2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (213+ words) Join leaders from WGU and MDC Online to explore how intentional AI adoption is impacting teaching and learning. AI is changing higher education, but the most successful institutions aren't simply adopting new tools—they're rethinking how they design programs, courses…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (492+ words) Anxiety about job prospects and heavy reading loads have led to dramatic declines in humanities majors since 2012, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2025, colleges and universities awarded the lowest number of humanities bachelor’s degrees since 1991. Humanities…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (623+ words) Ethan Sawyer began his coaching business in 2012 and keeps close track of admission writing prompts. Despite yearly fuss over changing prompts, he says the college essay of today is much the same as it was over a decade ago. Sawyer…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (530+ words) The “pick your lane” approach with faculty owning curriculum and the administration owning the budget doesn’t work anymore, if it ever really did. Oregon highlights the paradox: The administration acted within its budget authority and consulted in good faith; the…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (296+ words) The Iowa Board of Regents is refusing to pay for Luciano de Castro, interim director of the Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, to attend three upcoming conferences in Indiana, Ohio and Virginia that feature conservative scholars,…...

4+ day, 11+ 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…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (365+ words) The Israel-Palestine conflict remains the most taboo topic on college campuses, according to FIRE’s latest free speech report. About three in 10 students said a professor should “definitely” or “probably” be fired for posting “it’s OK to punch a Nazi” on…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (709+ words) The University of Michigan’s First Fellows program will provide sophomores who are the first in their families to attend college with mentoring, a dedicated course and $4,000 for summer experiential learning. The University of Michigan’s First Fellows program will provide dedicated…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (101+ words) Learn how institutions can respond to rapid tech change while preserving assessment integrity & the student experience. How can higher education bridge the gap between rigorous, thoughtful academic governance and the fast-moving reality of AI evolution? Can't attend the webinar? You…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (941+ words) The founding editor built a math and science magazine that high schoolers and Nobel laureates alike read. Now, he’s turned to books. Jenny Kim / Inside Higher Ed In 2024, Lin left the magazine to launch Quanta Books, in partnership with Farrar,…...