IHE 03-30-2026 DNU

Hundreds of diversity officers flocked to Philadelphia to attend the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education conference, where they reflected on the past year and what lies ahead for the embattled field.

Current and former employees say some ED staffers are sharing desks and that the administration has added cubicles in recent months.

The event brought together over 100 stakeholders to discuss new ways to measure college readiness, after decades of the admissions process going relatively unchanged.

A new report from California Competes finds returns on bachelor’s and associate degrees depend on where students live.

Under the Trump administration, the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program has strayed from its historic mission of funding the most meritorious candidates regardless of STEM field.

By Susan E. Brennan and Gisèle Muller-Parker

If faculty use AI in building a course, we should insist and perhaps require that they disclose it. But where’s the magic in that?

By Chad Hanson

The history of two universities that (e)merged in the 1960s shows that parochialism and acquisitiveness have always driven institutional marriages more than logic.

By Doug Lederman

At a certain point of understanding, simplicity and clarity return, albeit with more nuance.

By Matt Reed