Category: Featured
Strategic Governance: The Infrastructure for University Growth
Growth Is a Governance Challenge Picture this: Your university launches an ambitious growth strategy that includes new programs, bold enrollment […]
February 9, 2026
Wales needs a plan. Don’t we all
In early 2025, Vikki Howells – then freshly installed as Wales’ Minister for Further and Higher Education – asked Medr […]
February 9, 2026
What did the three wise men, Ron DEARING, John BROWNE & Philip AUGAR, say about student loan interest?
Nick Hillman OBE, HEPI’s Director, takes a look back at the Dearing, Browne and Augar reports to see what lessons […]
February 9, 2026
How we can empower students for an uncertain future
Key points: One day, something clicked for Jacob Griffin’s students. Mr. Griffin, a teacher at the NAF Academy of Engineering […]
February 9, 2026
Congress, Courts Stymie Trump’s Effort to Cap Research Costs
Capping indirect costs would’ve led to cuts or reduced research, college leaders warned. The National Institutes of Health and other […]
February 9, 2026
Faculty Rebuke Colorado State’s Internal Chancellor Search
Colorado State University’s current chancellor, Tony Frank, will retire at the end of June 2027. Faculty groups are pushing back […]
February 9, 2026
How One University Trains and Retains Rural Care Providers
At a rural clinic on a Native American reservation, Nina Sanfilippo encountered a model of care designed to keep patients—and […]
February 9, 2026
Presidential vs. Educator Lessons for Young Americans
Over seven million more people chose the other candidate. Only 46.9 percent of voters cast their ballots for you. Refuse to accept […]
February 9, 2026
The Fight Over Community College Bachelor’s Degrees
Last month, state lawmakers in Iowa introduced a bill that would allow community colleges to offer four-year degrees—and unwittingly triggered […]
February 9, 2026