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Why Did Shafik Step Down Now?

Congress grilled seven leaders over campus antisemitism in three hearings. Columbia President Minouche Shafik is now the third leader to resign in the aftermath.

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Increased Financial Aid Can Increase Demand for Basic Needs Services

A new survey from New Mexico shows that nearly 60 percent of students are food insecure. Experts say that number likely rose when the state’s free-tuition program made college more accessible for low-income learners.

Judge Tosses Professors’ Suit Against Indiana’s ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Law

On Wednesday, a judge dismissed a lawsuit that had sought to invalidate the parts of a new Indiana law requiring...
A photo illustration showing documents from a lawsuit, with a highlighted quote saying “curriculum used in state universities and instruction offered by state employees” is “state speech.”

Indiana Argues Professors Lack First Amendment Rights in Public Classrooms

Defending a new law requiring “intellectual diversity” from professors, the Indiana attorney general echoes Florida and asserts that “curriculum of a public university is government speech.”

Report: DeVos Open to Working in Trump Administration

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos doesn’t think she’ll be asked to work again in a potential second Trump administration. If...
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Under New Florida Law, Eight Adjunct Unions Are Dissolved

Like other higher-ed bargaining units in the state, they failed to meet a threshold for dues-paying members championed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.

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Lawmaker Claims Credit for Antisemitism Review at Florida Universities

State Representative Randy Fine says that after he repeatedly called the state university chancellor about a “Muslim terror textbook,” the system launched an evaluation of courses at all public universities.

Students on campus, financial documents, political party symbols and a piggy bank

3 Topics That Were on Everyone’s Minds at the SHEEO Conference

State officials from across the country are recognizing a new reality for public postsecondary education as enrollment declines, political culture wars rage, finances grow fragile and workforce demands compound.