By Emily Roberts. During graduate school, you're heavily investing in yourself and your career. You're sacrificing significant income potential to receive super-advanced training in your field. You're probably anticipating a large income jump upon exiting grad school. Read more...
Walls in Unexpected Places
By Hans de Wit. Polls and the seemingly self-destructive nature of Trump’s campaign distracted many of us from another half of America’s population. Read more...
Personal Letter to President-Elect Trump
By Tracy Mitrano. You surprised just about everyone, possibly including yourself. I recall last Sunday reading the Time’s last election report. A reporter asked what you would do if you lost Read more...
Why We Decided to Protect Our President
By Marsha Suggs Smith. Controversial decisions, late-night travel, explicit threats -- the president may have brushed them off, but as a governing board, we chose to look at them from a different perspective, writes Marsha Suggs Smith. Read more...
Listen
By Shaun R. Harper. It’s a lesson from Trump voters and people of color to higher education, writes Shaun R. Harper. Read more...
Federal Judge Blocks Overtime Regulations
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The rule, which would have affected 4.2 million workers, was highly controversial among many employers, including higher education institutions. It would have raised to $47,476 from $23,660 the threshold under which salaried employees would be eligible for overtime pay. Read more...
Regs in the Crosshairs
By Andrew Kreighbaum. A Congressional Research Service memo released last week found that regulations submitted to Congress after May 30, 2016, would be subject to review under a little-used tool called the Congressional Review Act. Read more...
Presidents' Message to President-Elect
By Scott Jaschik. More than 100 campus leaders urge Trump to take more forceful stand against "harassment, hate and acts of violence." UPDATE: More presidents sign on. Read more...
A Final Push for Inclusivity
By Jake New. As the Obama administration winds down, Department of Education and college leaders call on institutions to better acknowledge history of racism and to offer more support to minority students. Read more...
Being Watched
By Colleen Flaherty. A new website is asking students and others to “expose and document” professors who “discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.” Read more...