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‘Champions of Higher Education’

PEN America has worked to get 100 former college presidents to “affirmatively promote a positive vision of American higher education...

Faculty Strike Suspended at Eastern Illinois

Faculty members at Eastern Illinois University voted to suspend their strike, as of 8 this morning, according to their union...

Supreme Court Rejects Borrower-Defense Appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to block a class-action settlement in a long-running lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education...
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Brand Protection or Censorship?

Student filmmakers at UCLA were told not to identify their institution in a project about a 1991 campus demonstration, vexing the students and raising concerns about academic freedom.

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Moving the Needle on the College Presidency

The latest presidential survey from the American Council on Education shows gains on diversity, though the number of female presidents barely budged.

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A Texas Trilogy of Anti-DEI, Tenure Bills

Three Texas bills would end tenure, force universities to fire professors who “attempt to compel” certain beliefs and ban what the legislation defines as diversity, equity and inclusion programming. The State Senate has already passed one.

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Student Representation in Adviser Hiring Processes

Two undergraduate fellows for the Advising Success Network established best practices and recommendations for institutions in equitable hiring practices for academic advisers.

Susan Burgess' LGBT Inclusion in American Life: Pop Culture, Political Imagination, and Civil Rights (NYU Press)
Opinion

‘LGBT Inclusion in American Life’

Scott McLemee reviews LGBT Inclusion in American Life by Susan Burgess.