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Sunday, August 31, 2025

Climate Denial and Conservative Amnesia: A Letter to Charlie Kirk and TPUSA

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Charlie Kirk and Turning Point USA have built an empire of outrage—rallying young conservatives on college campuses, feeding them culture ...
Saturday, August 30, 2025

The Ghosts Are Real: Savage Inequalities and the Shadow Lives of American Education (Glen McGhee)

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The ghosts that haunt our classrooms, our campuses, and our collective conscience are not fictional. They are the very real psychological, s...

Pigs on Parade: The University of Phoenix IPO

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Apollo Global Management and Vistria have an offer only a pig would consider: the Phoenix Education Partners IPO. Touted by Morgan Stanley, ...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Why Dating/Hooking Up Is Not a Good Idea for College Students and New Grads

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In an era marked by rising tuition costs, crushing student loan debt, mental health crises, and economic uncertainty, college students and n...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Lee Zeldin as EPA Administrator: A Deregulatory Revolution and Its Risks

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Lee Michael Zeldin’s January 2025 confirmation as Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has triggered the most swe...
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Hidden Cracks in the U.S. Economy: Inequality, Low-Wage Work, and the Robocollege Crisis

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Recent analyses indicate that roughly one-third of the U.S. economy is already in recession or at high risk, while another third is stagnati...

A Word of Warning to Underclassmen: The Hidden Dangers of Fraternities and Frat Parties

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 For generations, American fraternities have been romanticized as rites of passage for college students—symbols of brotherhood, status, and ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Brutal and Beautiful: Advice for Incoming Freshmen on Navigating Life Mindfully

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Starting college is a moment filled with excitement, hope, and a sense of possibility. It’s a time when many young people step into new inde...

Gen Z losing more money to scams than Boomers (ABC News)

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Monday, August 25, 2025

Can College Presidents Tell Us the Truth?

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“Truth? You can’t handle the truth!” Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Jessup in A Few Good Men captures the tension at the heart of American highe...

Trumpenomics: The Emperor Has No Clothes

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President Donald Trump calls himself a master of deals and a builder of wealth. But a closer look at his economic record shows otherwise. Wh...

Calling All Campus Reporters: Help Us Uncover the Best Investigative Stories from College Newspapers Across the Country

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In the shifting landscape of higher education, some of the most courageous and insightful journalism comes not from national outlets, but fr...

HEI Resources Fall 2025

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 [Editor's Note: Please let us know of any additions or corrections.] Books Alexander, Bryan (2020). Academia Next: The Futures of Highe...
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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), Robert Jensen (UT Austin),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), Richard Wolff (Economic Update), and Helena Worthen (Higher Ed Labor United).
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