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No Kings 2.0, July 17, 2025. Send tips to Glen McGhee at gmcghee@aya.yale.edu.

Friday, July 11, 2025

As the Wealth Gap Widens, Executive Security Spending Surges

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As economic inequality intensifies in the United States, corporate leaders are allocating more resources to personal security. CEOs, board m...
Thursday, July 10, 2025

Southern New Hampshire University Layoffs: Cold Emails, Broken Promises, and the Slow Unraveling of America’s Largest Robocollege

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Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), once the darling of online education reformers and a favorite of the Obama administration, continu...

Academic closures, mergers, cuts: a summer 2025 update (Bryan Alexander)

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Greetings from early July. I’m back home in northern Virginia where the heat is blazing and the humidity sopping.  Weather.com thinks it “fe...

“Dream School” vs. Harsh Realities: Comparing Jeff Selingo’s Hopeful Guide to the Critical Work of Gary Roth and Peter Cappelli

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  Jeff Selingo’s Dream School: Finding the College That’s Right for You arrives this September with an uplifting premise: students and fami...

I Did Everything Right. And I’m Still Paying for a Degree I Never Got (Chamberlain School of Nursing- Single Mom)

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In 2010, I was a mom-to-be with one child already at home and a marriage quietly unraveling. I knew I had to secure a future for my children...

The Truth About Degrees, Debt, and Why You’re Always Chasing the Next Credential (Glen McGhee)

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A System Designed to Keep You in Debt If you're in college right now, you’ve probably heard that getting a degree is the key to success...

EdTech on Reddit: A View from the Ground Floor

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On the surface, the education technology sector still markets itself as innovative, exciting, and essential. But a closer look at one of the...
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

HBCUs and Alternative Programs Step Up for Students Affected by Job Corps Cuts

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As federal budgetary constraints trigger widespread cuts to the Job Corps program, thousands of young Americans—many from low-income and mar...

Camp Mystic: A Century of Privilege, Exclusion, and Resilience Along the Guadalupe

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Nestled along the banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, Texas, Camp Mystic has been a summer rite of passage for generations of elite...
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Los Angeles Community College District Claims to Be Facing State Takeover Amid Allegations of Fraud and Censorship in LAVC Media Arts Department (LACCD Whistleblower)

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The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) may be facing state takeover within two years due to overextended hiring and budget misma...
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The Higher Education Inquirer (HEI) is edited by Dahn Shaulis and Glen McGhee. Since 2016, HEI has been a trusted source about the US higher education industry. Advocating for transparency, accountability, and value, our content informs and empowers workers and consumers navigating the higher ed system. Guest authors include Bryan Alexander (Future Trends Forum), Ann Bowers (Debt Collective), James Michael Brodie (Black and Gold Project Foundation), Randall Collins (UPenn), Garrett Fitzgerald (College Recon), Erica Gallagher (2U Whistleblower), Henry Giroux (McMaster University), David Halperin (Republic Report), Bill Harrington (Croatan Institute), Phil Hill (On EdTech), Hank Kalet (Rutgers), Neil Kraus (UWRF), LACCD Whistleblower, Wendy Lynne Lee (Bloomsburg University of PA), Annelise Orleck (Dartmouth), Robert Kelchen (University of Tennessee), Debbi Potts (whistleblower), Jack Metzger (Roosevelt University), Derek Newton (The Cheat Sheet), Gary Roth (Rutgers-Newark), Mark Salisbury (TuitionFit), Gary Stocker (College Viability), Harry Targ (Purdue), and Helena Worthen (Higher Ed Labor United).
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