- NEWS BRIEFS: Sign of Our Times, Study Shows Prospective College Attendees are Increasingly Inclined to Make College Choices Based on Perceived Political Climate
- NEWS BRIEFS: Trump’s Higher Ed Assault Continues, Investigating Nine U.S. Universities for VISA Fraud
- NEWS BRIEFS: Higher Ed Groups Ask Congress to Reverse Trump’s Funding Recessions of International Education
- NEWS BRIEFS: Republican-Led States Say No ABA Oversight
- NEWS BRIEFS: U.S. Education Department Spins Administrative Red Tape as “Common Sense”
- NEWS BRIEFS: Importance of a College Education? The Percentage of Americans Who Say “Very” Has Dropped Substantially
- NEWS BRIEFS: Leak from Cornell Staff Followed by Gubernatorial Intervention Puts the University Administration in Backpedaling Mode
- NEWS BRIEFS: Cornell Case Becomes National News, Symptomatic of Larger Circumstance
- NEWS BRIEFS: In a Victory for the College Sports Industry, Senate Passes Their “Protect College Sports Act”
- NEWS BRIEFS: Penn State Sells Two Branch Campuses with Five More Slated for Closure
PERSPECTIVES: Speak Out? The “Politics of Politics” is Dicey
Commenting on “external matters” (language from the University of Illinois) tells you all you need to do about what can happen when departments dive into, well, “external matters.” IHE’s Colleen Flaherty found that “university guidance generally urges caution, citing academic freedom risks.” Read her analysis here.
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