4+ day, 13+ 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…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (190+ words) Throughout history, autocrats have gone after higher ed finances to control institutions’ culture. By Dominique J. Baker Illustration by Justin Morrison / Inside Higher Ed The ultimate danger remains that, when institutions comply with authoritarian wishes, the government will just ask…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (415+ words) In its departure announcement, the Middle States Commission on Higher Education said it’s “driving broader partnerships.” Another institutional accreditor has left the Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC)—the second departure in the last two months from the group of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (287+ words) How much are we to blame for the lack of public trust in higher education? This is all to say, when the Vandy/Wash U report came out, I hoped it might kick off a much-needed conversation about the lasting…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (466+ words) A year of conversations with editors, agents and scholars taught me that breaking through takes practical know-how and remembering how to teach. Jenny Kim / Inside Higher Ed One half of breaking through concerns practicalities. This is a solvable information problem,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (422+ words) It’s not just the federal government that’s telling grad students their work doesn’t matter. By Lauren Chambers and JP Flores Thousands gathered in Washington, D.C., in March 2025 to protest the Trump administration’s science policies. But here is what that…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (124+ words) A recent Inside Higher Ed interview describes in unusually candid terms an increasingly popular—and problematic—view of the president’s role. Most important, they recognize that the measure of a presidency is not how thoroughly a president puts a personal…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (522+ words) Wealthy students with high standardized test scores make up the majority of students at the most selective universities, which also spend far more on student instruction than less selective institutions. So where does that leave everyone else? Roughly two-thirds of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (839+ words) The administration accused accreditors of neglecting their “positions of public trust.” The Trump administration’s sweeping plan to reshape how accreditors oversee colleges and universities was released for public comment last week, prompting a flurry of consternation about the future of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (778+ words) The Council on Education for Public Health is changing language in its standards on racial disparity, prompting criticism from scholars. It also walked away from federal recognition. Changes are on the horizon for the Council on Education for Public Health....