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We wish you and yours a happy holiday season! We'll be back in your social feeds recapping the year in higher education on Friday. 🎄❄️
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
2025 Most-Read Opinions | AI and Higher Ed: An Impending Collapse

Universities’ rush to embrace AI will lead to an untenable outcome, Robert Niebuhr writes. https://bit.ly/497ULGW

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December 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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AAUP Raises Alarm Over Palantir’s Work for Ed Department
AAUP Raises Alarm Over Palantir's Work for Ed Department
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is publicly expressing concern about the Education Department working with Palantir, a controversial artificial intelligence and data analysis ...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
ICYMI | At the end of her latest Voices of Student Success episode, Ashley Mowreader introduced her successor Joshua Bay. Here's a little snippet of their conversation.

🔗 Listen to the full episode, including 2026 predictions, wherever you listen to podcasts!

https://bit.ly/44DQzxA
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ED to Investigate Brown Over Campus Shooting https://bit.ly/4qjIV3x

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December 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Student Success | Most Employers Confident in Higher Ed

They want graduates who know how to work with diverse teams, according to a new survey from the American Association of Colleges and Universities. https://bit.ly/3XOl4wY

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December 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Colleges Share Joyful Messages This Holiday Season

From the foibles of a bobcat trying to prepare a holiday dinner to sweet memories of winters past, this year’s holiday videos are full of both laughs and sincerity.

🎄 Watch our favorites. ➡️ https://bit.ly/4p4OTnU
December 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
ICYMI | Inside a Network of Fake College Websites

Dozens of fake college websites, which appear to be connected, are pushing scams. Many of the sites appear to be built with or supplemented by generative AI. https://bit.ly/3MRlbW7

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December 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Career Advice Reminder | What I Learned From Advising 120 Ph.D. Students

Too often, career planning is an afterthought and students seek degrees without direction, William J. Rothwell writes. https://bit.ly/44DBeNp

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December 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
CSU Trade Workers Union Votes To Strike Statewide https://bit.ly/3N05jAF

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December 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
DOJ Report Declares MSIs Unconstitutional

The decision comes after the Department of Education asked the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel to review the legality of a number of programs they said used racial “quotas.” https://bit.ly/4p47EIl
December 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
ICYMI | Students on Academic Quality, Success

Undergraduates across institution types rate the quality of education they’re getting highly, and they share what could boost their academic success in our Student Voice: Amplified series. https://bit.ly/4pXneXw
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
ICYMI | Our Favorite Stories of 2025

From scoops gleaned through public records requests to deep analyses of current events, these were some of the Inside Higher Ed team’s favorite articles of this tumultuous year. https://bit.ly/4auNZxt
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Career Advice Reminder | There Is No Such Thing as ‘Alternative’ Careers for Ph.D.s

It’s time we free ourselves of the false binary of academic and nonacademic careers post-Ph.D., writes Briana Konnick. https://bit.ly/4j5wdmA
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
☃️ Inside Higher Ed will be on a publishing break starting Monday, December 23, 2025, in observance of the winter holidays. We’ll return online on Monday, January 5, 2025.

Wishing you all a happy holiday season!
December 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
ICYMI | Here are some headline from last week:

🗣️ You Can’t AI-Proof the Classroom, Experts Say. Get Creative Instead.
🏀 Safeguarding the Integrity of College Sport
📸 The Year in Photos

Read the full weekly news update: https://bit.ly/3MLiB48

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December 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ICYMI | Here are some headline from this week:

🚫 The Colleges That Couldn’t Survive 2025
🧐 “Merit” Was the Word of the Year in Admissions. But What Does It Mean?
🆗 Faculty Want Answers on Oklahoma’s Suspension Policies

Read the full weekly news update: https://bit.ly/3MLiB48
December 20, 2025 at 7:53 PM
@aaup.org Raises Alarm Over Palantir’s Work for Ed Department https://bit.ly/3MJ3RCI
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
UNC to Close Area Studies Centers https://bit.ly/4q5kUhf

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December 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
@aft.org Pushes Back on Slow Loan Repayment Processing https://bit.ly/491aesx

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December 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Suspect in Brown Shooting Found Dead https://bit.ly/3KICUOZ

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December 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Intersession Courses

This is one of those posts in which I count on my wise and worldly readers for insight. https://bit.ly/44whPhq

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December 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Opinion | The Most Popular Views of 2025

Read on for a recap of the 12 most-read Inside Higher Ed views pieces of the last year. https://bit.ly/4qahIQI

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December 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Student Success | 26 Stats for 2026

Inside Higher Ed compiled some key data points of the year, outlining new and continuing trends in the student experience and perceptions of higher education. https://bit.ly/4j3lclM

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December 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM