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Researchers ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ NIH Will Restore Grants
A judge ruled last week that the NIH unlawfully terminated hundreds of research grants and ordered the agency to restore them. Internal rumblings suggest the NIH will comply, but researchers have yet to get their money.
Trump Admin. Cuts NIH’s Springer Nature Subscriptions
DOJ Sues Minnesota Over In-State Tuition for Undocumented Students
Universities ‘At Risk of Overassessing’ in Response to AI
Universities risk overassessing students as they race to future-proof themselves against artificial intelligence, academics have warned.
Wayne State Launches Prison Education Program
Starting this fall, two dozen Macomb Correctional Facility inmates will be eligible to earn a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Wayne State University.
Harvard Kennedy School’s Plan B for International Students
Graduate Programs Face a Federal Reckoning
Congress wants to significantly cut back on federal loans for grad students. That could decimate the highly profitable graduate degree market—and limit who has access to it.
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.