Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Higher Education Inquirer Nears One Million Views: Investigative Journalism Drives Unprecedented Growth

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The Higher Education Inquirer (HEI) is approaching a significant milestone: nearly one million total views expected by September 2025. This ...

San Diego Community Joins 'Out of CECOT' Nationwide Protest Against ICE Arrest Practices in Chula Vista, Thursday July 24th 10 AM

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WHAT:  Protest against recent increase in Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests and targeting of non-violent, no...

Neoliberalism, Accreditation, and the Endless Reinvention of Higher Ed Scams

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Fraudsters are like cockroaches: persistent, hard to eliminate, and always scurrying just beneath the surface. And like cockroaches, when yo...

Savoring and Saving: Living Better (and a Little Slower) with Less

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For many American adults, the promises of education, hard work, and social mobility have not matched the reality of their lives. Instead of ...

Crisis Talk as Business Strategy: A Review of a Chronicle of Higher Education Mass Email

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On July 22, 2025, The Chronicle of Higher Education distributed a mass email promoting an upcoming online event titled “The Path Ahead for ...
Monday, July 21, 2025

Cheryl Crazy Bull's Keynote Address to Oglala Lakota College Grads: Look to Your Culture (American Indian College Fund)

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Cheryl Crazy Bull, President and CEO of the American Indian College Fund , was the 2025 keynote speaker for Oglala Lakota College’s graduati...

Campus Journalism in the Shadows: Publishing What Colleges Won’t

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Student journalists often do the work of professional reporters: digging into campus finances, tracking misconduct, documenting protests. Bu...

Caltech Settlement Spotlights Critical Need for OPM Transparency and Oversight in Higher Education

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A recent Republic Report article by Jeremy Bauer-Wolf outlines the terms of a legal settlement between the California Institute of Technolog...

Linda McMahon’s Holocaust-Denial Response Sets Off Alarm Bells

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In a tense moment during a recent House Education and Workforce Committee hearing, Education Secretary Linda McMahon faced sharp criticism f...

Borrower Defense Stories: The Human Cost of Higher Education Fraud

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Over the past month, the Higher Education Inquirer has chronicled the experiences of borrowers misled by predatory institutions—mainly for-p...

The Disillusioned Young Man and Higher Ed in the US

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Across the United States, growing numbers of young men are dropping out—of college, of the labor market, and of public life. They are disill...

Student Aid and Student Gambling: A Risky Connection (Glen McGhee)

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A growing body of research points to an unsettling trend on U.S. college campuses: a significant percentage of students are using financial ...

The Rich Life: Joy, Asceticism, Solidarity—and a Rejection of GDP Thinking

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In a society obsessed with growth, speed, and accumulation, the phrase “the rich life” is most often used to describe an existence of luxur...

Digital Dope: How Internet Addiction Mirrors the Great Crises of Gin, Opium, Meth, and Fentanyl

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In the 18th century, gin swept through the working-class neighborhoods of London, offering brief euphoria and long-term devastation. In the ...

How Neoliberalism Haunts Our Lives: 24/7/365

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Neoliberalism isn’t just an economic theory or a dry policy framework. It’s a lived reality that operates around the clock, shaping our live...
Sunday, July 20, 2025

Borrower Defense Story 4: Fashion Gone Bad for Private Student Loan Borrower (Depressed Debtor)

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As many high school students start looking for higher education options as graduation approaches, I had no idea what I was looking for. My ...

Liberty University Online: Master’s Degree Debt Factory

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Liberty University , one of the largest Christian universities in the United States, has built an educational empire by promoting conservati...