3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (365+ words) The Israel-Palestine conflict remains the most taboo topic on college campuses, according to FIRE’s latest free speech report. About three in 10 students said a professor should “definitely” or “probably” be fired for posting “it’s OK to punch a Nazi” on…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (151+ words) Cofnas was suspended Friday for one week while Ghent officials conduct a “preliminary investigation” into his behavior. Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter calling on Ghent University in Belgium to protect from punishment Nathan Cofnas, the postdoctoral researcher…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (282+ words) sara.custer@in… [Thursday, August 20, 2026 - 03:00 AM]Thu, 08/20/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) IHE Staff The Key Podcast: Newsroom Federal Policy Analysis In the latest episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, IHE’s news editor, Katherine Knott, joins Editor…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (241+ words) The rule, finalized last month, has drawn intense criticism from universities and international educators. Now, a group of eight organizations is arguing that it should be scrapped. In response to the lawsuit, the Department of Homeland Security said, “The performative…...

1+ mon, 22+ hour ago   (142+ words) Florida International University is facing a lawsuit over its decision to punish students who protested immigration enforcement on campus. Florida International University is being sued after punishing students who protested against immigration enforcement, according to a news release from the…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (432+ words) The now-reinstated Austin Peay State University theater professor won a settlement from the university in January. In a statement, Marsha Blackburn’s campaign manager said the senator hadn’t yet been served with the lawsuit. Austin Peay State University theater professor Darren…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (197+ words) By Susan H. Greenberg President Raymond, shown testifying before Congress last year, announced Friday that the college had reached a settlement over antisemitism allegations. Haverford College has settled with a Jewish group that filed a lawsuit in 2024 over the college’s handling…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (273+ words) The University of Minnesota reached a settlement with scholar Raz Segal after the institution pulled his offer to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The University of Minnesota offered Segal the job in June 2024, but two days later,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (427+ words) A Johns Hopkins University researcher was detained at an airport by immigration officials and later released. Cases like hers make travel fraught for foreign scholars. Immigration agents are seen inside Newark Liberty International Airport’s Terminal A in Newark, N.J., on…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (666+ words) By being vulnerable, I gave my students permission to be vulnerable, too. At the age of 16, I fractured my leg on a dusty football field in southern Ohio and subsequently contracted a flesh-eating bacteria. Seventeen surgeries, a medically induced coma…...