Category: Featured
AAUP Raises Alarm Over Palantir’s Work for Ed Department
The department says Palantir was involved in a portal tracking universities’ foreign gifts and contracts. The American Association of University […]
December 19, 2025
AFT Pushes Back on Slow Loan Repayment Processing
AFT President Randi Weingarten has been a loud advocate for protecting borrowers’ rights to loan repayment programs. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images […]
December 19, 2025
Annual Holiday Videos Bring Joy and School Spirit
We’re approaching the end of a year that was at various times frightening, difficult and downright ridiculous. We hope that, […]
December 19, 2025
How 2025 Changed Research and What’s Ahead
Ask just about any federally funded researcher to describe 2025, and they use words like chaotic, demoralizing, confusing, destabilizing and […]
December 19, 2025
IHE Reporter and Editors Share Their Favorite Stories of 2025
It’s been a whirlwind year for higher ed—and for Inside Higher Ed. Yes, we rigorously covered President Donald Trump’s unprecedented […]
December 19, 2025
Intersession Courses
Colleges on the typical semester schedule often have an intersession also called a January term—that fills some of the gap between […]
December 19, 2025
Suspect in Brown Shooting Found Dead
The suspect wanted in connection to a mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine was […]
December 19, 2025
The In-and-Out List: 2026 Edition
For nine years, Inside Higher Ed published an annual list of predictions known as the In-and-Out List, before taking a […]
December 19, 2025
Trends in higher education student success for 2026
The higher ed sector underwent rapid change in 2025, as leaders navigated new and evolving federal and state policy, emerging […]
December 19, 2025