C — https://insidehighered.com

Site Health

Score: 72 / 100

Based on 8 categories, 0 sections

Room to improve — your 4.5s load time is above Google's 2.5s 'Good' threshold.

Several missing protections leave your users and data exposed.

Several issues make your site difficult for assistive technology users.

Well-optimized for search — your content is discoverable.

Solid infrastructure — fast server responses across the board.

Mostly compliant — a few items need attention.

Rich content metadata — your pages look great everywhere.

Reasonable footprint with room for optimization.

How is this calculated?

The overall score is a weighted average of individual category scores. Categories with more impact on user experience and security carry more weight.

Performance 25%Security 25%Accessibility 15%SEO 10%Infrastructure 10%Compliance 8%Content 5%Sustainability 2%

Weights reflect general web best practices. Individual needs may differ.

How the composite score is calculated

How you compare

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Top Priorities (5)

Content-Security-Policy header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers

HSTS header is missing

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Security Headers

No Content-Security-Policy header found

Security gaps expose your site and users to attacks, eroding trust.

Security › Content Security Policy

1 link(s) with no accessible text

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Link & Button Quality

2 control(s) without accessible label

Accessibility issues exclude users with disabilities — up to 15% of your potential audience.

Accessibility › Form Accessibility

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Fix Priority Matrix

5 findings

Impact

Quick Wins

High impact, low effort — start here.

Strategic

High impact, requires investment.

Easy Improvements

Small gains, minimal effort.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

Deprioritize

Low impact, high effort — do last.

Nothing in this quadrant — good news.

← Low effort High effort →

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What fixing these means

Your site performs reasonably well, but a few targeted fixes could meaningfully improve results. Accessibility issues exclude users who rely on assistive technology — an estimated 15% of your potential audience. Addressing the critical issues below would have the most immediate impact on your user trust.

3 security gaps detected — browsers may warn visitors about your site.

2 accessibility issues exclude users who rely on assistive technology.

Conversion Barriers

3 critical 4 warning

7 barrier(s) likely increasing bounce by ~32%.

Speed (2)

Page takes 4.5s to load

+12% bounce

Users abandon at ~3s — you're 2.0s over the 2.5s threshold

Fix: Optimize render-blocking resources, preload the hero image, and compress images

Page feels frozen for 6.0s

+5% bounce

Clicks on the primary CTA are ignored while JavaScript runs

Fix: Break up long tasks; defer non-critical JavaScript to post-hydration

Trust (2)

No HSTS header

+1% bounce

Returning visitors are briefly exposed to downgrade attacks on first request

Fix: Set Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains

No Content-Security-Policy header

+1% bounce

Higher XSS blast radius — one compromised script can exfiltrate the checkout form

Fix: Ship a reporting-only CSP first, then enforce once violations are clean

Usability (1)

2 form field(s) without a label

+4% bounce

Screen readers skip unlabeled fields; autofill can't identify them; checkout abandonment spikes

Fix: Associate every input with a visible <label for="…">; add autocomplete attributes

Content (1)

Content is hard to read

+2% bounce

Graduate-level reading difficulty — limits the addressable audience for product or blog pages

Fix: Shorten sentences; replace jargon with plain language; target Flesch ease ≥60

Navigation (1)

3 broken link(s) on the page

+5% bounce

Clicks land on 404s — trust drops and the session often ends

Fix: Fix or remove the broken destinations surfaced on the Content tab

Preliminary CRO audit — each barrier links to the tab with detailed analysis.

Return on Investment

€383 investment → €2,779/month returns + EUR 120,500,000 risk avoided

Payback period: < 1 month First-year ROI: +8617%

Investment

€383

4h · 5 findings

Monthly returns

€2,779 /mo

~€33,342 / year

Conversions recovered €2,778
Bandwidth savings €0.84

Regulatory risk avoided

EUR 120,500,000

if kept compliant

ePrivacy Directive EUR 100,000,000
GDPR EUR 20,000,000
EAA EUR 500,000

Payback period

0 12mo 24mo

€128 — in quick wins — start here for the fastest payback

Figures combine localized regulatory fine ceilings, search/conversion value priced against local CPC, and bandwidth waste estimates. Results depend on implementation quality and audience composition. Not legal or financial advice.

Full methodology & sources

Estimated Remediation Cost

€383

4.5 developer hours at €85/hr

Based on European Union rates (€85/hr)

Quick wins

€128 3 fixes in ~90 minutes

Start here for the best return on investment

Cost by category

Cost by effort level

Adjust assumptions

Custom rate

€ /hr

Rates reflect fully-loaded developer cost including overhead

How developer rates are sourced

What Inaction Is Costing You

€10,041,668 / month at risk

~€120,500,010 / year if left unfixed

Compliance Risk

€120,500,000

ePrivacy DirectiveGDPREAA

No privacy policy link detected
GDPR: EUR 10,000 – EUR 20,000,000
2 advertising/retargeting trackers detected
GDPR: EUR 10,000 – EUR 20,000,000
Trackers detected but no cookie policy found
GDPR: EUR 5,000 – EUR 10,000,000

+19 more

Bandwidth Waste

€0.84 /mo

11283.4 MB/mo × 0.074 EUR/GB

Optimize transfer: save ~1.1 MB per page load
Saves €0.84/mo

Compliance figures represent the statutory maximum fine for the most severe triggered category, capped per regulation — not the sum of per-finding penalties. Based on published regulatory fine ranges. This is not legal advice.

Compliance methodology · SEO assumptions · Bandwidth model

Your performance is already good — improvements may show diminishing returns

Monthly visitors

Unique monthly visitors from your analytics

Conversion rate (%)

Purchases, signups, or key actions

Avg. order value

Optional — for revenue estimation

additional conversions/month

more engaged visitors from reduced bounce

potential monthly revenue

Current bounce (est.)

After fixes (est.)

Estimated bounce reduction

Fix 5 critical issues to capture this value

How this is calculated

Based on Google/Deloitte research ("Milliseconds Make Millions") showing a ~7% bounce rate increase per additional second of LCP above the 2.5s "Good" threshold.

Your site's LCP: → estimated after fixes.

These are estimates based on industry research — actual results vary

Bounce-rate model & assumptions

Your data stays in your browser — nothing is sent to our servers

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Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse.

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience.

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

2.63 s

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

4.51 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

6.00 s

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

8.62 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

28.11 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Polyfills and transforms enable older browsers to use new JavaScript features. However, many aren't necessary for modern browsers. Consider modifying your JavaScript build process to not transpile Baseline features, unless you know you must support older browsers. Learn why most sites can deploy ES6+ code without transpiling

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more ▾

Most users today run browsers that natively support ES6+, async/await, optional chaining, and the rest of modern JavaScript. Transpiling to ES5 'just in case' adds 20-40% to your bundle for no benefit. Configure your build to target a modern browserslist, or ship a differential bundle pair (modern + legacy) with the module/nomodule pattern.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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/sites/default/files/styles/image_416_x_278/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	8.8 KiB
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	8.7 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/media/...	1209600.0 s	8.1 KiB
/sites/default/files/css/css_wSS7BUX7JsAFForoafUAlyLDbF3x...	1209600.0 s	7.8 KiB
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cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.css	604800.0 s	5.2 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/plugins/ua/ecommerce.js	3600.0 s	655 B
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/logo.svg	1209600.0 s	3.8 KiB
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/pagead/managed/js/activeview/current/ufs_web_display.js	3600.0 s	0 B
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	0 B
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tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	0 B
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	0 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A forced reflow occurs when JavaScript queries geometric properties (such as offsetWidth) after styles have been invalidated by a change to the DOM state. This can result in poor performance. Learn more about forced reflows and possible mitigations.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

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items: [map[reflowTime:57.169 source:map[column:68088 line:13 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]]]

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:29.454 source:map[column:7507 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:9.845 source:map[column:17085 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:10.466 source:map[column:22821 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:6.469 source:map[column:22622 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:16.613 source:map[column:53981 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:68.129 source:map[column:45920 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.706 source:map[column:142878 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.832 source:map[column:48212 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:2.075 source:map[column:241855 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:2.41 source:map[column:400730 line:0 type:source-location url:https://cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:5.768 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:0.249 source:map[column:1628 line:5 type:source-location url:/_/mss/boq-content-ads-contributor/_/js/k=boq-content-ads-contributor.ContributorServingResponseClientJs.en_US.DsKGN-qqfrQ.es5.O/d=1/exm=kernel_loader,loader_js_executable,web_iab_tcf_v2_signal_executable/ed=1/rs=AJlcJMz2YRLcgcQw7bN4By8dD3CBlNJULw/m=ad_blocking_detection_executable urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.655 source:map[column:83999 line:0 type:source-location url:https://js.pelcro.com/sdk/main.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.152 source:map[column:327363 line:0 type:source-location url:https://cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.778 source:map[column:143046 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]]]

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
	tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/16498187121258598412?	105.5 KiB	76.2 KiB
A photo of Charlie Kirk surrounded by flowers and mementos. `div.ihe-card > div.ihe-card--image > a > img.mb-2`	/sites/default/files/styles/image_529_x_353/public/2025-1...	73.6 KiB	43.2 KiB
Faculty `div.card-chips-categories > a.card-chips-category-item > span.section-image > img`	tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/12540895525609570762?	43.4 KiB	23.1 KiB
	tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/14155367029475522894?	22.0 KiB	19.6 KiB

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-0-IMG

nodeLabel: A photo of Charlie Kirk surrounded by flowers and mementos.

path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,0,DIV,2,DIV,4,DIV,3,DIV,0,MAIN,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,A,0,IMG

selector: div.ihe-card > div.ihe-card--image > a > img.mb-2

snippet: <img alt="A photo of Charlie Kirk surrounded by flowers and mementos." class="mb-2 block" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_529_x_353/public/2025-12/EOY_2025_13_EOY…" width="529" height="353" loading="lazy">

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

description: [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints help the browser establish a connection earlier in the page load, saving time when the first request for that origin is made. The following are the origins that the page preconnected to.

title: Preconnected origins

value: no origins were preconnected

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.css	5.2 KiB	755 ms
/sites/default/files/css/css_wiPBLf8zRrMhAPDvIQ3DO1_WZ5c9...	51.7 KiB	919 ms
/sites/default/files/css/css_wSS7BUX7JsAFForoafUAlyLDbF3x...	7.8 KiB	166 ms

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v51/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBA.woff2	5.0 ms
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v48/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBHMdazQ.woff2	5.0 ms

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 782 ms

URL	Time Spent
insidehighered.com/	782 ms
www.insidehighered.com/	0.0 ms

Keep the server response time for the main document short because all other requests depend on it. Learn more about the Time to First Byte metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 839 ms

URL	Time Spent
www.insidehighered.com/	939 ms

Diagnostics

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 150 ms 69.6 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/sites/default/files/css/css_wiPBLf8zRrMhAPDvIQ3DO1_WZ5c9...	51.1 KiB	44.7 KiB
/* globals / /! modern-normalize v1.0.0 \| MIT License \| https://github.com/sindresorhus/modern-n…	14.0 KiB	13.7 KiB
	13.5 KiB	11.2 KiB

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
js.pelcro.com/ui/plugin/inside-higher-ed/main.min.js	2.7 s	2.1 s	210 ms
Unattributable	1.6 s	215 ms	0.0 ms
unpkg.com/alpinejs@3.10.4/dist/cdn.min.js	1.5 s	1.4 s	20 ms
consent.cookiebot.com/uc.js	1.5 s	1.2 s	19 ms
/cdn-cgi/scripts/7d0fa10a/cloudflare-static/rocket-loader...	1.5 s	1.2 s	20 ms
/cdc87cef-40cb-4cb1-aece-72801d7e1960/cc.js?renew=false&r...	1.2 s	507 ms	53 ms
cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js	935 ms	216 ms	54 ms
www.insidehighered.com/	760 ms	16 ms	0.6 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	626 ms	477 ms	85 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-F07KT3P0SW&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	430 ms	354 ms	73 ms
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	418 ms	267 ms	128 ms
cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js	336 ms	230 ms	61 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-MV58SWF	305 ms	234 ms	64 ms
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/309842?ers=3	275 ms	242 ms	29 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-11660131&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	241 ms	190 ms	48 ms
js.pelcro.com/sdk/main.min.js	235 ms	197 ms	21 ms
pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?fcd=true	188 ms	130 ms	55 ms
/sites/default/files/js/js_O5Or_E5vyF7NfdIDb1P0N6IRq_HWOB...	167 ms	87 ms	57 ms
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/tag/js/gpt.js	97 ms	83 ms	14 ms
browser.sentry-cdn.com/10.49.0/bundle.tracing.min.js	76 ms	20 ms	27 ms
ep2.adtrafficquality.google/sodar/sodar2.js	60 ms	49 ms	3.5 ms
/sites/default/files/js/js_1w1ylWjFZ4fQC3ipRW7t7hOLmBex_F...	59 ms	20 ms	38 ms
/f/AGSKWxUS_T7b5uRfKrARnMHq5JvqQlrOeeLsU26uCBKnMUWXhm89Qf...	57 ms	54 ms	0.9 ms
/safeframe/1-0-45/html/container.html	53 ms	0.2 ms	0.0 ms
/f/AGSKWxW3L9idYm_dijM3iK38px_b-Kj6QmWU2295Qv6o4l-6njsn9J...	53 ms	45 ms	1.8 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	9.7 s
Other	2.3 s
Style & Layout	1.4 s
Script Parsing & Compilation	1.1 s
Parse HTML & CSS	783 ms
Garbage Collection	327 ms
Rendering	158 ms

Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 3.1 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/* globals / /! modern-normalize v1.0.0 \| MIT License \| https://github.com/sindresorhus/modern-n…	14.0 KiB	3.1 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

This is the Lighthouse audit fired when too much JS is shipped relative to what executes. The fix isn't a config flag — it requires bundle analysis (webpack-bundle-analyzer, rollup-plugin-visualizer), splitting routes into chunks, lazy-loading off-screen components, and removing unused dependencies. Fundamentally different from minification: minifying reduces byte count, this reduces what's downloaded at all.

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 992.3 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
js.pelcro.com/ui/plugin/inside-higher-ed/main.min.js	389.0 KiB	235.9 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.8 KiB	177.2 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB	95.8 KiB
cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js	132.1 KiB	93.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-MV58SWF	155.3 KiB	75.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-F07KT3P0SW&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	172.7 KiB	63.9 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-11660131&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	130.5 KiB	58.8 KiB
cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js	39.8 KiB	38.4 KiB
pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?fcd=true	54.1 KiB	36.4 KiB
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/309842?ers=3	68.5 KiB	36.1 KiB
browser.sentry-cdn.com/10.49.0/bundle.tracing.min.js	44.2 KiB	33.1 KiB
/cdc87cef-40cb-4cb1-aece-72801d7e1960/cc.js?renew=false&r...	121.2 KiB	25.2 KiB
cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js	39.8 KiB	22.1 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
js.pelcro.com/ui/plugin/inside-higher-ed/main.min.js	391.8 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	362.4 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.9 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-F07KT3P0SW&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	172.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-MV58SWF	155.6 KiB
tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/10429818981754085574?	134.3 KiB
cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js	132.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-11660131&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	130.6 KiB
/cdc87cef-40cb-4cb1-aece-72801d7e1960/cc.js?renew=false&r...	121.5 KiB

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 14 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 20 long tasks found

●Image elements have explicit `width` and `height`

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 140 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 220 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Avoid large layout shifts 1 layout shift found

○INP breakdown

○Avoid non-composited animations

Accessibility

These checks highlight opportunities to improve the accessibility of your web app. Automatic detection can only detect a subset of issues and does not guarantee the accessibility of your web app, so manual testing is also encouraged.

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Consent `div#CybotCookiebotDialogNav > ul#CybotCookiebotDialogNavList > li.CybotCookiebotDialogNavItem > a#CybotCookiebotDialogNavDeclaration`
PRIVACY POLICY `div#CybotCookiebotDialogBodyContentText > p > a > span`
TERMS OF USE `div#CybotCookiebotDialogBodyContentText > p > a > span`
Advertisement `div#block-ihe-dfptagtakeover-billboard > div.flex > div.block > a`
Lawmakers in multiple states named bills after Turning Point USA’s controversia… `div.grid-column-1 > div.ihe-card > div.content-field_lead > p`
Advertisement `div.paragraph > div.flex > div.block > a`
Advertisement `div.paragraph > div.flex > div.block > a`
Advertisement `div.paragraph > div.flex > div.block > a`

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Navigation

Properly ordered headings that do not skip levels convey the semantic structure of the page, making it easier to navigate and understand when using assistive technologies. Learn more about heading order.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
DOJ Extends Web Accessibility Deadline `div.hero-article-main > div.ihe-card > div.ihe-card--title > h5.featured-story-title`
Tenn. Bill Overhauling Tenured Faculty Disciplinary Procedures Becomes Law `div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > div.card-body > h5`
3-Year Degrees Misread the Future Job Market `div#swiper-wrapper-55bbe2ffd91f0321 > div.article-list-item-first > div.article-list-item > h5`
Featured Gig: Executive Director, Online Education & AI Innovation, Manchester U `div#swiper-wrapper-2029e2edacb210efc > div.article-list-item-first > div.article-list-item > h5`
How Good Is Your Advancement Team? `div#swiper-wrapper-05559cf10f7d109238 > div.article-list-item-first > div.article-list-item > h5`
The War on Student Speech `div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > div.card-body > h5`
Peer-to-Peer Advice `div.swiper-slide > div.paragraph > div.card-teaser-summary > h4`
Ep. 194: In Defense of a Core Education With Andrew Delbanco `div.item-list > ul > li > h5.views-field`
Where Research Meets Enterprise: Lessons From a Successful Spin-Out Founder `div.item-list > ul > li > h5.views-field`
College Students Are More Polarized Than Ever. Can AI Help? `div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > div.card-body > h5`
The Other Engagement Problem `div.collection-container > div.article-list-with-image > div > h5`
Company `div.footer-inner-wrapper > div#footer-top > div.menu-links-company > h4.heading-line`

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Names and labels

Link text (and alternate text for images, when used as links) that is discernible, unique, and focusable improves the navigation experience for screen reader users. Learn how to make links accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
A photograph of the Tennessee State Capitol on a sunny, nearly cloudless day. `div#swiper-wrapper-89b6a954755f2ded > div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > a`
Privacy screens for voting `div#swiper-wrapper-89b6a954755f2ded > div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > a`
A photo illustration of orange hands reaching from outside of the frame to cove… `div#swiper-wrapper-d110cfbe1ef3e56410 > div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > a`
A photo illustration of a group of people around a table putting together a puz… `div#swiper-wrapper-d110cfbe1ef3e56410 > div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > a`
A photo illustration of a robot, representing AI, with smoke coming out of the … `div#swiper-wrapper-e2ed2e7fdd45e4ed > div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > a`
A photo illustration of the U.S. Capitol casting a shadow. `div#swiper-wrapper-e2ed2e7fdd45e4ed > div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > a`
A student with a beard writes on a clipboard `div.collection-teaser > div.collection-container > div.article-list-with-image > a`
Two students talk to one another in a larger group setting `div.collection-teaser > div.collection-container > div.article-list-with-image > a`
Two male students walk on a pathway through a quad on a college campus. `div.collection-teaser > div.collection-container > div.article-list-with-image > a`
A mason jar stuffed full of money with a "college" label on it. `div.collection-teaser > div.collection-container > div.article-list-with-image > a`
Students smile during college graduation. `div.collection-teaser > div.collection-container > div.article-list-with-image > a`
A student using AI on a cellphone at a desk covered in study materials. `div.collection-teaser > div.collection-container > div.article-list-with-image > a`
Close-up of a teacher shaking hands with student at graduation. `div.collection-teaser > div.collection-container > div.article-list-with-image > a`

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Tables and lists

Screen readers have a specific way of announcing lists. Ensuring proper list structure aids screen reader output. Learn more about proper list structure.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Search Register Login `nav.header-main-nav > div#block-responsivemenumobileicon > div#pelcro-register > ul.flex`

These are opportunities to improve the experience of reading tabular or list data using assistive technology, like a screen reader.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

●`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Input buttons have discernible text.

●Form elements have associated labels

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

●Identical links have the same purpose.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

Best Practices

General

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Source	Description
/api/4509843776274432/envelope/?sentry_key=0c6463ce48a898...	`Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 429 ()`
/sites/default/files/js/js_1w1ylWjFZ4fQC3ipRW7t7hOLmBex_F...	`SyntaxError: Identifier 'extend' has already been declared`

●Uses HTTPS

●Avoids deprecated APIs

●Avoids third-party cookies

●Allows users to paste into input fields

●Avoids requesting the geolocation permission on page load

●Avoids requesting the notification permission on page load

●Displays images with correct aspect ratio

●Serves images with appropriate resolution

●Page has the HTML doctype

●Properly defines charset

●No issues in the `Issues` panel in Chrome Devtools

●Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

●Use a strong HSTS policy

●Ensure proper origin isolation with COOP

●Mitigate DOM-based XSS with Trusted Types

●Detected JavaScript libraries

●Page has valid source maps

○Redirects HTTP traffic to HTTPS

○Mitigate clickjacking with XFO or CSP

SEO

These checks ensure that your page is following basic search engine optimization advice. There are many additional factors Lighthouse does not score here that may affect your search ranking, including performance on Core Web Vitals. Learn more about Google Search Essentials.

Content Best Practices

Descriptive link text helps search engines understand your content. Learn how to make links more accessible.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Link destination	Link Text
www.insidehighered.com/membership	Learn More

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

○Structured data is valid

●Page isn’t blocked from indexing

●Document has a `<title>` element

●Document has a meta description

●Page has successful HTTP status code

●Links are crawlable

●robots.txt is valid

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Document has a valid `hreflang`

●Document has a valid `rel=canonical`

Lighthouse Scores

Industry-standard audits powered by Google Lighthouse. — Desktop

Performance

Accessibility

Best Practices

SEO

Core Web Vitals

Key metrics that affect user experience. — Desktop

First Contentful Paint First Contentful Paint — how long until the browser renders the first piece of content. Under 1.8s is good.

728 ms

Largest Contentful Paint Largest Contentful Paint — how long until the largest visible element loads. Under 2.5s is good.

1.56 s

Total Blocking Time Total Blocking Time — total time the main thread was blocked, preventing user input. Under 200ms is good.

806 ms

Cumulative Layout Shift Cumulative Layout Shift — measures visual stability. How much the page layout shifts during loading. Under 0.1 is good.

0.000

Speed Index Speed Index — how quickly content is visually displayed during load. Under 3.4s is good.

3.31 s

Time to Interactive Time to Interactive — how long until the page is fully interactive and responds to user input. Under 3.8s is good.

4.54 s

Detailed Report

Audit breakdown by category with detailed findings.

Performance

Insights

Remove large, duplicate JavaScript modules from bundles to reduce unnecessary bytes consumed by network activity.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Why this matters

Shipping ES5 transpiled code to modern browsers wastes bytes — every user with an evergreen browser pays for compatibility you don't need.

Learn more ▾

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

3rd party code can significantly impact load performance. Reduce and defer loading of 3rd party code to prioritize your page's content.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

A long cache lifetime can speed up repeat visits to your page. Learn more about caching.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Request	Cache TTL	Transfer Size
cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js	14400.0 s	132.6 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/activeview/current/ufs_web_display.js	3600.0 s	73.1 KiB
consent.cookiebot.com/uc.js	826.0 s	35.7 KiB
pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/rum.js?fcd=true	3600.0 s	25.1 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js	7200.0 s	20.3 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_529_x_353/public/2025-1...	1209600.0 s	74.3 KiB
/sites/default/files/css/css_wiPBLf8zRrMhAPDvIQ3DO1_WZ5c9...	1209600.0 s	51.7 KiB
cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js	604800.0 s	40.1 KiB
/cdn-cgi/scripts/7d0fa10a/cloudflare-static/rocket-loader...	2859.0 s	4.2 KiB
/sites/default/files/js/js_O5Or_E5vyF7NfdIDb1P0N6IRq_HWOB...	1209600.0 s	32.3 KiB
/sites/default/files/js/js_1w1ylWjFZ4fQC3ipRW7t7hOLmBex_F...	1209600.0 s	23.2 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_305_x_305/public/2023-0...	1209600.0 s	21.8 KiB
js.sentry-cdn.com/c3bcce31053fd1cacfa684e09f5d07cc.min.js	3600.0 s	2.7 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_305_x_305/public/2023-0...	1209600.0 s	17.4 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_529_x_353/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	16.8 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_305_x_305/public/2023-0...	1209600.0 s	15.0 KiB
experience.tinypass.com/xbuilder/experience/load?aid=Af3Dz90Hpu	1800.0 s	1.7 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_305_x_305/public/2023-0...	1209600.0 s	12.6 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_416_x_278/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	12.2 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	12.2 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	8.9 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_416_x_278/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	8.8 KiB
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	8.7 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/media/...	1209600.0 s	8.1 KiB
/sites/default/files/css/css_wSS7BUX7JsAFForoafUAlyLDbF3x...	1209600.0 s	7.8 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	7.7 KiB
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/x84.svg	1209600.0 s	6.7 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	6.6 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	6.6 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/2025-1...	1209600.0 s	6.2 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/2025-0...	1209600.0 s	6.0 KiB
/consentconfig/cdc87cef-40cb-4cb1-aece-72801d7e1960/insid...	39783.0 s	1.1 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_416_x_278/public/2023-0...	1209600.0 s	5.5 KiB
/sites/default/files/styles/image_193_x_129/public/2026-0...	1209600.0 s	5.5 KiB
/sites/default/files/js/js_jPGj5NYYyGixnjoq1CcYOmkNR2NBWS...	1209600.0 s	5.4 KiB
cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.css	604800.0 s	5.2 KiB
www.google-analytics.com/plugins/ua/ecommerce.js	3600.0 s	655 B
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/logo.svg	1209600.0 s	3.8 KiB
/sites/default/files/js/js_eYLXRhT0JbzaXI2nIYX_HAFWmTrj42...	1209600.0 s	2.7 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/api2/logo_48.png	604800.0 s	2.3 KiB
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/Linkedin.svg	1209600.0 s	2.4 KiB
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/twitter.svg	1209600.0 s	1.7 KiB
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/email.svg	1209600.0 s	1.3 KiB
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/facebook.svg	1209600.0 s	1.3 KiB
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/print.svg	1209600.0 s	1.1 KiB
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/envlope.svg	1209600.0 s	976 B
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/search.svg	1209600.0 s	909 B
/sites/default/files/google_tag/production/google_tag.scr...	1209600.0 s	818 B
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/close.svg	1209600.0 s	776 B
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/arrow-right-white.svg	1209600.0 s	761 B
/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/angle down white.svg	1209600.0 s	754 B
www.insidehighered.com/themes/custom/ihe/assets/images/svg/nav-inactive.svg	1209600.0 s	732 B
/pagead/managed/js/activeview/current/ufs_web_display.js	3600.0 s	0 B
/pagead/managed/js/activeview/current/ufs_web_display.js	3600.0 s	0 B
/pagead/managed/js/activeview/current/ufs_web_display.js	3600.0 s	0 B
/pagead/managed/js/activeview/current/ufs_web_display.js	3600.0 s	0 B
/pagead/managed/js/activeview/current/ufs_web_display.js	3600.0 s	0 B
/pagead/managed/js/activeview/current/ufs_web_display.js	3600.0 s	0 B
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	0 B
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	0 B
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	0 B
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	0 B
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	0 B
tpc.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/r20260420/r20110914/abg_lite_fy2021.js	1209600.0 s	0 B

Your first network request is the most important. Reduce its latency by avoiding redirects, ensuring a fast server response, and enabling text compression.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

headings: [map[key:source label:Top function call valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:95.098 source:map[column:68088 line:13 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]]]

headings: [map[key:source label:Source valueType:source-location] map[granularity:1 key:reflowTime label:Total reflow time valueType:ms]]

items: [map[reflowTime:9.187 source:map[column:7507 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:14.103 source:map[column:17085 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:13.392 source:map[column:22821 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:8.046 source:map[column:22622 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:35.246 source:map[column:85575 line:2 type:source-location url:https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/files/js/js_O5Or_E5vyF7NfdIDb1P0N6IRq_HWOBY2ADf5YL9oqaQ.js?scope=footer&delta=0&language=en&theme=ihe&include=eJyFj8sSgjAMRX-otJ_ElHIp0fQxTQTx6wV1pcO4uZmbc7IIzXCeK2V0FzG0t8hl8NyJbkw5vlayUkV7876CQysuIQ1oMlM17B-bO8I0SC1ZaEGfkG_uq9tQ8kTRCClWGtF7RlNHmdSsGKbSkvtMC8Z-ojbMCNeh3CGnygj1xGLFL_graYmRz7UEER_PealK-0c__IgnFOqBcA urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:90.519 source:map[column:45920 line:12 type:source-location url:https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:4.024 source:map[column:237248 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.388 source:map[column:48581 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:7.805 source:map[column:241855 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:5.473 source:map[column:400730 line:0 type:source-location url:https://cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:3.782 source:map[type:text value:[unattributed]]] map[reflowTime:0.562 source:map[column:82434 line:1 type:source-location url:https://consent.cookiebot.com/uc.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.665 source:map[column:83999 line:0 type:source-location url:https://js.pelcro.com/sdk/main.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.649 source:map[column:143046 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.391 source:map[column:327363 line:0 type:source-location url:https://cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.663 source:map[column:157572 line:18 type:source-location url:https://securepubads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js urlProvider:network]] map[reflowTime:0.216 source:map[column:1628 line:5 type:source-location url:/_/mss/boq-content-ads-contributor/_/js/k=boq-content-ads-contributor.ContributorServingResponseClientJs.en_US.DsKGN-qqfrQ.es5.O/d=1/exm=kernel_loader,loader_js_executable,web_iab_tcf_v2_signal_executable/ed=1/rs=AJlcJMz2YRLcgcQw7bN4By8dD3CBlNJULw/m=ad_blocking_detection_executable urlProvider:network]]]

Optimize LCP by making the LCP image discoverable from the HTML immediately, and avoiding lazy-loading

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

lhId: page-0-IMG

nodeLabel: A photo of Charlie Kirk surrounded by flowers and mementos.

path: 1,HTML,1,BODY,0,DIV,2,DIV,4,DIV,3,DIV,0,MAIN,1,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,SECTION,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,DIV,0,A,0,IMG

selector: div.ihe-card > div.ihe-card--image > a > img.mb-2

Avoid chaining critical requests by reducing the length of chains, reducing the download size of resources, or deferring the download of unnecessary resources to improve page load.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

title: Preconnected origins

value: no origins were preconnected

description: Add [preconnect](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/lighthouse/performance/uses-rel-preconnect/) hints to your most important origins, but try to use no more than 4.

title: Preconnect candidates

Requests are blocking the page's initial render, which may delay LCP. Deferring or inlining can move these network requests out of the critical path.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size	Duration
/sites/default/files/css/css_wiPBLf8zRrMhAPDvIQ3DO1_WZ5c9...	51.7 KiB	224 ms
cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.css	5.2 KiB	233 ms
/sites/default/files/css/css_wSS7BUX7JsAFForoafUAlyLDbF3x...	7.8 KiB	61 ms

Consider setting font-display to swap or optional to ensure text is consistently visible. swap can be further optimized to mitigate layout shifts with font metric overrides.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Est Savings
fonts.gstatic.com/s/roboto/v51/KFO7CnqEu92Fr1ME7kSn66aGLdTylUAMa3yUBA.woff2	5.0 ms

Reducing the download time of images can improve the perceived load time of the page and LCP. Learn more about optimizing image size

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

	URL	Resource Size	Est Savings
	tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/13549104829354681660?	189.9 KiB	150.4 KiB
A bald man with glasses and a blonde woman with long hair stand together smilin… `div.swiper-slide > div.paragraph > div.field > img`	tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/9855566259283693419?	178.5 KiB	139.0 KiB
A photo of Charlie Kirk surrounded by flowers and mementos. `div.ihe-card > div.ihe-card--image > a > img.mb-2`	/sites/default/files/styles/image_529_x_353/public/2025-1...	73.6 KiB	48.2 KiB
Students smile during college graduation. `div.article-list-with-image > a > div.field > img`	tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/12540895525609570762?	43.4 KiB	23.1 KiB
A photo illustration of a person holding a cellphone with blurry type on the sc… `div.ihe-card > div.ihe-card--image > a > img.mb-2`	/sites/default/files/styles/image_529_x_353/public/2026-0...	16.2 KiB	11.3 KiB

These insights are also available in the Chrome DevTools Performance Panel - record a trace to view more detailed information.

Redirects introduce additional delays before the page can be loaded. Learn how to avoid page redirects.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 228 ms

URL	Time Spent
insidehighered.com/	228 ms
www.insidehighered.com/	0.0 ms

Keep the server response time for the main document short because all other requests depend on it. Learn more about the Time to First Byte metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 846 ms

URL	Time Spent
www.insidehighered.com/	946 ms

The maximum potential First Input Delay that your users could experience is the duration of the longest task. Learn more about the Maximum Potential First Input Delay metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Time to Interactive is the amount of time it takes for the page to become fully interactive. Learn more about the Time to Interactive metric.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

TTI

Diagnostics

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling, and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to reduce Javascript execution time.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Total CPU Time	Script Evaluation	Script Parse
js.pelcro.com/ui/plugin/inside-higher-ed/main.min.js	693 ms	512 ms	55 ms
consent.cookiebot.com/uc.js	413 ms	320 ms	3.9 ms
/cdn-cgi/scripts/7d0fa10a/cloudflare-static/rocket-loader...	377 ms	313 ms	3.9 ms
Unattributable	373 ms	8.9 ms	0.0 ms
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	362 ms	302 ms	23 ms
/cdc87cef-40cb-4cb1-aece-72801d7e1960/cc.js?renew=false&r...	314 ms	126 ms	14 ms
www.insidehighered.com/	206 ms	6.4 ms	0.2 ms
js.pelcro.com/sdk/main.min.js	167 ms	155 ms	4.8 ms
unpkg.com/alpinejs@3.10.4/dist/cdn.min.js	147 ms	141 ms	5.3 ms
cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/swiper@8/swiper-bundle.min.js	144 ms	36 ms	13 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-F07KT3P0SW&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	118 ms	99 ms	18 ms
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	100 ms	63 ms	30 ms
cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js	83 ms	56 ms	16 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-MV58SWF	81 ms	62 ms	17 ms
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/309842?ers=3	74 ms	66 ms	7.2 ms
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-11660131&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	63 ms	50 ms	12 ms
/f/AGSKWxUkvOgSW5Be3ahHF8mogFv1AoWK3O_ApiTkzfYz5snJ9OfS08...	56 ms	18 ms	0.4 ms

Consider reducing the time spent parsing, compiling and executing JS. You may find delivering smaller JS payloads helps with this. Learn how to minimize main-thread work

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Category	Time Spent
Script Evaluation	2.5 s
Other	614 ms
Style & Layout	360 ms
Script Parsing & Compilation	262 ms
Parse HTML & CSS	192 ms
Garbage Collection	61 ms
Rendering	39 ms

Minifying CSS files can reduce network payload sizes. Learn how to minify CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 3.1 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/* globals / /! modern-normalize v1.0.0 \| MIT License \| https://github.com/sindresorhus/modern-n…	14.0 KiB	3.1 KiB

Reduce unused rules from stylesheets and defer CSS not used for above-the-fold content to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused CSS.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 69.0 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
/sites/default/files/css/css_wiPBLf8zRrMhAPDvIQ3DO1_WZ5c9...	51.1 KiB	44.5 KiB
/* globals / /! modern-normalize v1.0.0 \| MIT License \| https://github.com/sindresorhus/modern-n…	14.0 KiB	13.7 KiB
	13.5 KiB	10.7 KiB

Reduce unused JavaScript and defer loading scripts until they are required to decrease bytes consumed by network activity. Learn how to reduce unused JavaScript.

Why this matters

Multi-megabyte JavaScript bundles delay every interactive feature on the page.

Learn more ▾

Source: Google web.dev / Lighthouse

Estimated savings: 0.0 ms 919.3 KiB

URL	Transfer Size	Est Savings
js.pelcro.com/ui/plugin/inside-higher-ed/main.min.js	389.0 KiB	241.0 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.8 KiB	177.2 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB	94.1 KiB
cdn.tinypass.com/api/tinypass.min.js	132.1 KiB	93.7 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-MV58SWF	155.3 KiB	75.8 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-F07KT3P0SW&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	172.7 KiB	64.0 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=DC-11660131&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	130.5 KiB	58.6 KiB
fundingchoicesmessages.google.com/i/309842?ers=3	68.5 KiB	36.2 KiB
browser.sentry-cdn.com/10.49.0/bundle.tracing.min.js	44.2 KiB	33.1 KiB
/cdc87cef-40cb-4cb1-aece-72801d7e1960/cc.js?renew=false&r...	121.2 KiB	25.2 KiB
/sites/default/files/js/js_O5Or_E5vyF7NfdIDb1P0N6IRq_HWOB...	31.7 KiB	20.4 KiB

Large network payloads cost users real money and are highly correlated with long load times. Learn how to reduce payload sizes.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

URL	Transfer Size
js.pelcro.com/ui/plugin/inside-higher-ed/main.min.js	391.8 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	362.4 KiB
www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/releases/gTpTIWhbKpxADzTzkcabhXN4/recaptcha__en.js	361.9 KiB
tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/4163519956038348625?	196.3 KiB
tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/13549104829354681660?	190.3 KiB
/pagead/managed/js/gpt/m202604160201/pubads_impl.js	187.7 KiB
tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/9855566259283693419?	178.6 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-F07KT3P0SW&cx=c&gtm=4e64h1	172.7 KiB
tpc.googlesyndication.com/simgad/13386453805828089715?	158.1 KiB
www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-MV58SWF	155.6 KiB

More information about the performance of your application. These numbers don't directly affect the Performance score.

●Layout shift culprits

●Optimize DOM size

●LCP breakdown

●Modern HTTP

●Optimize viewport for mobile

●Minify JavaScript

●User Timing marks and measures 14 user timings

●Avoid long main-thread tasks 13 long tasks found

●Image elements have explicit `width` and `height`

●Page didn't prevent back/forward cache restoration

●Network Requests

●Network Round Trip Times 200 ms

●Server Backend Latencies 230 ms

●Tasks

●Diagnostics

●Metrics

●Screenshot Thumbnails

●Final Screenshot

●Script Treemap Data

●Resources Summary

●Avoid large layout shifts 2 layout shifts found

○INP breakdown

○Avoid non-composited animations

Accessibility

Contrast

Low-contrast text is difficult or impossible for many users to read. Learn how to provide sufficient color contrast.

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
Consent `div#CybotCookiebotDialogNav > ul#CybotCookiebotDialogNavList > li.CybotCookiebotDialogNavItem > a#CybotCookiebotDialogNavDeclaration`
Advertisement `div#block-ihe-dfptagtakeover-billboard > div.flex > div.block > a`
Lawmakers in multiple states named bills after Turning Point USA’s controversia… `div.grid-column-1 > div.ihe-card > div.content-field_lead > p`
Advertisement `div.paragraph > div.flex > div.block > a`
Advertisement `div.paragraph > div.flex > div.block > a`
Advertisement `div.paragraph > div.flex > div.block > a`

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Navigation

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Failing Elements
DOJ Extends Web Accessibility Deadline `div.hero-article-main > div.ihe-card > div.ihe-card--title > h5.featured-story-title`
Tenn. Bill Overhauling Tenured Faculty Disciplinary Procedures Becomes Law `div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > div.card-body > h5`
3-Year Degrees Misread the Future Job Market `div.article-lists-items > div.article-list-item-first > div.article-list-item > h5`
Featured Gig: Executive Director, Online Education & AI Innovation, Manchester U `div.article-lists-items > div.article-list-item-first > div.article-list-item > h5`
How Good Is Your Advancement Team? `div.article-lists-items > div.article-list-item-first > div.article-list-item > h5`
The War on Student Speech `div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > div.card-body > h5`
Peer-to-Peer Advice `div.swiper-slide > div.paragraph > div.card-teaser-summary > h4`
Ep. 194: In Defense of a Core Education With Andrew Delbanco `div.item-list > ul > li > h5.views-field`
Where Research Meets Enterprise: Lessons From a Successful Spin-Out Founder `div.item-list > ul > li > h5.views-field`
College Students Are More Polarized Than Ever. Can AI Help? `div.swiper-slide > article.card-thumbnail > div.card-body > h5`
The Other Engagement Problem `div.collection-container > div.article-list-with-image > div > h5`
Company `div.footer-inner-wrapper > div#footer-top > div.menu-links-company > h4.heading-line`

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

○Interactive controls are keyboard focusable

○Interactive elements indicate their purpose and state

○The page has a logical tab order

○Visual order on the page follows DOM order

○User focus is not accidentally trapped in a region

○The user's focus is directed to new content added to the page

○HTML5 landmark elements are used to improve navigation

○Offscreen content is hidden from assistive technology

○Custom controls have associated labels

○Custom controls have ARIA roles

●`[aria-*]` attributes match their roles

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` is not present on the document `<body>`

●`[role]`s have all required `[aria-*]` attributes

●Elements with an ARIA `[role]` that require children to contain a specific `[role]` have all required children.

●`[role]`s are contained by their required parent element

●`[role]` values are valid

●`[aria-*]` attributes have valid values

●`[aria-*]` attributes are valid and not misspelled

●Buttons have an accessible name

●Image elements have `[alt]` attributes

●Input buttons have discernible text.

●Form elements have associated labels

●`[user-scalable="no"]` is not used in the `<meta name="viewport">` element and the `[maximum-scale]` attribute is not less than 5.

●`button`, `link`, and `menuitem` elements have accessible names

●ARIA attributes are used as specified for the element's role

●Elements with `role="dialog"` or `role="alertdialog"` have accessible names.

●`[aria-hidden="true"]` elements do not contain focusable descendents

●Elements use only permitted ARIA attributes

●Document has a `<title>` element

●`<frame>` or `<iframe>` elements have a title

●`<html>` element has a `[lang]` attribute

●`<html>` element has a valid value for its `[lang]` attribute

●Links are distinguishable without relying on color.

●Links have a discernible name

●Lists contain only `<li>` elements and script supporting elements (`<script>` and `<template>`).

●List items (`<li>`) are contained within `<ul>`, `<ol>` or `<menu>` parent elements

●No element has a `[tabindex]` value greater than 0

●Touch targets have sufficient size and spacing.

●`[lang]` attributes have a valid value

●Document has a main landmark.

●Deprecated ARIA roles were not used

●Image elements do not have `[alt]` attributes that are redundant text.

●Identical links have the same purpose.

○`[accesskey]` values are unique

○ARIA input fields have accessible names

○ARIA `meter` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `progressbar` elements have accessible names

○Elements with the `role=text` attribute do not have focusable descendents.

○ARIA toggle fields have accessible names

○ARIA `tooltip` elements have accessible names

○ARIA `treeitem` elements have accessible names

○The page contains a heading, skip link, or landmark region

○`<dl>`'s contain only properly-ordered `<dt>` and `<dd>` groups, `<script>`, `<template>` or `<div>` elements.

○Definition list items are wrapped in `<dl>` elements

○ARIA IDs are unique

○No form fields have multiple labels

○`<html>` element has an `[xml:lang]` attribute with the same base language as the `[lang]` attribute.

○`<input type="image">` elements have `[alt]` text

○The document does not use `<meta http-equiv="refresh">`

○`<object>` elements have alternate text

○Select elements have associated label elements.

○Skip links are focusable.

○Cells in a `<table>` element that use the `[headers]` attribute refer to table cells within the same table.

○`<th>` elements and elements with `[role="columnheader"/"rowheader"]` have data cells they describe.

○`<video>` elements contain a `<track>` element with `[kind="captions"]`

○Tables have different content in the summary attribute and `<caption>`.

○All heading elements contain content.

○Uses ARIA roles only on compatible elements

○Elements with visible text labels have matching accessible names.

○Tables use `<caption>` instead of cells with the `[colspan]` attribute to indicate a caption.

○`<td>` elements in a large `<table>` have one or more table headers.

Best Practices

General

Errors logged to the console indicate unresolved problems. They can come from network request failures and other browser concerns. Learn more about this errors in console diagnostic audit

Why this matters

Performance issues directly impact user engagement and conversion rates.

Source Description

Source	Description
/sites/default/files/js/js_1w1ylWjFZ4fQC3ipRW7t7hOLmBex_F...	`SyntaxError: Identifier 'extend' has already been declared`
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/sites/default/files/js/js_1w1ylWjFZ4fQC3ipRW7t7hOLmBex_F...

SyntaxError: Identifier 'extend' has already been declared

/sites/default/files/js/js_O5Or_E5vyF7NfdIDb1P0N6IRq_HWOB... line 2, col 28759

TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'close')
    at checkWidth (https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/files/js/js_jPGj5NYYyGixnjoq1CcYOmkNR2NBWStI0QxCKkL9AUA.js?scope=footer&delta=2&language=en&theme=ihe&include=eJyFj8sSgjAMRX-otJ_ElHIp0fQxTQTx6wV1pcO4uZmbc7IIzXCeK2V0FzG0t8hl8NyJbkw5vlayUkV7876CQysuIQ1oMlM17B-bO8I0SC1ZaEGfkG_uq9tQ8kTRCClWGtF7RlNHmdSsGKbSkvtMC8Z-ojbMCNeh3CGnygj1xGLFL_graYmRz7UEER_PealK-0c__IgnFOqBcA:7:464)
    at HTMLDocument.<anonymous> (https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/files/js/js_jPGj5NYYyGixnjoq1CcYOmkNR2NBWStI0QxCKkL9AUA.js?scope=footer&delta=2&language=en&theme=ihe&include=eJyFj8sSgjAMRX-otJ_ElHIp0fQxTQTx6wV1pcO4uZmbc7IIzXCeK2V0FzG0t8hl8NyJbkw5vlayUkV7876CQysuIQ1oMlM17B-bO8I0SC1ZaEGfkG_uq9tQ8kTRCClWGtF7RlNHmdSsGKbSkvtMC8Z-ojbMCNeh3CGnygj1xGLFL_graYmRz7UEER_PealK-0c__IgnFOqBcA:7:477)
    at e (https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/files/js/js_O5Or_E5vyF7NfdIDb1P0N6IRq_HWOBY2ADf5YL9oqaQ.js?scope=footer&delta=0&language=en&theme=ihe&include=eJyFj8sSgjAMRX-otJ_ElHIp0fQxTQTx6wV1pcO4uZmbc7IIzXCeK2V0FzG0t8hl8NyJbkw5vlayUkV7876CQysuIQ1oMlM17B-bO8I0SC1ZaEGfkG_uq9tQ8kTRCClWGtF7RlNHmdSsGKbSkvtMC8Z-ojbMCNeh3CGnygj1xGLFL_graYmRz7UEER_PealK-0c__IgnFOqBcA:3:27028)
    at t (https://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/files/js/js_O5Or_E5vyF7NfdIDb1P0N6IRq_HWOBY2ADf5YL9oqaQ.js?scope=footer&delta=0&language=en&theme=ihe&include=eJyFj8sSgjAMRX-otJ_ElHIp0fQxTQTx6wV1pcO4uZmbc7IIzXCeK2V0FzG0t8hl8NyJbkw5vlayUkV7876CQysuIQ1oMlM17B-bO8I0SC1ZaEGfkG_uq9tQ8kTRCClWGtF7RlNHmdSsGKbSkvtMC8Z-ojbMCNeh3CGnygj1xGLFL_graYmRz7UEER_PealK-0c__IgnFOqBcA:3:27330)

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