Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Court Ruling Affirms Blocking of SAVE Plan While Next Steps for the Program Remain Uncertain (NASFAA)

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By Megan Walter, Senior Policy Analyst In the spring of 2024, a federal court issued an injunction preventing the U.S. Department of Educati...

U.S. Law Schools: Perpetuating Inequality and Injustice, Serving the Billionaire Class

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As the nation grapples with profound social and economic inequities, U.S. law schools have become a critical yet overlooked institution in p...

Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts (The Daily Show)

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Monday, February 24, 2025

HEI Removes Google Ads

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The Higher Education Inquirer has decided to remove Google Ads from our website.  We believe this is in the best interest of our readers, wh...

Our Journalism

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Our journalism is different than most others who cover higher education.  Like those other outlets, we report the news, but that is not our ...
Sunday, February 23, 2025

HEI Supports Upcoming Boycotts and Strikes

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The Higher Education Inquirer (HEI) is in solidarity with nonviolent protests against the Trump administration.  Two upcoming events includ...

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron)

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Gil Scott Heron's "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" (1971) urges us to critically engage with the world, empower communit...
Saturday, February 22, 2025

Republican Plan for $2T in Budget Cuts, Removal of Government Guardrails, and Tax Breaks for Billiionaires (Govtrack.us)

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The Republican Resolution (HCR 14) to establish $2 Trillion in budget cuts and more tax breaks for the rich is available here .  While those...

Last Email From A Worker at the US Department of Education

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This graphic is part of an email from a US Department of Education official who was recently fired without good cause.  Our experiences with...
Friday, February 21, 2025

"Will Universities Surrender or Resist?" Scholar Slams Trump's Threat to Defund Universities (Democracy Now!)

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The Trump administration has issued a two-week ultimatum for schools and universities across the United States to end all programs related t...

Linda McMahon Poised to Be Next Secretary of Education (Forbes)

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The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has advanced Linda McMahon's nomination for Secretary of the US Department ...

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  If you report on US colleges and universities, get to know these 19 higher education databases by Denise-Marie Ordway, The Journalist'...
Thursday, February 20, 2025

University Presidents Called to Action

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Elite universities, long considered the pinnacle of higher education, have become increasingly entwined in a broader conversation about priv...

The Dangerous Rise of Anti-Intellectualism (Professor Dave Explains)

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Zoom Event: Donald Trump and Higher Ed: What’s Next? (Chronicle of Higher Education)

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Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 1 pm EST on Zoom.   Sign up for the Chronicle of Higher Education event here . Donald Trump's first week...

Erasing History, Erasing Democracy: Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on Education (Henry Giroux, Truthout)

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