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Effective Responses to Feedback About Culturally Irrelevant Out-of-Class Activities

Disengagement and low attendance rates are two ways collegians furnish feedback to campus activities professionals and to their student leader peers who are responsible for programming.

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Leading Diversity Officers in Turbulent Times

The new president of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education is intent on broadening the organization’s reach at a time when diversity, equity and inclusion work is under pressure.

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Trump Administration Agrees to End Race-Based Criteria for McNair Grant

The decision ends a lawsuit from a conservative student group and will open up the doctoral grant program that originally targeted underrepresented students.

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ED Investigates Louisiana Board of Regents Over Enrollment Goals

The Trump administration is investigating an enrollment initiative in Louisiana designed to boost the number of Black and Hispanic students...
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Virginia Tech Bans University-Funded Identity-Based Graduations

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has banned university-funded “identity-based Graduation Achievement Ceremonies,” the institution announced on its website. The...
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A Home for Homeless DEI Strategies and Research

A group of current and former diversity professionals and researchers founded a journal to preserve perspectives they fear could be lost amid state and federal crackdowns on DEI work.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, a white woman with short hair wearing a suit, speaks at the White House press briefing room.

Education Dept. Drops Appeal of Court Order Blocking Anti-DEI Guidance

First Amendment advocates and higher ed leaders are declaring victory, and some say it’s the “final defeat” of Trump’s attempt to rid colleges of race-based student supports.

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4 Takeaways From Trump’s First Year in Office

Higher ed faced upheaval and uncertainty as the president sought to overhaul colleges and universities. Some leaders hope for a more stable year two, but significant changes loom.