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November 25, 2025

IHE 11-26-2025 DNU

By  IHE Staff

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Are Diversity Essay Prompts Disappearing? Not Yet.

More than a dozen colleges have removed or edited diversity-related admissions essay prompts. Nevertheless, essays asking about identity and background remain a cornerstone this admissions cycle.

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Government Politics & Elections
Education Department Names 5 New Accreditation Advisers

The new members of the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity include some outspoken conservative voices.

Government Student Aid Policy
What to Know About Trump’s Definition of Professional Degrees

Social media critics have focused on the fact that certain female-dominated careers, like nursing, are “no longer” recognized as professional. But the term didn’t mean much before Congress passed new loan caps.

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Unfiltered insights from influential academic leaders at the world's foremost universities. Through these conversations, the Not Alone podcast explores leadership, innovation, global challenges, and the ideas that will define tomorrow. 

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Diversity
Universities May Lose State Dept. Partnership Due to Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade

An unfinalized list shows 38 institutions would be kicked out of a State Department program over alleged diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices, The Guardian reported. The department won’t elaborate beyond saying it’s following the “President’s agenda.”

Student Success The College Experience
Listen: How One Community College Is Embracing AI-Powered Data Tools

Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses how AI can be leveraged to improve predictive analytics and provide insight into workforce outcomes data for a two-year college.

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How Florida Built Higher Ed’s AI Blueprint

Content sponsored and provided by University of Florida

Through its AI Across the Curriculum initiative, the University of Florida integrates AI literacy, ethics and tools across disciplines while collaborating with institutions nationwide to expand AI education and strengthen tomorrow's workforce. 

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ICE Detains Oklahoma Professor With H-1B Visa
Trustees & Regents
Nassau Community College Prepared to Sue Over Rejected Presidential Pick
Academic Freedom
Duke Asked Some Faculty to Avoid Talking to Media
Government
Another HBCU Shows Interest in Trump’s Compact
Politics & Elections
ED Investigates Berkeley Over Protest Violence
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The Case for AI as Accommodation

Treating AI as optional risks perpetuating ableism in higher ed.

By Matthew Brophy

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Content sponsored and provided by Virginia Commonwealth University

As a top 20% global university, Virginia Commonwealth University is an unparalleled powerhouse of innovation and creative problem solving by taking on challenges that others can’t. Or won’t. Welcome to a university unlike any you’ve ever seen.

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Career Advice
Hiring Leaders Equitably and Effectively

Borbala Csillag, Philip Mote, Tenisha Tevis and Qi Zhang offer research-based advice for overcoming biases and focusing on behavioral competencies in hiring.

By Borbala Csillag et al.

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Columns Online: Trending Now
The New Cliff Facing Higher Ed and How AI Might Help Solve It

There is a new “cliff” in American higher education, and it is not the demographic cliff. Rather, it is the dramatic cliff in math knowledge, skills and abilities.

By Ray Schroeder

Opinion
Columns Debatable Ideas
Indiana’s Attack on Intellectual Diversity

Already used to suspend a professor, Indiana’s Act 202 curtails academic freedom and limits the plurality of viewpoints on campus.

By John K. Wilson

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