3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (276+ words) The development of internal executive recruiting teams offers a compelling alternative to external search firms. By Bridget Hough, James Kao and Caitlin Hargadon Many institutions of higher education are now discovering the business case for building an in-house executive search…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (287+ words) How much are we to blame for the lack of public trust in higher education? This is all to say, when the Vandy/Wash U report came out, I hoped it might kick off a much-needed conversation about the lasting…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) A year of conversations with editors, agents and scholars taught me that breaking through takes practical know-how and remembering how to teach. Jenny Kim / Inside Higher Ed One half of breaking through concerns practicalities. This is a solvable information problem,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (234+ words) The settlement revolves around grants the university received from NASA and the NSF between November 2012 and August 2023. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images Ohio State University will pay the government $2.1 million to resolve allegations that it failed to disclose federally…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (422+ words) It’s not just the federal government that’s telling grad students their work doesn’t matter. By Lauren Chambers and JP Flores Thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., in March 2025 to protest the Trump administration’s science policies. But here is what that…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (431+ words) The partnership with Fudan University in Shanghai was last renewed in 2022. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has ended a study abroad program with Fudan University in China “out of an abundance of caution” after the Department of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (124+ words) A recent Inside Higher Ed interview describes in unusually candid terms an increasingly popular—and problematic—view of the president’s role. Most important, they recognize that the measure of a presidency is not how thoroughly a president puts a personal…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (522+ words) Wealthy students with high standardized test scores make up the majority of students at the most selective universities, which also spend far more on student instruction than less selective institutions. So where does that leave everyone else? Roughly two-thirds of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (453+ words) Nathan Cofnas says he will “probably be fired” as Ghent begins disciplinary proceedings. By Seher Asaf for Times Higher Education The university has suspended Cofnas from his post as a postdoctoral researcher in its Department of Philosophy and Moral Sciences....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (386+ words) He became the youngest Black professor at Cambridge, then the center of a maelstrom of race and research ethics. Before that, he was a source, generous with his warmth and time. Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed At the time, Jason…...