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How Higher Ed Can Adjust to the AI-Answer Economy
Helping students navigate AI-generated summaries is the new frontier in information literacy.
Again Defying Trump, Congress Proposes Increasing NIH Budget, Maintaining ED
Appropriators have released legislation that wouldn’t defund Education Department programs or slash the National Institutes of Health budget. And it would prohibit the federal government from capping NIH reimbursement rates.
NEH Pours Millions Into Conservative-Aligned Projects
The Trump-overhauled National Endowment for the Humanities announced $75.1 million in grants. Western civilization, great books and other subjects conservatives support won big.
Come to the Dark Side: The Dangers of Pathologizing Administration in Higher Ed
Treating administrators as the enemy only harms higher ed.
He Axed Tenured Faculty. He Could Now Help Republicans Cut Budgets Statewide
Kansas’s House speaker is planning to pay a former fraternity brother—and former Emporia State president—$50,000 for five months of consulting. His leadership of his own university was much criticized.
The Faculty Merit Act Is Meritless
A proposal to mandate publication of SAT and other standardized test scores for all faculty and faculty job applicants is statistically unsound.
Amid Criticism From Lawmakers, U of Arkansas Rescinds Dean Offer
Several Republican state lawmakers pushed back against Emily Suski’s hire because she signed an amicus brief in support of transgender athletes.
We Need a Revitalized Area Studies
At a time when the field is gaining new vitality abroad, area studies in the U.S. is struggling to survive.