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The Doctoral Dilemma More than half of those who earn Ph.D.s now decide to leave academia after graduation. Why, then, do so many graduate programs still assume their students will become professors? bit.ly/4hHGLXm

If you're looking for a break from Everything Else, this is a great story from my colleague Kathryn Palmer (who is better than all of us and has deleted her account on here) about an AI controversy that led to dialogue and change at my alma mater, UMBC: insidehighered.com/news/students/…

A Cal State University Terminates Student Employees After Exhausting Work-Study Funds Students at the university rely on part-time jobs in the program to pay for food, rent and tuition, and now they’re scrambling to find new jobs. bit.ly/4he5LoA

The long-awaited directive to "abolish" the Dept. of Ed is scheduled to be signed at 2 p.m. today. The agency may lay off hundreds of staff. But it's important to note that until Congress passes legislation saying otherwise, the agency will still exist. insidehighered.com/news/governmen…

Students at HBCUs Have Better Mental Health Than Other College Students According to a new study, HBCU students were nine percentage points more likely to report signs of mental “flourishing” than American college students over all. bit.ly/423Vt5U

Trump is arresting foreign students and threatening deportation, leaving them uncertain about their future in America. “This administration has declared war on immigrants broadly and international students specifically,” law prof. Steven Yale-Loehr said. insidehighered.com/news/global/in…

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Fulbrighters in Flux Some foreign Fulbright students are still waiting to hear about their visas for next academic year while applicants remain in the dark about their status. bit.ly/3DU9B8B

There has long been speculation about which college would be the first to cross the $100,000 threshold. Now, Wellesley College appears to have that distinction with a sticker price of $100,541 for this fall, a figure that includes indirect costs. insidehighered.com/news/students/…

And we got another lawsuit against the Trump administration and NIH. This one is focused on all the grant cancellations recently.

A little behind-the-scenes of the map, here's what we've learned (it's not much) Inside Higher Ed insidehighered.com/news/global/in…

more data from the team at Inside Higher Ed on international student visas, an up-to-date as of yesterday list of on-going lawsuits insidehighered.com/news/global/in…

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The new pope was a math major in college. So if a students asks you what types of jobs there are for math majors, well, there you go. Start studying those higher powers!

There’s always a higher ed angle insidehighered.com/news/quick-tak…

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NEW: TX lets out-of-state students buy homes to get in-state tuition. The law has led to an industry of families paying in cash for condos, owning them for 2 years, and selling them to the next out-of-state family. Often, the students never live there: kut.org/education/2025…

🚨 Breaking News | U.S. Department of Justice Declares DEI Unlawful The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs. bit.ly/4l091FL