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April 15, 2025

Higher Ed Digs In, Refuses Reform

Kali Jerrard

Though higher ed scoffs at Trump’s push to gut toxic campus ideologies, don’t expect change anytime soon.

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April 8, 2025

DEI Isn't Dead

Kali Jerrard

Academia is pushing back against anti-DEI directives by the Trump administration.

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April 1, 2025

NAS, Coming to a Legislator Near You

Kali Jerrard

NAS education reform efforts make their way around the nation in a slew of recent legislation.

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March 25, 2025

The Future of Federal Student Loans

Kali Jerrard

The Trump administration’s decision to move the federal student loan portfolio to the Small Business Administration is being met with controversy.

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March 18, 2025

Mopping Up the DEI Mess

Kali Jerrard

Ridding higher education of DEI practices is proving to be slow-going, but reform is still possible.

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March 11, 2025

Defund and Deport, But Eliminating Campus Anti-Semitism Means Going After Professors

Ian Oxnevad

Higher education is so replete with anti-Semitism as a norm in elite schools that eliminating the scourge of Jew-hate will require broad changes to one of higher education’s central feature......

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March 4, 2025

A New Sheriff in Town: On Rolling Back Racial-Preferences in Higher Ed

Kali Jerrard

The Trump administration and Department of Education clarify anti-DEI directives for academia.

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February 25, 2025

Dollars, DEI, and Drama: Higher Ed’s Three-Ring Circus

Kali Jerrard

Higher education is embroiled in a chaotic mix of bureaucratic battles, financial instability, and ideological conflicts.

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February 19, 2025

California is in Cahoots with China on Climate Policy

Ian Oxnevad

Higher education partnerships between America and China are hurting America's economy while benefitting Beijing.

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February 11, 2025

Taming the Education Leviathan

Kali Jerrard

A new report by NAS details the inner workings of the Department of Education, its failures, and a potential path forward through reform.

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