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25 Stats for 2025
Inside Higher Ed compiled two dozen–plus data points to help guide strategic decision-making and student success initiatives on college campuses.
AI-Authored Abstracts ‘More Authentic’ Than Human-Written Ones
Higher ratings for AI-authored abstracts should not obscure the need for engaging prose with a “human touch,” says study co-author.
Colleges Send Out Heartwarming Holiday Messages
From ice skating with a mascot to going on a Christmas heist with a community college math teacher, holiday videos bring levity at the end of another year.
The Early Bird Gets Admitted
Colleges have been criticized for admitting more students through early decision, which benefits wealthier applicants. Without affirmative action, it could be a boon for diversity as well—depending how colleges use it.
Report: Should California Public Higher Ed Systems Merge?
Idaho State Board of Education Passes Anti-DEI Resolution
U of Michigan Says DEI Official Fired Over ‘Behavior’ at Protest, Conference
The New York Times reported that Rachel Dawson was fired after allegedly saying that Jews didn’t need her office’s diversity services. After that article, the university added that she misbehaved at a protest.
Massive Decline in Protests From Spring to Fall 2024
Campuses saw as few as a third as many pro-Palestinian protests this semester as they did in the spring, when an unprecedented wave of encampments swept the nation.