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Budget Cuts, Loss of Trust Threaten Higher Ed’s Workforce

5 days ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Custer

Hiring freezes, restricted travel budgets, salary caps, budget cuts—colleges’ responses to the uncertainty blanketing the sector are causing “ripple effects” across the higher ed workforce that observers say could lead to the loss of a generation of talent.
Judge Says Harvard Can Enroll International Students For Now

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Liam Knox

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A federal judge granted Harvard an injunction on Friday that temporarily blocks the Trump administration's efforts to revoke its ability to enroll international students. District Judge Alison Burroughs granted a preliminary injunction to Harvard University on Friday in its case challenging the Trump administration’s efforts to prevent the university from enrolling international students.
Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil to be Released

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Liam Knox

A federal judge ordered that Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and student protest leader who was detained by ICE agents in March, be released from a detention center in Louisiana. U.S. District Judge Michael Fabiarz ruled on Friday that Khalil, a legal permanent resident who has not been accused of any crime, should be released on bail and that continuing to hold him was highly unusual and could constitute “unconstitutional” punishment for his political beliefs.
Gaza Encampments “Made University Leaders Lose Their Minds”

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Patrick Jack

The war in Gaza and the adverse reaction of U.S. colleges to the pro-Palestinian movement have completely changed students’ relationship to higher education, according to the maker of a new film about last year’s protests. A new documentary, The Encampments, follows the movement from Columbia University, where the first tents were erected in April 2024, as protests spread to hundreds of campuses worldwide, including the University of Tokyo and Copenhagen University.
State Department Screening Visa Applicants’ Social Media

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Liam Knox

Rubio paused visa interviews last month while the State Department created rules for the social media screening. John McDonnell/Getty Images The U.S. State Department is rolling out sweeping new rules for vetting student visa applicants using their social media presence, according to POLITICO.
A New Tool to Improve College Cost Transparency

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Liam Knox

Phillip Levine, an economics professor at Wellesley College, has been studying college financial aid and students’ higher ed spending habits for more than a decade. When his children first started applying to college about 15 years ago, he was amazed by how difficult it was to get a clear answer on how much it was really going to cost them—and he was a trained economist.
University Leaders Weigh Changes to Research Funding Model

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Katherine Knott

After the National Institutes of Health tried earlier this year to cut funding for universities’ costs indirectly related to research and set off alarm bells across higher education, 10 higher education associations decided to come up with their own model for research funding rather than having the government take the lead.
Trustee Barry Fenchak Removed From Penn State Board

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Susan Greenberg

Embattled trustee Barry Fenchak has been removed from the Pennsylvania State University board, The Centre Daily Times reported. During a special meeting Monday, the Penn State board voted 30 to 4 to oust Fenchak, who was one of nine trustees elected by alumni. He was just two weeks of shy of the end of his term on June 30, and according to trustee bylaws, his removal makes him ineligible to ever hold a board seat again.
Most Student Borrowers Face Other Money Challenges

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

Just over half of student loan borrowers consider themselves financially insecure, while about three-quarters said they had experienced an adverse financial event, like skipping a bill, in the past year, according to a survey from the Pew Charitable Trusts exploring the attitudes of student loan borrowers after federal student loan repayments restarted in October 2023 following a three-year pause. The survey was conducted in the summer of 2024.
A Setback for Maine’s Free Community College Program

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Sara Weissman

The Maine Legislature’s budget-writing committee voted last week in favor of ending the state’s free college program, to the great disappointment of community college leaders. The move by Democrats on the Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee contradicts Governor Janet Mills’s proposal earlier this year to make the program a permanent fixture. The free college program, which Mills initially put forward, went into effect in 2022 to support students affected by the pandemic.