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5 Tips for Navigating Lame Duck–Ness

Your task is to help your institution or unit transition to new leadership, while managing your own complex emotions.

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Northeastern Technical College Fires President

Northeast Technical College fired its president last week, reversing course on a resignation agreement accepted by the board just two...
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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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Another HBCU Shows Interest in Trump’s Compact

Oakwood University supports the Trump administration’s controversial compact for higher education that would require signatories to make changes to their...
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Duke Asked Some Faculty to Avoid Talking to Media

As Duke University navigates a $108 million federal research funding freeze and multiple investigations by the Trump administration, administrators want...
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Public Universities Don’t Want to Discuss the Compact

Institutions have been slow to respond to records requests related to the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” and UT Austin is fighting to withhold records.

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5 Higher Ed Names in the Epstein Files

Both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to release the rest of the trove of documents related to Epstein. Here are some of the key higher ed people mentioned so far.

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Jim Ryan Breaks Silence on UVA Resignation

The former University of Virginia president who resigned abruptly in June accused the board of being dishonest about the circumstances of his exit and complicit in his ouster.