Thursday, September 4, 2025

Todd S. Nelson: Massive Wealth Built on Soul-Crushing Student Loan Debt

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Todd S. Nelson rose from academic beginnings—a B.S. from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Nevada, Reno—to dominate...
Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Judge rules White House unlawfully blocked Harvard's research grants (PBS News Hour)

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University of Kentucky Athlete Arrested After Infant Found Dead in Closet – Amid Kentucky’s Near-Total Abortion Ban

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Lexington, KY (September 3, 2025) — A University of Kentucky student and athlete, 21-year-old Laken Ashlee Snelling—a senior member of the ...

The Minimum Viable Education System: How Close Are We to Collapse? (Glen McGhee)

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For years, higher education leaders have avoided one of the most uncomfortable questions in the field: What is the minimum threshold of auth...
Tuesday, September 2, 2025

HBCUs and Ranking Bias

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For generations, Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) have played an outsized role in advancing American higher education an...

Most Popular Articles in the Higher Education Inquirer (8-26 to 9-2)

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The Higher Education Inquirer continues to attract readers with investigations into corruption, scandal, and the financial burdens placed on...

Apollo Wants Investors to Buy Back the University of Phoenix. They Shouldn’t. (David Halperin)

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Having failed to complete deals to sell the troubled giant for-profit University of Phoenix to major state universities in Arkansas and Idah...

The Academic Job Search Season: Stress, Survival, and Structural Problems

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Every fall, the job search season kicks into high gear. For many academics—graduate students, contingent faculty, and even mid-career profes...

“My Wallet Already Hates Me”: A Cornell Newcomer’s Fintech Dilemma—or a Fintech Ad in Disguise?

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A first-week post on r/Cornell captured a familiar panic: rent and utilities in Ithaca feel like a second tuition bill, coffee and snacks bl...

20th Anniversary of Reclaiming the Ivory Tower: Organizing Adjuncts to Change Higher Education

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First published in November 2005 by Monthly Review Press, Reclaiming the Ivory Tower quickly became a breakthrough organizing handbook for ...
Monday, September 1, 2025

Every Day Should Be Labor Day

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As Americans celebrate Labor Day, the traditional holiday honoring workers, it is worth asking a blunt question: why do we set aside only on...
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Scientific Authority: A Century of Bias in the Name of Progress

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For more than a century, the authority of “science” has been used not only to cure disease or explain the universe but also to justify bigot...

100 Ways the Trump Administration Has Undermined the Environment, Human Rights, World and Domestic Peace, Labor, and Knowledge

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The Trump administration, since returning to power in 2025, has escalated attacks on the foundations of democracy, the environment, world pe...
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 ...