By Scott Jaschik. The University of Illinois System is backing a deal proposed by some legislators that could lead to appropriations on a regular basis for system campuses, The Chicago Tribune reported. Read more...

By Scott Jaschik. Many campuses have seen graffiti, taunts and more -- with immigrant, Muslim and minority students as targets -- in last 48 hours. Some see a Trump effect. Read more...

By Carl Straumsheim. The U.S. Department of Education's rule regulating colleges that offer online education programs to students in other states may not go into effect until 2018. Read more...

By Wick Sloane. For all President Obama, Jill Biden and Martha Kanter have done for the institutions, Wick Sloane offers his thanks. Now it's up to the colleges themselves, he writes. Read more...

By Ashton B. Carter, John B. King Jr and Robert A. McDonald. Three cabinet secretaries -- from the U.S. Departments of Defense, Education and Veterans Affairs -- urge colleges and universities to help more veterans pursue their degrees and describe some ways to do so. Read more...

Wick Sloane presents Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey of veterans at highly selective colleges and universities. Columbia leads the pack, and there’s been progress, thanks to Posse and other groups. But over all? “A national disgrace,” says one critic. Read more...

By Jed Shahar and Benjamin Lawrance Miller. If the presidential candidate were a student in our community college class, he’d have to do a lot more research, write Jed Shahar and Benjamin Lawrance Miller. Read more...

By Kevin Kruger. Those of us who work in student affairs will need to take some time to absorb the results of this election and then quickly get back to the work we do in supporting our students, writes Kevin Kruger. Read more...

Christopher Newfield examines how the nation’s electoral divisions highlight fundamental questions about the role of public universities. Read more...