3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (175+ words) Four questions for Ashim Shanker at Michigan’s Center for Academic Innovation. Q: What is the university’s mandate behind this role? How does it help align with and advance the university’s strategic priorities? Q: Where does the role sit within the…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (492+ words) Anxiety about job prospects and heavy reading loads have led to dramatic declines in humanities majors since 2012, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2025, colleges and universities awarded the lowest number of humanities bachelor’s degrees since 1991. Humanities…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (530+ words) The “pick your lane” approach with faculty owning curriculum and the administration owning the budget doesn’t work anymore, if it ever really did. Oregon highlights the paradox: The administration acted within its budget authority and consulted in good faith; the…...

4+ day, 2+ 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…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (50+ words) After a Wall Street Journal article highlighting the enrollment and financial woes at Syracuse University, Chancellor J. Michael Haynie told the campus community that the university's “annual 1.5 percent operating deficit is far from a crisis” and that “demand for a Syracuse…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (551+ words) Also this month: Several unions are entering mediation to hopefully wrap up monthslong bargaining efforts, and Auburn University faculty begin to formalize their pushback to recent policy overhauls. CSU Teamsters rallied over the summer for contractually promised raises. Skilled workers…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (234+ words) The settlement revolves around grants the university received from NASA and the NSF between November 2012 and August 2023. Megan Jelinger/AFP via Getty Images Ohio State University will pay the government $2.1 million to resolve allegations that it failed to disclose federally…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (245+ words) Connecticut’s Office of Workforce Strategy awarded an up to $250,000 no-bid contract to former U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to work for the same state commission he chairs. The Connecticut Mirror revealed the contract Friday. Cardona was former President Joe Biden’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (271+ words) External culprits eating the sector alive by exploiting, capitalizing and profiting off higher education and students stand to weaken and kill it. By Kathy Johnson Bowles Investment companies are among the largest endowment managers for colleges and universities. Firms such…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (708+ words) Sara Brady [Monday, August 31, 2026 - 01:27 PM]Mon, 08/31/2026 - 01:27 PM Systemic issues represent real threats to the vitality and productivity of communities committed to advancing knowledge. Byline(s) Letters to the Editor Anti-Unionization Views in Higher Ed Pity the Plumage but Forget the Dying…...