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Redefining Disabilities

Moving beyond the language of deficits and deficiencies and finding strength in difference.

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Training Future Doctors to Be Health Equity Advocates

Many doctors don’t address the nonmedical social conditions that determine patients’ health outcomes. A growing number of medical schools are focused on changing that.

UW Oshkosh Depletes Reserves

Facing steep financial challenges, the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh has spent all of the discretionary money in its unrestricted...

UW System DEI Chief Resigns After Fraught Year

Monica Smith, the chief diversity officer for the Universities of Wisconsin, resigned on Thursday less than a year after she...

House Education Committee Threatens to Subpoena Northwestern

Representative Virginia Foxx, the North Carolina Republican who chairs the House Education and Workforce Committee, says she’s prepared to subpoena...
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Opinion

Protecting Free Speech, Promoting Free Inquiry

Rajiv Vinnakota offers recommendations for campus leaders as they prepare for student protests to resume this fall.

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Supporting Students With Disabilities in Degree Attainment

Students with disabilities in higher education are less likely to graduate and land full-time employment after college, compared to their peers. A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office highlights solutions colleges can take to better aid these learners.

Fears Mount Over Detention of Academics Who Traveled to China

Several Chinese academics working overseas have disappeared or been detained on return to China as the country’s leaders expand national security laws.