Higher Ed Dive

APRIL 18, 2025

We’re rounding up recent stories, from a second year of faculty compensation increases to more consolidation in Georgia universities.

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Ghosts Are Everywhere Elizabeth Redden Fri, 04/18/2025 - 03:00 AM Patrick M. Scanlon considers how AI challenges notions of authorship. Byline(s) Patrick M.

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As Higher Ed institutions continue struggling with budget constraints and enrollment pressures, making smart decisions about technology is crucial. How do institutions enhance data security, optimize their tech stack and engage students effectively…all while managing limited resources? Bret Ingerman, former Vice President for Information Technology at Tallahassee State College, digs into these conundrums, exploring how Pathify offers solutions to enhance student engagement while giving instituti

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Youre Excepted! Elizabeth Redden Fri, 04/18/2025 - 03:00 AM Rachel Toor ghostwrites an acceptance letter from the founding president of Prosperity University, with an AI assist in the form of Claude, writer at Anthropic.

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BY ALLISON GAINER As faculty, we often find ourselves balancing pedagogy, policy, and student support. For students with disabilities, that support sometimes includes service dogs. These working animals are not pets or conveniences. They are medically necessary tools for independence, mobility, and safety. And yet, many of us have never been trained to support students who rely on them, especially in hands-on learning environments like labs, fieldwork, or clinical placements.

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I Dr. Alice Ragland live and teach in Ohio, one of the growing number of states passing legislation that claims to protect free speech and intellectual diversity in college classrooms by requiring that all opinions be heard. At first glance, that might sound reasonable, even desirable. But in practice, what these policies really mean is that educators are told we have to give equal weight to opinions that are factually incorrect, racist, sexist, and harmful.

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APRIL 18, 2025

The Impossible University Presidency mprutter@mit.edu Fri, 04/18/2025 - 03:00 AM The challenge of leading elite institutions in a populist age of distrust.

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5 Easy Ways Professors Skeptical About Group Work Can Use It Melissa Ezarik Fri, 04/18/2025 - 03:00 AM Getting students to actively engage in class discussions is a common challenge, but group exercises can help both new and experienced instructors accomplish just that.

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The Department of Homeland Security canceled $2.7million in grants going to Harvard University Wednesday night and threatened to terminate its Student and Visitor Exchange Program certification, which would bar the private Massachusetts institution from enrolling international students.

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The Aspen Institute announced Thursday that Southwest Wisconsin Technical College has won this years Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence, an honor bestowed on high-achieving community colleges that have made strides in their academic outcomes.

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Students share some of the same concerns as educators do about the growth of AI on campus. Students are, in fact, more worried than faculty or administrators that the technology is “short-cutting their learning” and they want more guidance, according to a new study and survey from plagiarism checker Turnitin. Companies expect new employees to be comfortable and competent using AI but employers surveyed said graduates “are far from that point.” Educators are seen as the so

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Hired Shari Olsen – Northland Community and Technical College (Minn.) Shari Olson, Northland Community College Shari Olsen has been promoted to permanent president of Northland Community College, effective immediately. She has served in the interim since July 2024. More from UB: Why Muslim voices face an untenable environment in higher ed right now Olsen worked for the community college between 1995 and 2007 in various roles, helping create associate degrees in robotics and manufacturing t

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Mentoring in an Era of Uncertainty for Higher Education kathryn.palmer Fri, 04/18/2025 - 03:00 AM While most students want good mentors, faculty often dont know how to deliver on those expectations. A new book from a faculty coach at Duke University offers some guidance.

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A new government report reveals that while health coverage among college students has increased significantly over the past decade, substantial disparities remain, particularly impacting historically disadvantaged racial and ethnic groups, students in states without expanded Medicaid, and certain nonworking students. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that overall health coverage rates among undergraduate and graduate students aged 18-64 increased from an estimated 81% in 20

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3 Strategies for Improving Upward Transfer Ashley Mowreader Fri, 04/18/2025 - 03:00 AM A Community College Research Center report outlines recommendations to raise transfer outcomes for two-year college students.

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A federal judge temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Energys plan to cap universities indirect research cost reimbursement rates, pending a hearing in the ongoing lawsuit filed by several higher education associations and universities.

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It is the Trump administrations strategy to pick off individual schools one-by-one, pulling research funding and threatening student visas until institutions are beaten into submission, supporters of a resolution to establish a Mutual Defense Compact for Big Ten universities said during a University of Michigan Faculty Senate meeting Thursday. The hope is that creating an alliance between the 18 universities in the Big Ten Conference to defend academic freedom, institutional integrity, and the r

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai has reportedly set a goal for the company to reach 500 million Gemini users before the end of 2025. Rolling out new models may help the company get there, but you know what else helps? Giving away premium features for free. Google has announced today that it’s giving all US college students free access to Gemini Advanced, and not just for a month or twothe offer is good for a full year of service.

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In a move that has raised eyebrows across Washington and beyond, President Donald Trump recently announced a plan to transfer the U.S. Department of Educations vast student loan portfoliototaling a staggering $1.8 trillionto the Small Business Administration (SBA). This bold step is ostensibly designed to streamline the management of federal student loans, but it is also seen by many as the first move in a larger effort to dismantle the Department of Education entirely, reduce federal oversight,

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In an effort to improve a transportation system long derided for its unreliability, officials announced that Boston Public Schools would automatically pause bus assignments for students that consistently do not ride the bus. The announcement of this new ridership procedure came alongside the release of a new BPS report showing that significant progress was being made to fix the bus system.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

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Far too many academics are repeating propaganda about a free speech crisis. Its time for a shared strategy Harvard is refusing the plainly illegal demands by the Trump administration. That sends an important signal: resistance is possible. But universities must realize that the government is adopting a divide-and-rule tactic: they should collaborate on a shared litigation strategy, take a common approach in getting the public on their side, and do everything possible to have Congress push back a

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What to Know About Trumps Strategy Targeting Colleges Grants and Contracts Katherine Knott Fri, 04/18/2025 - 03:00 AM The novel approach is targeting billions of dollars for research and could reshape higher education for years to come.

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APRIL 18, 2025

The awe-inspiring might of the government is pitted against the might of the revered US university: let the fight begin Donald Trump attended the first Ultimate Fighting Championship event of his new presidency on Saturday, reveling off stage in a standing ovation from Maga supporters and on stage in the barely controlled violence of a sport he has long adored.

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