Inside Higher Ed media bias and reliability
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Inside Higher Ed as leaning left. We have seen it on 18 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is Inside Higher Ed biased?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Inside Higher Ed as leaning left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Inside Higher Ed left or right?
AllSides, Ad Fontes Media and Media Bias/Fact Check place Inside Higher Ed as leaning left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is Inside Higher Ed reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Inside Higher Ed are Ad Fontes Media: High factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: High factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Inside Higher Ed has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Inside Higher Ed’s own report linked underneath.
Cornell University's Faculty Senate approved a resolution expressing no confidence in President Michael Kotlikoff and the central administration. The vote follows a lawsuit by a former student alleging sexual assault and criticism of the university's response.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asCornell Faculty Vote No Confidence in Administration (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Democrats are projected to win a majority in the House of Representatives and have taken control of the Senate following the US midterm elections. The results mark a significant setback for Donald Trump and the Republican Party.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asDems Control Congress, Pledge to Hold Trump Accountable (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Gold prices surpassed $4,000 per ounce and silver neared $52 as the US dollar index dropped to a five-week low. Markets reacted to potential Democratic control of Congress and geopolitical tensions.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asDems Control Congress, Pledge to Hold Trump Accountable (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
American Federation of Teachers sues Education Secretary over Public Service Loan Forgiveness delays
Trust 86The American Federation of Teachers filed a class‑action lawsuit against Education Secretary Linda McMahon, claiming the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program has stalled for over 90,000 borrowers. The suit says 88,000 applications remain undecided and cites Senator Ed Markey’s $96 billion relief figure.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asBorrowers Accuse ED of Mismanaging PSLF (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
The US Department of Justice has announced indictments against five individuals in a nationwide scheme to defraud federal student aid programs. Investigators allege the use of stolen American identities to enrol 'ghost students' and divert millions in funds, with links to Kenya.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asDOJ Makes Arrests in FAFSA “Ghost Student” Scheme (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
A House of Representatives committee report accuses the American Psychological Association of perpetuating antisemitism. The report alleges APA leaders ignored prejudice and allowed antisemitism to fester, while the organization's president and CEO have rejected the findings.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asHouse Committee Report Accuses APA of Fostering Antisemitism (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
The Trump administration is ending its legal challenge to a popular student loan forgiveness program. The Department of Justice had appealed federal judges' rulings against the administration's efforts to limit the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asRule Limiting PSLF Beneficiaries Dead for Now (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Minnesota State is weighing a plan to move up to $25 million each year for four years from its two-year colleges to financially challenged universities. The proposal aims to address a systemwide deficit and is set for a Board of Trustees vote on October 14.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asMinnesota State to Divert Millions to 4-Year Institutions (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Canadian poet and essayist Anne Carson has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature. The Swedish Academy cited her "bold and inventive oeuvre" that draws on classical tradition to create new forms for contemporary literature.
Inside Higher Ed reported it as“Bold, Inventive” Professor Wins Nobel Prize in Literature (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Students and alumni of Lincoln University have filed a lawsuit against the state of Missouri, seeking $549 million in damages. They allege decades of systematic underfunding of the historically Black land-grant university, which they claim has harmed its academic programs and facilities.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asLincoln U Students, Alumni Sue Missouri for $549M (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
The U.S. Department of Education has rescinded the 2024 Biden-era Title IX regulations, reinstating the 2020 interpretation that defines sex as male or female. The move removes protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, drawing criticism and praise.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asTrump Administration Formally Rescinds Biden Title IX Rule (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
The Department of Justice has concluded its investigation into the University of California, San Francisco's medical school admissions, finding that it discriminated against white and Asian applicants. UCSF disputes the findings and plans to work with the DOJ.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asDOJ Accuses UCSF Med School of Discrimination (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Stanford University's Residential & Dining Enterprises used AI to alter a promotional photo, replacing a Latino student with an AI-generated Black woman and digitally slimming other students. The student stated the changes made him feel 'silenced and erased'.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asAI-Edited Stanford Ad Violated Campus Policy, Official Says (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit against Columbia University, alleging the institution failed to protect him and other pro-Palestinian students from harassment and retaliated against them. The suit claims the university's actions led to doxing and Khalil's detention by immigration agents.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asKhalil Accuses Columbia of Discrimination in New Lawsuit (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Ghent University suspended Nathan Cofnas, a researcher who accused the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of plagiarism, after opening a disciplinary inquiry. Cofnas, who describes himself as a 'race realist', was previously dismissed from Cambridge in 2024. Arday died in mid-August amid the allegations.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asUniversity Suspends Academic Who Accused Arday of Plagiarism (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
A whistleblower alleges a Trump administration task force pressured Ivy League universities into settlements despite incomplete investigations or no evidence of legal violations. The complaint, filed by former Justice Department lawyer Haley Van Erem, claims the probes were politically driven and disregarded constitutional protections.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asWhistleblowers: DOJ, HHS Antisemitism Investigations Were Predetermined (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
President Donald Trump will meet executives from Rio Tinto, BHP Group, Freeport-McMoRan and other mining companies on 9 August 2026 to discuss securing domestic and allied supplies of critical minerals. The administration seeks to address shortages in weapons production and counter China’s dominance in mineral processing.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asTrump to host mining CEOs as administration seeks minerals for defense supply chains (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
President Donald Trump announced $180 million in federal grants for mining schools, including $100 million from the Department of Energy for 14 accredited U.S. institutions. The funding is part of a broader $2 billion investment in the mining sector, framed as a move to rebuild domestic coal production and address workforce shortages.
Inside Higher Ed reported it asMining Colleges Get $180M Boost From Trump Administration (opens Inside Higher Ed in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
High factuality
Who owns it
- Times Higher EducationMedia Conglomeratedirect owner
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Official site
- insidehighered.com
- Seen publishing on
- insidehighered.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 18
- Reports listed
- 18
- We could read
- 3
- First seen
- 11 August 2026
15 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 3 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 6 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and Inside Higher Ed ran the story anyway.
Across the 18 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Inside Higher Ed: its report arrived a median of 33 hours after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 9 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 9 November 2026. Ratings pulled 12 October 2026.
Other outlets rated the same way
Publishers carrying the same published leaning as Inside Higher Ed, also publishing from United States, ordered by how often we have seen them on a story. Sharing a rating is not the same as being alike.
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