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Where DEI Work Is Faculty Work
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will soon require diversity-contribution statements from all faculty members for tenure and promotion.
Passed Over for Being a Woman
Twenty-eight percent of academic women surveyed by Gallup say they’ve been passed over for promotion or advancement opportunities due to their gender. That’s a bigger share than female workers in the U.S. in general.
Ukrainian, Russian Students Face Financial Woes in U.S.
Russia’s war against Ukraine has created financial uncertainty for students from both countries. Colleges are scrambling to help, while donors are more sympathetic to the Ukrainians.
Year of Reflection Prompts Course Reversal
After a year of contentious discussions and debates, University of Richmond leaders decided to remove the names of controversial figures from six campus buildings.
Students Feel Pain of State Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills
State anti-LGBTQ+ bills mostly target K-12 students, but the hate they engender seeps into campus life, creating stress and anxiety for LGBTQ+ students—and spurring them and their allies into action.
A Largely White Field Seeks Diversity
NACAC releases report that asks why admissions remains largely white.
Injecting Equity Into the Carnegie Classifications
Leaders of the Carnegie Foundation and the American Council on Education envision judging colleges on their contributions to social mobility and racial equity.
Another Misconduct Scandal for Michigan State
An Indigenous scholar alleges that she suffered her supervisor’s abuse for years, only to face retaliation from both him and the institution after she reported him. Little has changed since the Nassar case, she says.