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A protester holds up a hand fan in LGBTQ+ pride flag colors with "Howdy" written across it.

Report: 6 in 10 LGBTQ Texas Students Said They Were Negatively Impacted by DEI Ban

As DEI bans take hold nationwide, interviews with Texas college students and employees offer some hints about what could be on the horizon for universities and students across the country.

U.S. Naval Academy Won’t Consider Race in Admissions

The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider an applicant’s race, ethnicity or sex during the admissions process, The Baltimore...
Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong

Columbia U Interim Leader Steps Down Amid Trump’s Attacks

The federal task force that pulled $400 million from Columbia said the resignation was “an important step toward advancing negotiations” to restore the funding.

The U.C. Berkeley campus sits empty on July 22, 2020, in Berkeley, Calif.

DOJ Admissions Probe Targets California Colleges

The Trump administration is investigating four California universities for allegedly considering race in admissions, three decades after the state banned affirmative action at public institutions.

Lawyer: Russia May Arrest Harvard Med Researcher if Deported

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining a Harvard Medical School research associate who’s a Russian native. One of Kseniia Petrova’s...
A collage representing cuts to various NIH grants.

As NIH Pulls Funding, Scientist Worries About ‘Frightening Implications’

The National Institutes of Health claimed that numerous canceled research grants were “antithetical to the scientific inquiry.” A clinical psychology researcher who lost her grant says that characterization smacks of ignorance.

ICE Detains U of Alabama Doctoral Student, Iran Native

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has detained a University of Alabama doctoral student and Iranian native. A spokesperson told Inside Higher...

Rector: Recruiting U.S. Scholars Can Protect ‘Threatened Research’

Universities should offer opportunities to U.S. talent because it can “prevent fruitful lines of enquiry from being abruptly cut off,” says head of leading European institution.