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March 25, 2025

The Future of Federal Student Loans

Kali Jerrard

The Trump administration’s decision to move the federal student loan portfolio to the Small Business Administration is being met with controversy.

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March 18, 2025

Mopping Up the DEI Mess

Kali Jerrard

Ridding higher education of DEI practices is proving to be slow-going, but reform is still possible.

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March 11, 2025

Defund and Deport, But Eliminating Campus Anti-Semitism Means Going After Professors

Ian Oxnevad

Higher education is so replete with anti-Semitism as a norm in elite schools that eliminating the scourge of Jew-hate will require broad changes to one of higher education’s central feature......

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March 4, 2025

A New Sheriff in Town: On Rolling Back Racial-Preferences in Higher Ed

Kali Jerrard

The Trump administration and Department of Education clarify anti-DEI directives for academia.

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February 25, 2025

Dollars, DEI, and Drama: Higher Ed’s Three-Ring Circus

Kali Jerrard

Higher education is embroiled in a chaotic mix of bureaucratic battles, financial instability, and ideological conflicts.

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February 19, 2025

California is in Cahoots with China on Climate Policy

Ian Oxnevad

Higher education partnerships between America and China are hurting America's economy while benefitting Beijing.

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February 11, 2025

Taming the Education Leviathan

Kali Jerrard

A new report by NAS details the inner workings of the Department of Education, its failures, and a potential path forward through reform.

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January 28, 2025

Trump’s Blitz on DEI

Kali Jerrard

Highlighting education-focused executive orders, efforts by the Department of Education to dissolve DEI measures, and the latest story of DEI gone wild.

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January 21, 2025

Donors Are Defunding Academia’s Anti-Semitism; Ending It Means Doing This

Ian Oxnevad

As financial pain mounts, stopping higher education from credentialing Jew-haters and funneling them into the workplace means making the pain matter.

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