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DOJ Continues Fight Over Minnesota’s In-State Tuition Policy for Noncitizens bit.ly/4f3B4ET

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UW System Will Give Raises to Faculty in ‘High-Demand’ Fields bit.ly/3P9KvIu

The Odd Couple | The Pecking Order in Higher Ed Rachel Toor and Gordon Gee call out the pervasive and toxic snobbery in our industry. bit.ly/4etdCkl

Opinion | The Future Is Creative Yet the proposed accountability framework tying programs’ eligibility for federal aid to graduate earning outcomes puts the future of arts education at risk. By Brian Harlan: bit.ly/4d4WTBn

Student Success | Why Students Take on Debt—and What It Reveals A new Trellis Strategies report finds that many students are using loans to cover rising living costs while juggling work, caregiving and financial uncertainty. bit.ly/4dpexBf

‘Everyone’s Going to Experience a Shock’ From New Federal Policies A new study from Daniel Greenstein breaks down how many colleges were already on shaky financial ground before Trump’s new loan limits and earnings tests have even taken effect. bit.ly/4uqMIhA

‘PAY OR LEAK’: Hackers Target Big Higher Ed Vendor The criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached @Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak. bit.ly/4do6QeB

Colleges Using Institutional Neutrality to Suppress Student Speech College officials have cited the policies and state anti-DEI laws as they force students to remove language from fliers and theater sets. Experts say administrators are misinterpreting. bit.ly/4naQqK1

First-Time Adult Enrollment Dropped This Fall. Should Colleges Be Worried? Nearly 16% fewer adults started college for the first time this fall compared to the previous year. Some say the change represents rightsizing after an enrollment boom, but... bit.ly/4wi8lTa

Career Advice Reminder | Put Your Teaching Evaluations in a Jar You can just ignore them, or you can take some positive steps to ensure that they will push you forward in your teaching, writes Constanza Bartholomae. bit.ly/49qkfjN

New Presidents: Ursinus, Lane, Wyoming, Jackson State, Buffalo State and More bit.ly/48K2j3z

Federal Government Phasing Out Special Student Relief bit.ly/4wcS8hR

Learning Innovation | ‘Reset’ as a Guide to University Organizational Change Some actionable advice. By Joshua Kim: bit.ly/48GqwYq

Webster Drops Chess Program, Citing Visas and Funding bit.ly/4upeESX

Opinion | The Trust Problem in College Pricing Is Real We need to move beyond the back-and-forth about whether trust is as low as it seems and instead focus on providing what students and families say they want: clarity and predictability. bit.ly/4wiKfrt

States Lack Policies on Dual Enrollment Quality In wide-ranging report, the association for dual-enrollment programs argues that fewer than half of states currently have “holistic” policies governing quality of dual-enrollment programs. bit.ly/4w8ZxPc

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S.C. Lt. Governor Threatens to Defund HBCU That Canceled Her Speech Pamela Evette said Thursday she’s “not a vindictive person.” But she’s gotten behind a push by some lawmakers to eliminate @SCSTATE1896's funding. bit.ly/4d7Cs70

Student Success | Mental Health Maze on Campus As colleges expand services, a new study from the @RudermanFdn finds students struggling to navigate a growing but fragmented system. How can institutions help? bit.ly/3ONrMCu