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A push by the Trump administration to end college-tuition benefits for undocumented students has not attracted the same attention as raids by federal agents, but it’s part of an aggressive crackdown on immigration. https://chroni.cl/4r0IwUx
Latitudes: Immigration Crackdown’s Under-the-Radar Impact
In-state tuition benefits are under threat in states that enroll half of all undocumented high-school graduates.
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February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
A push by the Trump administration to end college-tuition benefits for undocumented students has not attracted the same attention as raids by federal agents, but it’s part of an aggressive crackdown on immigration. https://chroni.cl/4r0IwUx
We must figure out a way to reliably detect LLM output and save our students from themselves. https://chroni.cl/4qo79sY
The Solution to AI Cheating Is Within Our Grasp
Why aren’t we talking more about watermarking?
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February 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
We must figure out a way to reliably detect LLM output and save our students from themselves. https://chroni.cl/4qo79sY
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February 9, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Opinion | For now, the argument for institutional neutrality seems to have won. It shouldn't have. https://chroni.cl/3O6rSEr
Opinion | The Case Against Institutional Neutrality
Sometimes a college’s voice is the best tool it has.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Opinion | For now, the argument for institutional neutrality seems to have won. It shouldn't have. https://chroni.cl/3O6rSEr
An AI bot is making podcasts with scholars’ research. Many of them are not impressed. https://chroni.cl/3Zq894Z
An AI Bot Is Making Podcasts With Scholars’ Research. Many of Them Aren’t Impressed.
The product by Academia.edu, authors say, deceives listeners, mangles facts, and draws its own conclusions. Many have left the popular platform in protest.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:04 PM
An AI bot is making podcasts with scholars’ research. Many of them are not impressed. https://chroni.cl/3Zq894Z
A $1,500 raise after a promotion, a celebrated 1% raise, and other tales from the frontlines of higher ed. How have you encountered higher ed's absurd compensation practices? Tell us about it. https://chroni.cl/3LZAGLP
Opinion | Higher Education’s Compensation Charade
We’ve come to accept illogical, unjust, and occasionally insulting pay practices. Why?
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February 9, 2026 at 4:00 PM
A $1,500 raise after a promotion, a celebrated 1% raise, and other tales from the frontlines of higher ed. How have you encountered higher ed's absurd compensation practices? Tell us about it. https://chroni.cl/3LZAGLP
From the Archives: How does a university go about replacing a live mascot? https://chroni.cl/4r3JuiV
The Steering Committee
In 2015 the most famous bovine in college sports died. How does a university go about replacing a live mascot?
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February 6, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Opinion | In a difficult year for academe, scholarly publishing remains robust. Here are some must-read titles from the year. https://chroni.cl/46pltud
Some Best Scholarly Books From the Past Year
Joan Scott, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Marie Newhouse and others pick some favorites.
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February 6, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Opinion | In a difficult year for academe, scholarly publishing remains robust. Here are some must-read titles from the year. https://chroni.cl/46pltud
What can administrators do to boost student success at their institution? Adjust the culture. https://chroni.cl/3NW7vd7
5 Ways Colleges Can Boost Graduation Rates
It never works if it’s only desired by the faculty. It never works if it’s only driven by an edict from the administration. It works when you meet in the middle.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:16 PM
What can administrators do to boost student success at their institution? Adjust the culture. https://chroni.cl/3NW7vd7
Adjunct faculty members are paid notoriously low wages. A new study estimates that only 7 percent of adjuncts rely on their teaching jobs as their main source of income. https://chroni.cl/3ZkUBYE
Vast Majority of Adjuncts Have Another Source of Income, Study Finds
The study said only 7 percent of part-time faculty relied on teaching as their main job. Some experts pointed to other studies suggesting that share was higher.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Adjunct faculty members are paid notoriously low wages. A new study estimates that only 7 percent of adjuncts rely on their teaching jobs as their main source of income. https://chroni.cl/3ZkUBYE
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Oklahoma's regional institutions and community colleges must replace faculty tenure with renewable, fixed-term contracts, the state's Republican governor ordered Thursday. https://chroni.cl/4cboZfo
Tenure Will Be Eliminated at Most of Oklahoma’s Public Colleges, Governor Says
Gov. J. Kevin Stitt, a Republican, directed the state’s two-dozen regional universities and community colleges to phase out the practice. Existing faculty members will be grandfathered in.
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February 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Oklahoma's regional institutions and community colleges must replace faculty tenure with renewable, fixed-term contracts, the state's Republican governor ordered Thursday. https://chroni.cl/4cboZfo
Tucked into a slew of bills signed by President Trump this week was a rare win for research universities, one that aims to keep billions in taxpayer dollars flowing. https://chroni.cl/4klYxlh
How Higher Ed Staved Off a Research-Funding Bloodbath — For Now
Faced with potentially losing billions, colleges rallied behind a compromise plan. It now has a thumbs-up from Congress.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Tucked into a slew of bills signed by President Trump this week was a rare win for research universities, one that aims to keep billions in taxpayer dollars flowing. https://chroni.cl/4klYxlh
From the Archives: How Boston College’s oral history of the Troubles fell victim to an international murder investigation. https://chroni.cl/4avmOlE
Secrets From Belfast
How Boston College’s oral history of the Troubles fell victim to an international murder investigation.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
From the Archives: How Boston College’s oral history of the Troubles fell victim to an international murder investigation. https://chroni.cl/4avmOlE
Opinion | "America’s higher-education footprint extends far beyond its borders — but our federal-policy imagination has not caught up."
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The Forgotten Campuses of American Higher Education
Colleges in U.S. territories and American institutions overseas are neglected and underfunded.
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February 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Opinion | "America’s higher-education footprint extends far beyond its borders — but our federal-policy imagination has not caught up."
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In recent years, there has been an orchestrated effort across higher education to target what is taught in the classrooms. A key part of that crusade is students secretly recording their professors — with huge implications for the future of learning and the classrooms.
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The Classroom, Caught on Camera
Professors and students are increasingly worried what they say in class could end up on the internet.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:20 PM
In recent years, there has been an orchestrated effort across higher education to target what is taught in the classrooms. A key part of that crusade is students secretly recording their professors — with huge implications for the future of learning and the classrooms.
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Melissa McCoul, a former lecturer at Texas A&M, filed a lawsuit against the university on Wednesday. She argues her right to free speech and due process were violated when she was terminated in the fall.
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An Instructor Was Fired After a Viral Recording of a Gender Lesson. Now She’s Suing the University.
Melissa McCoul, who had taught at Texas A&M University’s flagship for nine years, says her First Amendment rights were violated. Her case sparked widespread concern about classroom censorship.
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February 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Melissa McCoul, a former lecturer at Texas A&M, filed a lawsuit against the university on Wednesday. She argues her right to free speech and due process were violated when she was terminated in the fall.
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The country, and higher-ed finance, seems to be be moving into a different era. "We're probably moving back toward where we were in the 2010s, coming out of the Great Recession," an analyst said. https://chroni.cl/4qmR5YP
Higher Ed’s Public Funding Has Entered a New Phase of Low Growth
State support crept up by 1 percent. Here’s what that looks like in each state.
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February 5, 2026 at 7:12 PM
The country, and higher-ed finance, seems to be be moving into a different era. "We're probably moving back toward where we were in the 2010s, coming out of the Great Recession," an analyst said. https://chroni.cl/4qmR5YP
Washington insiders and some judges say that the Trump administration's tactics that target colleges are legally questionable at best. Will that matter? https://chroni.cl/4akqxRV
Is Trump's Higher-Ed Attack Legal?
Listen to Is Trump's Higher-Ed Attack Legal? from College Matters from The Chronicle wherever you get your podcasts!
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February 5, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Washington insiders and some judges say that the Trump administration's tactics that target colleges are legally questionable at best. Will that matter? https://chroni.cl/4akqxRV
One professor described being on a committee that had decided to hire a white male finalist over a white female finalist. “Oh, the department is gonna be angry about this. How are we going to justify the fact that we’re picking the white man, as opposed to the white woman?” https://chroni.cl/4r5utNu
How Colleges’ Pursuit of a Diverse Professoriate Came Back to Bite Them
What was once an urgent imperative has become a legal and political liability. One university’s experience shows how.
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February 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
One professor described being on a committee that had decided to hire a white male finalist over a white female finalist. “Oh, the department is gonna be angry about this. How are we going to justify the fact that we’re picking the white man, as opposed to the white woman?” https://chroni.cl/4r5utNu
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From the Archives: Low-income students from other countries face long odds getting to an American college. Here are their stories.
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A Long, Lonely Path
Here’s what the journey to an American college is like for students from the other side of the world.
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February 4, 2026 at 11:28 PM
From the Archives: Low-income students from other countries face long odds getting to an American college. Here are their stories.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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Opinion | On the rhetoric and the poetics of American studies. https://chroni.cl/4buVC7E
The Radical Politics of American Studies
Plus: Interdisciplinary slop is upon us.
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February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Opinion | On the rhetoric and the poetics of American studies. https://chroni.cl/4buVC7E
The back-and-forth between Harvard University and the Trump administration continues with no resolution in sight. https://chroni.cl/3Mo0HV1
Trump Walked Back a Demand for a Harvard Payment. Then He Doubled Down.
The White House reportedly dropped a demand for the university to pay the government $200 million. Hours later, President Trump threatened in a social-media post to sue for $1 billion.
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February 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The back-and-forth between Harvard University and the Trump administration continues with no resolution in sight. https://chroni.cl/3Mo0HV1