HEADLINES: Top Higher Education News for the Week

April 11, 2025

Inside Higher Ed examines the potential consequences of reducing PhD admissions, as many universities are doing amid an uncertain funding environment... NPR looks at how institutions are resisting the Trump administration’s efforts to slash their funding... NPR also reports that growing numbers of American researchers are looking to relocate to Europe... Christopher Fiorentino will be the next chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.

The Ripple Effects of Draining the Ph.D. Pool
Inside Higher Ed | April 11, 2025

Universities Push Back Against Trump’s Cuts on Federal Funding
NPR | April 10, 2025

Academics Fleeing the U.S. For Europe
NPR | April 10, 2025

Pa. State System Taps Interim Chancellor Chris Fiorentino for Permanent Role
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 10, 2025

April 10, 2025

The National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health have massively reduced funding to train early career researchers, Inside Higher Ed writes... According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Education Department may be too understaffed to expand investigations into colleges’ DEI practices... The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that international students across the state are afraid the government will abruptly revoke their visas.

NSF, NIH Slash Support for Early-Career Scientists
Inside Higher Ed | April 10, 2025

The Education Dept. Wants to End DEI. Does It Have the Staff?
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | April 9, 2025

Minnesota’s International Students Fear Deportation, Being Singled Out for Minor Infractions — Even a Speeding Ticket
The Minnesota Star Tribune (sub. req.) | April 10, 2025

April 9, 2025

President Trump froze hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for Northwestern and Cornell universities... Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber spoke about standing up for higher education on The New York Times podcast The Daily... The Hill reports on the Trump administration’s efforts to target wealthy institutions in states led by Democrats... The Chronicle of Higher Education is tracking Trump administration policy and statements that affect higher education.

Trump Administration Halts $1 Billion in Federal Funding for Cornell, $790 Million for Northwestern
The Associated Press | April 9, 2025

The University President Willing to Fight Trump
The New York Times (sub. req.) | April 9, 2025

Trump vs. The Ivy League: ‘These Are Elite Institutions and Blue States’
The Hill | April 8, 2025

Tracking Trump’s Higher-Ed Agenda
The Chronicle of Higher Education (sub. req.) | April 8, 2025

April 8, 2025

Some international students at small colleges have had their visas revoked, with many cases likely unreported, according to Inside Higher Ed... While Robert F. Kennedy Jr, secretary of Health and Human Services, decries chronic diseases, his agency is slashing research to address these illnesses, The New York Times writes... NPR looks at growing efforts from colleges to enroll Hispanic students.

Student Visa Dragnet Reaches Small Colleges
Inside Higher Ed | April 8, 2025

As Kennedy Champions Chronic Disease Prevention, Key Research Is Cut
The New York Times (sub. req.) | April 7, 2025

Bienvenidos! Some Colleges Are Targeting a Long-Neglected Group: Hispanic Students
NPR | April 8, 2025

April 7, 2025

The New York Times examines the protections that student visas grant as the federal government seeks to deport international students... The Hill reports that President Trump’s cuts to the Department of Education could disrupt FAFSA operations... According to The Washington Post, mass layoffs at the National Institutes of Health are delaying a potential treatment for gastrointestinal cancers... The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to freeze $65 million in teacher training grants.

What Is a Student Visa? The Rights and Risks Amid Trump’s Crackdown.
The New York Times (sub. req.) | April 7, 2025

FAFSA Had Been Struggling for Years. Then Trump Cut the Education Department in Half
The Hill | April 6, 2025

NIH Scientists Have a Cancer Breakthrough. Layoffs Are Delaying It.
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 6, 2025

Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers
The New York Times (sub. req.) | April 4, 2025

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OPINION: Here’s Why We Cannot Permit America’s Partnership With Higher Education to Weaken or Dissolve
The Hechinger Report | March 18, 2025
The Only Certainty Is Uncertainty
Inside Higher Ed | July 2, 2024
Protect, Teach, Enforce
Inside Higher Ed | June 25, 2024
AI Can Transform the Classroom Just Like the Calculator
Scientific American | April 17, 2024
There’s a Temporary Fix to the FAFSA Mess — All Colleges Must Extend Decision Deadlines
The Hechinger Report | March 26, 2024
Answering the Call
Inside Higher Ed | March 19, 2024
Every FAFSA Delay Puts College Further Out of Reach
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 8, 2024
Don’t Dash Opportunity for America’s College Students
The Hill | Aug. 16, 2023
‘Fire the Accreditors’ Is a Bad—and Illegal—Idea
Inside Higher Ed | June 28, 2023
This Is How To Keep Academic Freedom Alive in America
Newsweek | March 23, 2023
Why U.S. News May Have to Rethink How It Creates College Rankings
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Sept. 14, 2022
Canceling Student Loan Debt Is Just the Start
The Hill | July 1, 2022
Want to Reduce Hunger Among College Students? Stop Taxing Their Pell Grants
The Hill | Feb. 10, 2022
Doubling the Pell Grant Invests in America's Future
The Hill | Sept. 3, 2021
Making Equity Everyone’s Work
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education | March 31, 2021
Dropping the Ball
Inside Higher Ed | March 4, 2021
The Quickest And Most Effective Way Biden Can Help Millions of Americans Go to College
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Jan. 30, 2021
Liberal, Conservative or Somewhere in the Middle?
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 19, 2020
Should Congress Provide Additional Pandemic Relief for Colleges and Universities?
CQ Researcher | Sept. 11, 2020
The Biggest Danger to U.S. Higher Education? Losing 20 Years’ Worth of Gains in Access for First-generation and Minority Students
The Hechinger Report | Aug. 11, 2020
Our Country's Future Education Depends on Actions Congress Takes
The Hill | July 20, 2020
Why Trump’s Move to Force International Students to Take In-person Classes This Fall Is Being Blasted as Harmful
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 8, 2020
Supreme Court Has Ruled on DACA, Now It's Time for Congress to Act
The Hill | June 20, 2020
College Closings, Economic Upheaval Make a Case for Blockchain Adoption
Education Dive | June 18, 2020
Are Campus Leaders Prepared for the Impact of the Racial Crisis?
Inside Higher Ed | June 15, 2020
College in a Pandemic is Tough Enough — Without Reliable Broadband Access, It’s Nearly Impossible
The Hechinger Report | June 9, 2020
How College Students Can Help Reopen America
Inside Higher Ed | May 18, 2020
A Call for Ideas to Help Student Parents Succeed During and After COVID-19
Education Dive | May 6, 2020
The Courage of Medical Students
Inside Higher Ed | April 20, 2020
University Research is Key to COVID-19 Breakthroughs, Serving the Public Good
The Hill | March 23, 2020
Safeguarding Research on Campuses Against Foreign Threats
Inside Higher Ed | March 9, 2020
In Appreciation of a Public Servant
Inside Higher Ed | Dec. 9, 2019
Mental Health Challenges Require Urgent Response
Inside Higher Ed | Oct. 29, 2019
Guns on America's Campuses: Let the Colleges Decide
The Hill | Sept. 9, 2019
The Invisible China Threat: University Intellectual Property
The Hill | July 30, 2019
Ending the Stigma for College Students With Learning Disabilities
The Hechinger Report | July 16, 2019
Providing Prisoners With Expanded Access to Higher Education Is the Smart Thing to Do
The Hill | July 5, 2019
No Retreat
Inside Higher Ed | June 10, 2019
Ted Mitchell: Congress Must Act to Protect Dreamers Still Living in Legal Limbo
Fox News | May 21, 2019
Taxing College Scholarships: A Travesty to Low-income and Middle-class Students
The Hill | May 20, 2019
Black Students' 'Unprecedented and Unequal' College Debt Should Cause Alarm
The Hechinger Report | Feb. 19, 2019
Congress Must End the Purgatory for ‘Dreamers’
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 9, 2018
Higher Education Must Clean Out Its ‘Front Porch’
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 25, 2018
Only in America
Inside Higher Ed | Feb. 15, 2018
FCC’s Proposed Internet Rules Could Raise College Costs and Hinder Free Exchange of Ideas
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Dec. 8, 2017
The House GOP Tax Bill Would Raise the Cost of College. We Can’t Let That Happen.
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Nov. 6, 2017
Why Most Republicans Don’t Like Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education | July 19, 2017
History, Moral Leadership, and Georgetown
The Washington Post | April 26, 2017
The Supreme Court Frees Colleges to Sensibly Pursue Diversity
The Chronicle of Higher Education | June 24, 2016

Letters to the Editor

Higher Education Must Rediscover Its Purpose
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Jan. 29, 2024
Don’t Blame Student Loan Debt on the Few Schools With Large Endowments
The Boston Globe (sub. req.) | Sept. 11, 2022
College Is Worth It
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Oct. 29, 2021
The Harsh New Reality Schools Are Facing on Title IX
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | May 24, 2020
The Flaw in a Higher Education Bill
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Dec. 1, 2019
How Long Will ‘Dreamers’ Have to Live in Limbo?
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 30, 2019
Readers Critique The Post: Ageism, Skateboarding, and the International Space Station
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | July 5, 2019
Blame the NBA, Not the NCAA, for Big-Time Athletes’ Dilemma
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | Feb. 25, 2019
Weighing the Value of College
The New York Times (sub. req.) | May 26, 2018
Feds Must Help Colleges Reform and Change
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | May 23, 2018
Making College More Diverse Takes Hard, Customized Work
The Washington Post (sub. req.) | April 2, 2018
How to Assess What Students Have Learned
The New York Times (sub. req.) | Feb. 26, 2018
Tulane’s 41% Student Sexual Assault Rate
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Feb. 15, 2018
Should Rich College Endowments Be Taxed?
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | Nov. 20, 2017
Proposed Tax on Private College Endowments Will Hurt Students
MinnPost (MN) | Nov. 16, 2017
The Dreamers Are a Good Part of America’s Future
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) | July 25, 2017

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