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May 23, 2025
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Volume 71, Issue 19

Highlights

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Stagnant pay
Professors Say They Need a Raise. They Probably Won’t Get One.
By Adrienne Lu
Faculty salaries haven’t moved for over a decade, and draconian cuts to higher ed threaten to make things worse.
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The Edge
What Johns Hopkins U. Means to Baltimore
By Scott Carlson
A $1-billion loss in funding will ripple out to the city.
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Campus Crossroads
Sonoma State U. Is Making Big Cuts to Close a Budget Hole. What Will Be Left?
By Maddie Khaw
The Cal State campus is slashing academic programs, laying off faculty, and, in an unusual move, scuttling its entire Division II athletics program.
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Sports shakeup
A New Normal Looms in College Athletics. Can Trump Help Shape It?
By Nell Gluckman
After the expected approval of a landmark settlement on money in college sports, many questions will remain unanswered. The White House might take them up.

Also In the Issue

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Law & Policy
3 Big Questions at the Heart of Harvard’s Legal Battle With Trump
By Eric Kelderman
However it’s settled, the dispute will have profound implications for the institution — and higher ed as a whole. Here are the arguments to watch for.
New York City police arrested dozens of Pro-Palestinian protesters on Columbia University on Wednesday evening after they took over part of a central library in New York, USA on May 7, 2025.
'A Different Playbook'
Facing New Protests and Political Pressure, Colleges Are Taking a Harder Line
By Christa Dutton
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the past several days have led to more than 100 arrests, as well as suspensions for violating colleges’ policies and protest restrictions.
Indiana University professor Ben Robinson talks at during a "Day of Action" press conference on April 17.
Teaching Under Scrutiny
Indiana Required Colleges to Accept Complaints Against Instructors. Here’s How Many They Got.
By Christa Dutton
Less than two dozen complaints were submitted in the six months after a controversial law was enacted last year. But its influence has been felt in other ways.
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The Review | Opinion
Left and Right Agree: Higher Ed Needs to Change
By Michael W. Clune
A new bipartisan consensus is coming.
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The Review | Opinion
Trump Is Destroying DEI With the Same Tools That Built It
By Noliwe M. Rooks
The pendulum has swung away from social justice.
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The Review | Opinion
What Is Academe’s Problem With Pregnancy?
By Alicia Andrzejewski
This toxic culture has to change.
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Advice
6 ‘Superpowers’ Every Leader Needs
By Angel B. Pérez
In this era of constant disruption, the traditional leadership playbook no longer applies.