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Hope for DEI Amid Its Muddiest, Most Catastrophic Moment

Colleges’ DEI efforts are being battered by a storm at the moment. It’s hard to see how recovery can happen, but it is possible.

Harvard Agrees to Relinquish Portraits of Enslaved

Harvard University agreed to give up ownership of two portraits of enslaved people, ending a six-year legal fight with a...

Medical School Accreditor Eliminates Diversity Standard

The body that accredits medical schools leading to MD degrees has dropped diversity as a standard, USA Today reported. The...
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Reconciliation Bill Would Block Access to Higher Ed, ACE Leader Warns

The head of the American Council on Education said the legislation would make higher ed more elite, while Trump’s cuts to research funding risk the country’s standing as a global superpower.

Nature: DOGE Screening NIH Awards, Ordering Projects Killed

The U.S. Department of Government Efficiency has been screening all National Institutes of Health grants since early this month, Nature’s...
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Opinion

A Return to Racial Quotas in Admission?

The Trump administration seems to view “too many” Black and Hispanic students at a selective college as cause for suspicion, David Hawkins writes.

Opinion

Martin Luther King Misrepresented in Anti-DEI Congressional Hearing

Any policy or practice in higher education or elsewhere that insists on colorblindness is a misrepresentation of King’s stance.

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Trump Administration Strips Harvard’s SEVP Certification

The government escalates its war with the university by withdrawing permission to host international students, who make up more than one-fourth of the head count.