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How Much Power Does the Trump Administration Hold Over Harvard?

By Dan Bauman April 1, 2025

Compensation Data

How Much Has Faculty Pay Changed Over Time?

By Brian O’Leary, Julia Piper April 1, 2025

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Redefining Success

The Revamped Carnegie Classifications Are Out. See Which Colleges Entered the New ‘Research’ Category.

By Brian O’Leary, Francie Diep February 13, 2025

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How has inflation impacted higher education? Which institutions spent a billion dollars or more on research and development? Who do colleges think their peers are? A look at where things stand.

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Where Graduate Enrollments Are Booming

By Audrey Williams June, Brian O’Leary

Who Does Your College Think Its Peers Are?

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Students Are Poised to Protest. Are Colleges Prepared?

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As America Grows More Diverse, a State’s Colleges Follow Suit

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Where Research Spending Keeps Going Up

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Here’s How Rising Inflation Is Affecting Higher Ed

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From the Almanac: Views of the Higher Ed Landscape Over Time

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What Are the Demographics of Noninstructional Staffs at Colleges?

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How Much Do Noninstructional Employees Earn?

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What Is the Share of Minority Instructors at Colleges With the Most Full-Time Faculty Members?

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Which Types of Colleges Have the Most Undergraduates With Disabilities?

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How Public-College Funding Has Changed Over Time

By Brian O’Leary, Julia Piper

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How Diverse Is Your College’s Faculty?

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How Diverse Are Student Populations on College Campuses in the U.S.?

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Which Colleges Have Conferred the Most Bachelor’s Degrees?

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Which College Groups Have the Highest Enrollment?

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How Diverse Are College Staffs? Take a Look at the Data.

By Nick Perez

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More Data Stories

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Stagnant pay

Professors Say They Need a Raise. They Probably Won’t Get One.

By Adrienne Lu May 14, 2025

Faculty salaries haven’t moved for over a decade, and draconian cuts to higher ed threaten to make things worse.

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Report: Colleges Shrank Staff Who Make Campuses ‘Livable, Safe, and Vibrant’ by 9 percent

By Adrienne Lu April 24, 2025

The food-service workers, electricians, groundskeepers, and other skilled craft workers were laid off amid budget cuts or their work was outsourced, according to experts.

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Redefining Success

New Carnegie Classification Aims to Shake Up How Higher Ed Sees Itself

By Francie Diep April 24, 2025

New labels assessing colleges’ minority and low-income enrollments, and students’ later earnings, suggest a new orientation from one of higher education’s longtime arbiters of prestige.