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January 2025
Policy
- ［Policy] Trump wants to change colleges nationwide. GOP-led states like Idaho offer a preview
Idaho News, 01.09.25 - ［Policy] Federal judge strikes down Biden administration’s Title IX rule nationwide
Higher Ed Dive, 01.09.25 - ［Policy] University of Michigan cuts ties with Chinese university amid national security concerns
Michigan Live, 01.11.24 - ［Policy] Arkansas governor says professors should be fired if they are ‘indoctrinating’ students
Associated Press, 01.14.25 - ［Policy] Biden’s education grades: F on FAFSA, an incomplete on student loan forgiveness
NPR, 01.16.25 - ［Policy] HBCU Leaders Prepare for ‘Delicate Dance’ Under Trump
Inside Higher Ed, 01.17.25 - ［Policy] Hopes and Fears: Higher Ed Leaders Sound Off on Trump’s Return to Power
Inside Higher Ed, 01.20.25 - ［Policy] COLUMN: In just one week, Trump created a new culture of anxiety in education
Hechinger Report, 01.27.25 - ［Policy] Stanford to Review DEI Programs After Trump Order, Spurring Anxiety in Students
KQED, 01.28.25 - ［Policy] NSF Cancels Grant Reviews to ‘Ensure Compliance’ With Trump’s Executive Orders
Inside Higher Ed, 01.28.25 - ［Policy] Governor Leaves Indiana’s Predominantly Black University Out of Budget
Inside Higher Ed, 01.29.25
Education
- ［Education] The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges ? and the economy
Hechinger Report, 01.08.25 - ［Education] Online Degrees Out of Reach
Inside Higher Ed, 01.08.25 - ［Education] UCLA, once on edge fire evacuation warning zone, to start in-person classes Tuesday
Los Angeles Times, 01.16.25 - ［Education] SUNY Will Teach Students to ‘Ethically Use AI’
Inside Higher Ed, 01.16.25 - ［Education] ‘A death penalty’: Ph.D. student says U of M expelled him over unfair AI allegation?
?MPR News, 01.17.25 - ［Education] Degree in hand, jobs out of reach: Why recent grads are struggling in a competitive market
CNN, 01.26.25
Research
- ［Research] The Dream of a Climate Justice University
Inside Higher Ed, 01.06.25 - ［Research] Nuclear fusion could one day be a viable clean energy source ? but big engineering challenges stand in the way
The Conversation, 01.08.25 - ［Research] Gender balance in computer science and engineering is improving at elite universities but getting worse elsewhere
The Conversation, 01.08.25 - ［Research] Trees ‘remember’ wetter times ? never having known abundant rain could buffer today’s young forests against climate change
The Conversation, 01.09.25 - ［Research] Circulation problems in the brain’s seat of memory linked to mild cognitive impairment in older adults
USC Today, 01.13.25 - ［Research] Tech transmits power through the body for wearable devices
Futurity, 01.30.25
Others
- [Others] Temple University Marks Historic Opening of New Kyoto Location
Temple University, Japan Campus, 01.24.25