Johanna Alonso

Tenure Under Threat A spate of firings in the fall revealed just how corroded tenure protections have become. How did we get here?

Tenured professors have been fired or sanctioned for their personal views on everything from Palestine to Charlie Kirk. That raises the question: does tenure still matter, or are its protections increasingly moot? @emmawhitford.bsky.social investigates: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

ICYMI: Financial aid experts are expressing concern as the Trump administration delays its annual FSA Conference.

A source within the Education Department told me the event is just being pushed back until March. But a department spokesperson has yet to confirm that statement.

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Undocumented Students Face Fall Without In-State Tuition After a court struck down the Texas Dream Act, thousands of undocumented students are left asking how—or if—they can finish their degrees.

This fall, thousands of undocumented students in Texas don't have in-state tuition benefits for the first time in over two decades. They're having to make hard choices about how or if to continue their education.

Students From Travel Ban Countries Denied a U.S. Education Disappointed but not deterred, students from Libya and Myanmar shut out of the U.S. still harbor dreams of an American college education.

New: I had the pleasure to talk with two students from Myanmar & Libya who were committed to U.S. universities before Trump's travel ban went into effect. Despite ever-increasing barriers for intl. students, they still hope to study in the US someday.

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Ohio State Restricts Decorations in Public Dorm Spaces Ohio State University has advised resident advisers to restrict all dorm floor and common room decor—as well as welcome programming for incoming students—to “Ohio State spirit themes” to avoid offendi...

Ohio State is censoring... SpongeBob?
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Federal Grants for Area Studies and Foreign Language at Risk Expected funding for National Resource Centers, which are dedicated to language and area studies education, never came through this summer. Experts worry this could spell disaster for the already-stru...

NEW: Vital grants for supporting area studies & foreign language has been paused since July, and grantees say even their contacts at ED have no idea what's going on. The office that once facilitated those grants was dismantled in March. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Why College Deferred Maintenance Is a Growing Risk A majority of colleges and universities were poised to fund less than a quarter of deferred maintenance needs last fiscal year, an IHE survey finds. Experts warn the backlog represents a growing enrol...

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So, Did I Miss Anything? “Confessions of a Community College Dean” author Matt Reed returns to his column at Inside Higher Ed.

In addition to Susan D'Agostino and John K. Wilson joining IHE as columnist, we've got a new-old author back in the seat: Matt Reed is once again giving his "Confessions of a Community College Dean" www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

DOJ Declares Slew of DEI Practices Unlawful in Memo The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Here’s our first stab at the DOJ memo. More soon.

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After a century, the University of Baltimore is struggling Over the last 10 years, the University of Baltimore’s enrollment has dropped, its faculty has halved, leaving its deficit swollen amid state cuts.

EXCLUSIVE: The University of Baltimore turned 100 years old this year. It is also facing a structural deficit, 50% less enrollment in 10 years, and is cutting positions.

“Our ability to generate revenue is under duress," the CFO told me. Read:

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Amid AI Plagiarism, More Professors Turn to Handwritten Work Five semesters after ChatGPT changed education forever, some professors are taking their classes back to the pre-internet era.

More professors are turning to in-class, hand-written assignments and assessments in an effort to break students' growing dependence on generative AI. The results are encouraging. @insidehighered.com's Johanna Alonso has the story: www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Trump Admin Attempts to Rush Changes to Civil Rights Regs But instead of the Education Department taking the lead, the Energy Department proposed a regulation targeting transgender student athletes and other changes to equal rights in education.

Trump Administration Attempts to Rush Changes to Civil Rights Regs

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