The inversion was revealing. Students disrupted the invited speaker. Other students documented the disruption. The institution’s warning went to the students who documented it. Read @ProfessorSethO on Minding The Campus: mindingthecampus.org/2026/10…

The tsunami of student loan defaults is coming. @gillen_andrew_j on student loan defaults: mindingthecampus.org/2026/10…

"Universities have not formally announced their partisanship, but they are clearly an informal part of the Democratic Party," notes NAS President Peter Wood as elite faculty break donation records in key Senate races. worldtribune.com/were-at-war…

The Supreme Court is revisiting race and admissions, taking up a Maryland case on proxy discrimination after the 2023 Harvard ruling. Merit and equal protection remain on the line. Read: nytimes.com/2026/10/19/us/po…

"Universities have not formally announced their partisanship, but they are clearly an informal part of the Democratic Party," NAS President Peter Wood warns as university staff direct record-breaking cash to key Senate races worldtribune.com/were-at-war…

"The MIT report calls for drastic measures to keep a college education relevant and valuable. Strikingly, the report urges professors to increase in-person interaction with students." Read more by Timothy Minella: mindingthecampus.org/2026/10…

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges and universities relaxed their admissions processes by eliminating SAT or ACT scores as part of the decision-making process. Instead, test-optional admissions policies became popular... Read the rest of the NAS CounterCurrent: nas.org/blogs/article/are-un…

A University of Michigan campus voting hub where a non-citizen voted illegally remains active ahead of midterms. thecollegefix.com/university…

We're proud to see our research on the erasure of Western civilization in schools cited in @theamMind, pointing to a path forward with Hillsdale's 'Golden Thread' Curriculum. americanmind.org/salvo/the-g…

"Even if it means students will have to do even less thinking for themselves, colleges and universities have little choice but to incorporate some kind of AI instruction into their curricula if they want to remain relevant to employers and continue selling themselves as pathways to good jobs." Must read piece by @J_Gould_ on higher ed's current shortcomings compared to what employers are looking for. mindingthecampus.org/2026/10…

Groundbreaking Scholarship! Next time you spot a stray urban animal, remember: you’re not looking at a pest, you’re witnessing a decolonial revolution against human-centric oppression. "... adopting the critical framework of resilience thinking and assuming its capacity to create decolonial narratives of survival and healing, I contend that it is possible to interrogate the boundaries that characterize the Anthropocene—between nature and culture, humans and non-humans..." It really takes a fully funded university professor to turn a stroll through the park into a high-stakes battle against binary human-animal hierarchies. atlantisjournal.org/index.ph…

Colleges are finally cutting administrative bloat, but is DEI next? thecollegefix.com/colleges-a…

UAlbany is pouring thousands into DEI grants and expanding bias training. These trainings worsen bias & waste taxpayer dollars. campusreform.org/article/ual…

Let the colleges and universities concentrate on the only thing that they sometimes do very well: create and disseminate ideas and discoveries. Read Richard Vedder's latest on college sports: mindingthecampus.org/2026/10…

Students graduate not knowing their disciplines as a whole—and it is easy to teach them Woke nonsense when they have no sense of proportion. @DavidRandallNAS on teaching 'Woke' vs. real education: mindingthecampus.org/2026/10…

While universities like Dartmouth and MIT reinstated standardized tests after test-optional policies failed, Wisconsin is doubling down on waivers. jamesgmartin.center/2026/10/…

Facing an enrollment cliff, universities like Rice and UConn are spending millions to aggressively recruit foreign students. highereddive.com/news/how-3-…

At Harvard Medical School, a recent panel framed weight loss as "fascism" and attacked empirical science for ignoring "lived experience." city-journal.org/article/har…