Sara Weissman

New York

Reporter at @insidehighered. Runs on coffee. Covering post-traditional students and the institutions that serve them + religion and higher ed.

Articles

How Trump’s Proposed TRIO Cuts Could Hamper College Access

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Liam Knox |Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. TRIO programs have long been touted as a bridge to and through college. Now they’re at risk. Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | ferrantraite/E+/Getty Images | Morehead State University Darby Bersie will graduate with honors this Friday from Bemidji State University, a small regional college in central Minnesota. At commencement, he’ll deliver a speech as president of the university’s Student Senate.
Department of Transportation, NEA Cut Federal Grants

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. More federal agencies are cutting funding for colleges and universities. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced Friday that the Department of Transportation eliminated seven “woke university grants,” totaling $54 million.
Chief Diversity Officers Are Struggling

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Chief diversity officers experiencing mental and physical health problems as they navigate state DEI bans. Delmaine Donson/E+/Getty Images Campus chief diversity officers are under significant pressure as state, and now federal, DEI bans proliferate. Their work has been repeatedly questioned, rebranded or slashed in recent years, and they’ve been tasked with difficult decisions about how to respond.
Trump Order Targets Undocumented Students’ In-State Tuition

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A recent executive order has undocumented students’ advocates worried for students’ in-state tuition benefits. They’re urging states to plan but not to panic.
Coursera Report Shows Strong Support for Microcredentials

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A new report from Coursera suggests students and employers alike are gravitating toward microcredentials and view them as beneficial. The report based its findings on voluntary online surveys of at least 1,200 students across a variety of countries and more than 1,000 employers in the U.S., U.K., Brazil, France, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Turkey.
Mellon Foundation Gives Humanities Councils Emergency Funds

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The Mellon Foundation is giving $15 million in emergency funding to state humanities councils after the National Endowment for the Humanities eliminated $65 million in support for the councils, amid sweeping cuts to its grants and workforce, the foundation announced Tuesday.
The Resistance Is Here

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. New York protesters rally in support of higher education and in opposition to student deportations and federal funding cuts to universities on April 17. Spencer Platt/Getty Images News Amid federal funding cuts and freezes, broad anti-DEI directives and sweeping antisemitism investigations, colleges and universities have put up little resistance to President Trump’s multipronged onslaught on higher ed—until now.
Voters Across Parties Want Action on Education, Survey Shows

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Most voters across the political spectrum want to see politicians take action on education and workforce issues—and even agree on what some of those actions could be, according to an April survey conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of Jobs for the Future, an organization focused on workforce development.
After Federal Grant Losses, HBCUs Put Hope in Executive Order

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Morgan State University and other HBCU programs have suffered some federal grant and contract cuts because of perceived ties to DEI. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Katherine Frey/The Washington Post/Getty Images | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Earlier this month, Morgan State University was gearing up to host a group of local K-12 students at the campus’s engineering school.
California State Bar Admits to Using AI for Exam Questions

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The State Bar of California sparked outrage after it admitted to using artificial intelligence to help craft some of its multiple-choice exam questions, the Los Angeles Times reported. The Monday announcement came after test takers complained of glitches and irregularities while taking the California bar exam in February.