IHE 11-19-2025 DNU

Numerous higher ed leaders, advocates and politicians weighed in on McMahon’s plan to ship several ED programs to other agencies. Here’s a snapshot of what they said.

Both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to release the rest of the trove of documents related to Epstein. Here are some of the key higher ed people mentioned so far.

In the three years since large language models went mainstream, the number of new authors publishing a high volume of letters to the editor in scientific journals has also surged. Researchers say there’s likely a link—and it exposes cracks in academia’s publish-or-perish culture.

Florida State University trains dozens of students to provide medical response services on campus, supplementing full-time professionals.

The current model has fueled credential inflation in the health sciences.

By Diane Auer Jones

After only 56 years of college teaching, I have no wish to retire.

By Joe P. Dunn

As enrollments drop, costs rise and the public doesn’t trust us, we are in a world of hurt. Most institutions are still doing business as usual. But some are getting creative.

By Rachel Toor

Q&A with longtime higher education journalist Jeff Young.

By John Warner

Five lessons from a conversation about AI and the future of higher education.

By James DeVaney