How Project 2025 could radically reshape higher ed
Jul 11, 2024 · The sweeping conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration would dismantle the Education Department, privatize student loans and end all ongoing Title IX investigations. Critics say it’s a road map to authoritarianism. A conservative blueprint for a second Trump administration calls for fundamentally reshaping the government and federal higher education policy.
The future of financial aid under Trump - Inside Higher Ed
Nov 14, 2024 · Whatever happens to the Education Department, Trump’s second term could have major implications for federal financial aid—and the students who rely on it. For all the political oxygen that higher education consumed during Donald Trump’s four years out of office, the once and future president has yet to put forth a comprehensive policy agenda on postsecondary education for his second term ...
What abolishing Education Department could mean for higher ed
Nov 4, 2024 · Former president Donald Trump wants the Education Department gone. A candidate for U.S. Senate suggested throwing the agency “in the trash can.” Another called it “one of the worst monstrosities that’s ever been created.”. Getting rid of the Education Department is hardly a new idea.
Cost of higher education not worth it to students
May 29, 2024 · The cost of higher education has steadily increased over the past decade across nonprofit institutions, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics. In 2023–24, the average published tuition and fees for full-time students at a public four-year in-state institution was $11,260, 2.5 percent higher year-over-year before adjusting for inflation.
Professor finds way to see if students used AI to cheat - Inside …
Aug 30, 2024 · A Florida State professor found a way to catch AI cheating on multiple-choice tests. He also found that ChatGPT got a lot of “easy” questions wrong. A Florida State University professor has found a way to detect whether generative artificial intelligence was used to cheat on multiple-choice exams, opening up a new avenue for faculty who have long been worried about the ramifications of the ...
A Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks - Inside Higher Ed
Jan 17, 2022 · “When I look at the position titles in academic affairs, I have no idea what they mean.” While job titles in most higher education divisions seem straightforward, academic affairs structures its position titles relative to contractual obligations, the scope of duties, qualifications and a well-defined system of achievement thresholds.
Experts weigh in on college student mental health crisis - Inside …
Aug 19, 2024 · Methodology. Inside Higher Ed’s annual Student Voice survey was fielded in May in partnership with Generation Lab and had 5,025 total student respondents.. The sample includes over 3,500 four-year students and 1,400 two-year students. Over one-third of respondents are post-traditional (attending a two-year institution or 25 or older in age), 16 percent are exclusively online learners, and 40 ...
How existentialism shaped—and then faded from—modern thought
Oct 8, 2024 · How existentialism shaped—and then faded from—modern thought. In 1938, while sitting in a cafe on the Boulevard Saint-Michel in Paris, Jean-Paul Sartre experienced a pivotal moment of revelation that would shape his philosophical thinking. Reflecting on the ideas of the philosopher Edmund Husserl, particularly phenomenology—how we experience the world through consciousness—Sartre ...
Rutgers President Stepping Down After Tumultuous Tenure
Sep 18, 2024 · From a historic strike to pro-Palestine protests and an athletic director’s resignation, the first African American president of one the nation’s largest universities faced controversy atop controversy over the past two years. Rutgers University president Jonathan Holloway announced publicly Tuesday that he will step down at the end of this academic year following five years at the helm of ...
Two years in, NIL is fueling chaos in college athletics - Inside …
Jun 7, 2023 · “NIL is a powerful vehicle that rightfully allows student-athletes the ability to earn compensation from their unique market value. At the same time, the lack of transparency in today’s NIL marketplace puts student-athletes in jeopardy of exploitation by bad actors,” Baker tweeted. For the highly competitive SEC conference—which spans 11 states and has produced the last four national ...