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Researchers ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ NIH Will Restore Grants
A judge ruled last week that the NIH unlawfully terminated hundreds of research grants and ordered the agency to restore them. Internal rumblings suggest the NIH will comply, but researchers have yet to get their money.
FIU Donor Pulls Funds Over President’s Politics
Albright College Plans to Auction Off Artworks
Graduate Programs Face a Federal Reckoning
Congress wants to significantly cut back on federal loans for grad students. That could decimate the highly profitable graduate degree market—and limit who has access to it.
First-Year Persistence Continues Slow Climb Back From Pandemic Drop
Nearly 84 percent of the first-year students who enrolled in fall 2023 persisted at their institution to the spring term, though 14 percent left higher education entirely.
Scholars Continue Lambasting Higher Ed While Trump Upends It
This year’s Heterodox Academy conference—the first since Republicans retook the White House—featured similar complaints about academe as in years past. But the federal government’s sweeping interventions raised questions about what’s really warranted.
Listen: Recognizing and Encouraging Military-Affiliated Students
In the latest episode of Voices of Student Success, the University of Texas at San Antonio’s senior director of veteran and military affairs discusses ways to engage and support students connected to the military.
