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3 Takeaways From the Harvard v. Trump Appeal Hearings

At issue is whether the administration can lawfully strip Harvard of federal funding and its ability to enroll international students.

Fighting Back on Restrictions to Internships for International Students

The federal government attempted to quietly change the requirements for a long-standing policy allowing international students to participate in internships. Four higher ed groups say the method they used was illegal.

What Are We Missing About Student Mental Health?

Harvard’s Alexis Redding discusses how the entire college experience shapes student well-being and what it takes to build a culture of care.

Alabama Makes State Workers Say ‘Gulf of America.’ Colleges Aren’t Spared.

Republican lawmakers say faculty can only call it the Gulf of Mexico for “historical purposes” in academic courses. Journalists are constrained by the restriction, too.

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Moral Lessons From the Demoralized

If faculty are to be the sole arbiters of AI cheating, what should the standards of evidence be?

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The Time for the 30-Hour Workweek Has Come

Higher ed should lead the way.

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Why Do We Keep Debating the M.L.S.?

Here’s why librarians can’t resolve our recurrent arguments about the import of the field’s professional degree.

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On Proper Objects of Study

A recent report on the humanities criticizes the distortion of scholarship in the service of political goals. Other disciplines would like a word.

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Who Will Stand With All Jane Does?

Outrage over campus sexual assault has erupted again. Could this be the time colleges make real change?

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‘Data Empire’ and Data-Driven Campus Decision-Making

AI and data-governance conversations through the lens of power.

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Boys, Please Do Not ‘Whip It Out’: Teaching College Men About Rape

Institutions and national fraternities must do more to teach men about consent, sexual violence and other aspects of manhood.

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Workforce Pell’s Real Test Isn’t Access. It’s What Happens Next.

Workforce Pell promises stackable, portable credentials. How can institutions best put policy into practice?

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Breaking the Cycle of Bad Mentoring

It stops with us.

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Why That ‘It’s Not X—It’s Y’ Framing Is So Pernicious

AI teaches us to sound certain too soon.

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What My Students Said About a Phone and Laptop Ban

Students were mostly supportive of the policy, saying that banning electronic devices from the classroom improved their learning.

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Which Conflicts Matter?

Graduate students need more than communication skills. They need the discernment to know when to engage, when to listen and when to let something go.

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Apprenticeships: Learning at Work

Apprenticeships predate the modern university by centuries. But as concerns about both college costs and value mount, many higher ed institutions are looking to apprenticeships—all of which involve earning while learning—as affordable, efficient pathways for learners seeking reliable, well-paying careers in everything from nursing to cybersecurity. In the process, they’re reimagining the interplay between higher ed and the workforce and developing fresh ways to deliver experience and credentials of value. Inside Higher Ed’s multipart series, produced with support from Ascendium, explores the people, places and programs shaping the new era of apprenticeships.