number fail in public and dramatic ways. Some experts blame search firms; other find fault with the institutional process.

Student impressions of and experiences with campus mental health services and supports show there’s still work to be done in providing needed help. How can colleges make existing services more accessible and expand offerings?

Brent Bates, vice president of educational and student support services at State Fair Community College, in Missouri, has been selected as president there. Barbara Bellefeuille, interim president of Bethel University, in Indiana, has been named to the job on a permanent basis.

Sara Goldrick-Rab is on leave from the Hope Center at Temple University.

Denison University Dan Blim, music Zarrina Juraqulova, economics Marcos Miguel, modern languages Shiri Noy, anthropology/sociology Keith Allyn Spencer, studio art Kristina Steiner, psychology Washington University in St. Louis Joanna Abraham, anesthesiology Carlos A. Botero, biology Meghan Clark Campbell, neurology Caitlyn M. Collins, sociology Talia Dan-Cohen, anthropology Kristin Guilliams, neurology

AAUP report on Linfield University’s firing of a chaired professor sets stage for censure later this year.

After nearly eight months of Taliban rule, about 350 students are still stranded at the American University of Afghanistan, unable to get visas out of Kabul, where they fear for their lives.