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Edward Blum leaves the U.S. Supreme Court after oral arguments in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. He is a white man with gray hair wearing a business suit, walking down the white marble stairs of the Supreme Court building.

Students Financial Aid

Lawsuit Accuses Hispanic Scholarship Fund of Discrimination

A group created by the founder of Students for Fair Admissions argues a large nonprofit aid program is illegally restricted to Latinos. At issue are “contracts.”

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Opinion

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In Praise of Being First-Gen

We should not retire the label; we should reclaim and revere it.

By Ed Smith-Lewis

President Harry S. Truman in front of a picture of the U.S. Capitol building and two groups of people. One group is arranging food and the other is picking up trash on a beach.

Students Financial Aid

House GOP Accuses Truman Scholarship of Liberal Bias as Dems Talk College Costs

Republicans held a hearing airing accusations that the prestigious program heavily favors left-leaning candidates. No one from the scholarship foundation was invited.

The letters DEI against the background of what appears to be a wall with many cracks.

Quick Takes

Chief Diversity Officers Report Stress Amid Shifting Roles

Chief diversity officers find their work has gotten harder and more stressful over the past two years, according to a...

Denny Chimes and the University of Alabama's quadrangle is seen from the steps of the Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Students Free Speech

Citing Anti-DEI DOJ Memo, Alabama Ends Black-, Women-Focused Student Magazines

The university pointed to a July Department of Justice memo that warned against “unlawful proxies” for race or sex. It’s another example of administrators restricting student media.

Cover of "The right to learn" next to a portrait of Valerie C. Johnson, one of the editors.

Faculty Academic Freedom

Associate Provost on the Right’s Coordinated Attack on Academic Freedom

In her book The Right to Learn, Valerie Johnson dives into the years-long erosion of academic freedom in red states and how universities must resist it.

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Institutions Community Colleges

The Growing Diversity of Community College Trustees

Since the 1990s, more women, people of color and community college graduates have become members of governing boards at two-year colleges.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in front of campus shots of Duke University, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University and University of Southern California.

Diversity

Universities May Lose State Dept. Partnership Due to Trump’s Anti-DEI Crusade

An unfinalized list shows 38 institutions would be kicked out of a State Department program over alleged diversity, equity and inclusion hiring practices, The Guardian reported. The department won’t elaborate beyond saying it’s following the “President’s agenda.”