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A photo of one person standing at a podium with the Heterodox Academy logo on it, to the left of four seated panelists.

Scholars Continue Lambasting Higher Ed While Trump Upends It

This year’s Heterodox Academy conference—the first since Republicans retook the White House—featured similar complaints about academe as in years past. But the federal government’s sweeping interventions raised questions about what’s really warranted.

Donald Trump, wearing a red Make America Great Again hat that clashes with his fuchsia tie, walks past a line of saluting, gray-uniformed West Point cadets in May 2025.

Academic Freedom Was Already Limited at U.S. Service Academies. Then Came Trump. 

Officials are restricting education about diversity and criticism of the U.S. It’s an erosion of rights within the institutions training America’s future military officers.

A woman wearing a kaffiyeh as a head scarf addresses a crowd of students seated in the grass in front of a building at the University of Texas at Austin.

Texas Governor Signs Bill to Limit Expressive Activity on Campuses

Students and free speech advocates argue that the bill is too vague and goes too far in its efforts to “prevent unnecessary disruption and to ensure campus safety.”

An image of the Harvard University library overlaid with a gavel and court brief cover.

Judge Grants Harvard Injunction in International Student Case

District Judge Allison Burroughs granted a preliminary injunction to Harvard University on Friday in its case challenging the Trump administration’s...
Protester with sign saying “Free Mahmoud Khalil” alongside a picture of Khalil.

Khalil Freed on Court’s Order

A federal judge ordered that Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and student protest leader who was detained by ICE...
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A Simple Tool Aims to Clarify College Cost

Economist Phil Levine developed his price calculator to help families understand the cost of a degree without deciphering complex aid formulas. Colleges are queuing up to use it.

Trump Officials Continue to Detain Mahmoud Khalil

Despite a judge’s ruling last week that the Trump administration can’t continue to detain pro-Palestine campus activist Mahmoud Khalil “based...
A silhouette of U.S. President Donald Trump taking questions.

Trump Administration Attempts to Rush Changes to Civil Rights Regs

But instead of the Education Department taking the lead, the Energy Department proposed a regulation targeting transgender student athletes and other changes to equal rights in education.