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Frozen research funding, rising endowment taxes and other concerns have prompted some of the nation’s wealthiest universities to shed jobs despite their multibillion-dollar endowments.

Alternative social media platform matching engagement of Elon Musk’s X in ways that ‘would have seemed unthinkable until recently’, says study

A majority of colleges and universities were poised to fund less than a quarter of deferred maintenance needs last fiscal year, an IHE survey finds. Experts warn the backlog represents a growing enrollment risk.

Systems in place to deal with fraud struggling to keep up, increasing risk of research becoming ‘completely poisoned’

Thanks to AI and changing hiring trends, bachelor’s degree holders are seeing worsening employment outcomes. Experts say the only answer is more work-based learning.

Some universities shut down initiatives entirely while others try to continue them in different guise but president unlikely to be appeased on hot-button issue, say scholars

US administrators will destroy academic freedom if they cite it to maintain autonomy over admissions and hiring, says James F. O’Brien

Funding applications for programs that support low-income and adult learners typically open in May and close by the end of July. This year they have yet to be announced.

The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Massive cuts to a federal health insurance program could impact the 3.4 million college students who rely on it.

OpenAI builds tool to combat student reliance on AI answers, but insists that cheating requires ‘holistic’ approach from universities and tech firms

Higher education legal experts shared three key takeaways with Inside Higher Ed.