Texas Tech Clarified Anti-Trans Policies in FAQ—Then Removed It
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Texas Tech Clarified Anti-Trans Policies in FAQ—Then Removed It

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[ad_1] Faculty may include a preferred name policy on their syllabi, but they are advised against mentioning pronouns, the FAQ said. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher…

Duration-of-Status Rule Prompts Opposition From Commenters
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Duration-of-Status Rule Prompts Opposition From Commenters

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[ad_1] A slew of public commenters derided the Department of Homeland Security’s proposal that would restrict how long international students can stay in the country. The measure…

NIH Fires 4 Directors After Putting Them on Leave
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NIH Fires 4 Directors After Putting Them on Leave

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[ad_1] The directors felt they were fired as part of the administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion and for political reasons. Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post via…

Readers Respond on Advising The Girl
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Readers Respond on Advising The Girl

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[ad_1] (Program note: In order to reduce the competition for attention, this column’s Monday and Thursday schedule has been changed to Monday and Friday.) Monday’s post outlined…

Tuition Discounts Fuel Higher Ed Skepticism
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Tuition Discounts Fuel Higher Ed Skepticism

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[ad_1] Tuition discounting is a tactic private colleges have long used to control a primary revenue stream. But over the past decade, an increasingly precarious financial picture—driven…

A Defining Choice for Higher Ed (opinion)
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A Defining Choice for Higher Ed (opinion)

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[ad_1] Ask people at Columbia, Harvard or UCLA how things are going for higher education, and they might rightly say that things are quite dismal. Those places…

Indian Students Look Elsewhere After H-1B Visa Price Shock
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Indian Students Look Elsewhere After H-1B Visa Price Shock

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[ad_1] The new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas could prove to be the final straw for Indian students’ plans to study in the U.S., with other destinations…

We Don’t Need to Retreat From the Challenge of AI in Schools
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We Don’t Need to Retreat From the Challenge of AI in Schools

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[ad_1] One of the chief pleasures of traveling to schools and campuses to talk about More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of…

ED Put Political Out-of-Office Reply on Staff Emails
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ED Put Political Out-of-Office Reply on Staff Emails

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[ad_1] The department is largely closed due to the government shutdown. In the meantime, the Trump administration is using furloughed workers’ emails to make a political statement.…

White House Floats Compact for Preferential Treatment
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White House Floats Compact for Preferential Treatment

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[ad_1] The Trump administration has asked nine universities to sign on to a proposed compact, mandating certain changes in exchange for preferential treatment on federal funding. First…