Ep. 177: Student Loan Negotiations, H1-B Visas, a Compact for Academic Excellence

In this episode of The Key, we're diving deep into what’s happening on Capitol Hill and inside the White House—and how it’s all affecting higher ed. Joining Sara Custer, IHE's editor in chief, is news editor Katherine Knott to unpack everything: the funding cuts hitting Minority Serving Institutions, restrictive policies upending life for international students and scholars, the latest twists in negotiated rule making around student borrowing, and yes—that Compact for Excellence in Higher Education everyone's talking about. Thank you to the Gates Foundation for sponsoring this episode.

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Ep. 177: Student Loan Negotiations, H1-B Visas, a Compact for Academic Excellence is an episode from The Key with Inside Higher Ed by insidehighered.

This episode is 47:49 long.

This episode was published on Oct 9, 2025.

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