Claiming many colleges and universities have "drifted" from their core principles, the Trump administration now expects higher ed leaders to pledge reforms by the end of 2026.
Findings on faculty salaries are "sobering" as inflation saps paychecks and the gap with administrator pay widens, says the AAUP's "Annual Report On The Economic Status of The Profession."
"Our grading is too compressed and too inflated, as nearly all faculty recognize; it is also too inconsistent, as students have observed," Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh wrote in a 2025 report.
