IHE 09-22-2025 DNU

Facing controversy, President Mark Welsh resigned abruptly Thursday. Now a search for his successor is set to begin amid a recent state trend of hiring lawmakers to lead institutions.

At the annual gathering of over 6,100 high school guidance counselors and college admissions officers, attendees sought to better understand how, exactly, the Trump administration’s war on higher education would impact them.

So far, 18 McNair program grants have been canceled. The Education Department says it will issue awards for the rest of them by the end of the month.

Starting in the 2026–27 academic year, policymakers will allow universities to accept more international students as the island seeks to capitalize on the U.S. crackdown.

Over the summer, the University of Mary Washington in Virginia offered all students a one-credit online course on how to use generative artificial intelligence tools.

Thanks in part to Biden-era regulatory changes, the Trump administration has a powerful set of tools it could use to threaten institutional eligibility for federal student loans, Jonathan Helwink writes.

By Jonathan Helwink

The end of Landscape is a loss for efforts to broaden economic diversity, Julie J. Park writes.

By Julie J. Park

Here are four steps for better interview preparation, Derek Attig writes.

By Derek Attig

Public austerity makes private economic coercion worse.

By Matt Reed