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On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump called accreditation his “secret weapon.” Now, a year into his second term, education under secretary Nicholas Kent is the…

Nearly half of the police academies in America are offered at colleges or technical schools, like ours at Northern Essex Community College in Massachusetts. At its…

A free expression lawyer, a university system leader and a civil rights activist were unified in their call to higher ed leaders to “stand up” against…

Several research universities ratcheted up spending on lobbying last year. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Feverpitched/iStock/Getty Images Major research universities spent more than…

While everyone was knocked sideways by the events of 2025, our small but mighty newsroom has exhausted itself making sure you’re aware of all the changes…

Michigan State University paid nearly $30 million to settle with three people injured in a 2023 campus shooting. Jeffness/Wikimedia Commons A new report by the United Educators…

News this month that a group of stakeholders convened by the U.S. Education Department agreed on a new federal approach to assessing colleges offered fresh evidence…

January 13, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmU.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Rising for the First Time in Two Years—They Could Climb Far HigherThe…

Venezuelan academics are pessimistic that a change in leadership will improve the fortunes of the country’s downtrodden universities, even after the shock ousting of leader Nicolás…

Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission recommends “institutional integration.” Oregon’s Higher Education Coordinating Commission is recommending that the state’s public colleges and universities pursue “institutional integration”—everything from…