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Faculty Issues Tenure

One Year After Massive Cuts, West Virginia Is Still Bleeding Faculty, Administrators

The university courted controversy by slashing programs and laying off both tenured and nontenured faculty members. More spooked professors are leaving in addition to those cuts, but so are key leaders who pushed them.

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Free Speech Survey Signals Distrust and Disconnection
Diversity Sex & Gender
Decades of Enrollment Declines for Black Men at HBCUs

Black men make up roughly a quarter of students at historically Black colleges and universities, a significant drop from years past, according to a new report.

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Internet Archive Court Loss Leaves Higher Ed in Gray Area

The nonprofit published thousands of ebooks for free, violating copyright law. What that means for research libraries remains to be seen.

Student Success Academic Life
Success Program Launch: AI-Powered Study Tools for Students

A new initiative at the University of Delaware uses generative artificial intelligence to identify key themes and ideas in professors’ lectures, which can be transformed into flash cards and other digital learning tools.

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Program Innovation: A Canvas Course for Orientation

An online course houses resources and orientation details for incoming students at the University of North Texas, providing them with access to information and materials on demand.

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A Paramount Duty

Virginia attorney general Jason S. Miyares responds to a recent opinion piece about the duties of public university board members.

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Why I Chose to Be a Financial Aid Administrator

Even in this most difficult of years, financial aid is my calling, Steven J. McDowell writes.

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Challenging the Transactional Mindset

Students struggle with agency. Without it, it’s hard to accomplish anything, learning-wise.

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What’s New With Dual Enrollment?

Dual enrollment is a critical part of expanding college access to underserved groups.

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Navigating the Postdoc Office: Part 2

Victoria Hallinan and Karena Nguyen share their advice, as well as that of a postdoc and several other administrators, about pursuing this career path.

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The Imperfect Tutor: Grading, Feedback and AI

Patricia Taylor has found using AI takes more time and creates more problems than not if instructors want students to get meaningful feedback on their work.

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The Confusion and Chaos of Title IX Reform

President Biden, when he was elected in 2020, promised to immediately overturn Trump-era Title IX reforms. But the bold changes he introduced to the federal government’s gender equality law have hit a series of regulatory and political roadblocks causing chaos and confusion among compliance officers, university leaders and students. Judges have temporarily blocked enforcement in nearly half the country, leaving the future of Biden’s reforms hanging in the balance. Get up to speed with Inside Higher Ed’s coverage of the key developments.

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A New Title IX Era Brings Confusion and Frustration

A spate of lawsuits and court injunctions has complicated colleges’ efforts to comply with the Biden administration’s overhaul of the 52-year-old law, leaving Title IX coordinators frustrated and uncertain about how to move forward.

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How Biden’s Title IX Reform Became a Legal Morass

Conservatives have partly stymied the administration’s efforts to overhaul Title IX, getting the new regulations temporarily blocked in 26 states over objections to expanded rights for LGBTQ+ students. Here’s how the last 100 days have unfolded.

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Nearly 700 More Colleges Don’t Have to Comply With New Title IX Rule

A recent injunction barred the Education Department from enforcing its new Title IX rule at colleges attended by members of two conservative student groups. Hundreds of colleges across the country are affected.

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Why Conservatives Want New Title IX Rule Blocked

The wide-ranging regulation changes how colleges respond to reports of sexual misconduct, but most criticism focuses on provisions that expand protections to LGBTQ+ students.

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House Republicans Vote to Overturn Biden Title IX Rule

The party-line vote followed a heated debate over the regulations, which strengthen protections for transgender students.

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Title IX Legal Challenges Target LGBTQ+ Protections

Judges have temporarily blocked the new Title IX regulations in 10 red states so far. Experts expect a long legal fight that could end at the Supreme Court.

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Political Standoff Over Title IX Puts Red State Colleges in No-Win Situation

Eight states—so far—say they’ll defy the Biden administration and not comply with the new Title IX regulations. That would imperil nearly $13 billion in federal aid for public universities in those states.

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New Title IX Rules Are Out. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Designed to protect college and university students and employees from sex-based harassment and sexual violence, the regulations will overhaul how institutions respond to reports of sexual misconduct, among other changes.

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Title IX Activists Reflect on Last Decade

Know Your IX’s transformation from online campaign to organization with a national network of student activists is a snapshot of how the movement to end campus sexual assault has evolved.

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Students Press Biden Administration to Finalize New Title IX Rules

A delay in issuing the regulations likely means that Trump-era rules will stay in place for another academic year.

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