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North Carolina Expands Direct Admissions Reach | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (449+ words) More than 23, 000 North Carolina public high school seniors have accepted direct admission offers to colleges and universities through NC College Connect, the state's streamlined pathway to higher education, now in its second full year of operation. State Superintendent of Public…...
USC and Southwestern College Team Up to Build Next Generation of Community College Leaders | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (507+ words) A new graduate education initiative is bringing one of the nation's most prestigious universities directly to a community college campus in Chula Vista, California, and its backers say the stakes extend well beyond the two partners. University of Southern California's…...
Innovation By Design | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (231+ words) View the Full List of 2026 Award Winners Higher education has always been a place where ideas take shape and possibilities expand. But in today's landscape marked by technological disruption, shifting student needs, and growing pressure to demonstrate relevance and return,…...
The Quiet Infrastructure Under Siege: How the Trump Administration Is Remaking Higher Ed Accreditation | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (638+ words) In February 2026, ED issued an interpretive rule designed to lower barriers for new accrediting agencies seeking federal recognition, a nonbinding but symbolically charged move. Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent framed it as a needed correction. "The accreditation market has…...
The New & Improved Orientation: Designing First-Year Experiences That Actually Stick | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (536+ words) This emerging model reframes orientation not as a moment of exposure, but as the beginning of continuous engagement. For example, at Arizona State University, one of the largest public universities in the country, the challenge is not just supporting students,…...
From Climate to Compensation: Advancing Equity Through Systemwide Action at SIU | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (821+ words) In 2022, the Southern Illinois University (SIU) System partnered with Viewfinder Campus Climate Surveys to conduct an inaugural systemwide campus climate survey for students and employees. This was an important step in listening to the lived experiences of faculty, staff, and…...
Student Success Depends on More Than the Classroom | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 32+ min ago (734+ words) How student-centered leadership creates the conditions students need to thrive This reality underscores a critical truth for our field: student affairs is not supplemental to the academic mission. It is central to it. Innovation in student affairs does not happen…...
Seattle Colleges Receives National Recognition for Longstanding Equity Initiatives | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (213+ words) Seattle Colleges has been named the recipient of the 2026 Institutional Excellence Award for a two-year institution by the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education (NADOHE), recognizing the system's sustained efforts to advance equity and inclusion across its campuses....
Ohio State Makes AI Fluency a Graduation Requirement for Undergraduates | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (279+ words) Launched last fall, the AI Fluency initiative mandates that all incoming students complete a generative AI course and a series of workshops focused on real-world applications. The goal, university officials say, is to produce graduates who are fluent not only…...
Preventing Hazing | Insight Into Academia
10+ hour, 36+ min ago (489+ words) Why fraternities and sororities should sue their own With body cameras recording, University of Iowa campus police and city first responders (responding to a fire alarm) captured a scene of hazing inside the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house. Since its…...