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Land-Grant Universities Profit Off Native Lands

Fourteen land-grant universities benefit from money made off “trust lands,” or lands taken from Native Americans and managed by the...
Letters

Mischaracterizing a Vote on Antisemitism

Resolutions, like the one at UNC-Chapel Hill, can do more harm than good when they lack precision. 

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus with headshots of Associate Professor Ronit Freeman and Professor Nadia Yaqub
Faculty Issues Academic Freedom

Campus Vote on Antisemitism Resolution Is Microcosm of National Debate

Someone called Oct. 7 “a beautiful day” at a University of North Carolina event. The Faculty Council then “indefinitely postponed” a resolution that would have condemned the statement.

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Government Student Aid Policy

Advocates Promote Equitable Prison Education Programs Post–Pell Restoration

Using feedback from incarcerated students is one way to work toward making prison education programs more racially inclusive, according to a new report from the Vera Institute of Justice.

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Quick Takes

Supreme Court Passes on West Point Affirmative Action Case

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to intervene in the latest affirmative action legal battle, this time centered on the United...
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Institutions Minority-Serving Institutions

Editor Discusses New Book, ‘HBCU Made’

The new book features a range of HBCU alumni describing the enduring effects of their college experiences.

Quick Takes

Doxing Truck Targets Boulder Faculty Members

Accuracy in Media, the group behind what it calls infamous mobile billboards and what others call doxing trucks, has now...
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Faculty Issues Tenure

Tenure Extensions Were Popular Amid the Pandemic. That May Not Be Good.

Colleges gave tenure candidates more time due to COVID-19. Women, who may be more likely to fall behind due to extensions, reported more disruption to their research than men.