Filter & Sort
No, Higher Ed Mergers Have Never Been Strategic
The history of two universities that (e)merged in the 1960s shows that parochialism and acquisitiveness have always driven institutional marriages more than logic.
Striking Portland Staff Reach Agreement; Faculty Remain on Strike
Area Studies, Once Vital, Wither Without Funding
Area studies centers were born out of World War II and supported by the U.S. government as an essential part of national security strategy. Now, they are disappearing as the Trump administration sees them as an enemy.
Power 4 Leaders Must Act Before College Athletics Becomes Unsustainable
Presidents and chancellors have real power to rein in spending and create a fairer, more accountable college athletics landscape.
Halfway Through the Fiscal Year, NIH Has Only Obligated 15% of Research Funding
The science community fears the funding agency’s slow contract and grant making could result in another rush of multiyear obligations at the end of the fiscal year. The NIH director has said, “Don’t pay attention to the hype.”
Faculty, Grad Workers Left Out of Virginia’s Collective Bargaining Expansion
Lawmakers sent the new Democratic governor a bill to end the state’s longtime ban on public workers unionizing. But faculty and grad students are excluded.
Trump’s Justice Department Sues Harvard Over Antisemitism
ED Transfers Defaulted Student Loan Collection Responsibilities to Treasury
The Education Department says its latest move to distribute its duties to other federal agencies will include Treasury taking on much more student financial aid oversight in the future.