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Under UT’s New Core Curriculum, Humanities Benefit but Faculty Are Limited

The new core will include a list of approved authors that faculty must select from to build their syllabi for certain courses, including Great Questions of Human Life and Masterworks of Literature.

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States Narrow Funding Gaps for Historically Black Land-Grant Institutions

Three years after the Biden administration chided states for shortchanging historically Black land-grant institutions, some states have taken steps toward making it right.

Lane Community College

Accreditor Puts Lane Community College on Warning

An accrediting agency has sanctioned Lane Community College over its ongoing governance issues. Last week, the Northwest Commission on Colleges...
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Michigan Narrows Gap in Who Can Get Free Community College Tuition

Michigan is expanding one of its free community college tuition programs, hopefully permanently. The state has two such initiatives. Its...
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Departing UNCF President Reflects on HBCU ‘Renaissance’

After more than two decades at the helm of the United Negro College Fund, Michael L. Lomax looks back at his career advocating for historically Black colleges and universities.

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Texas Could Shortchange New Funding Model Champions

Community colleges’ student outcomes soared under a new performance-based funding model. But Texas lawmakers didn’t budget for so much success.

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What the Tuskegee Dress Code Debate Reveals About Institutional Power

There’s a key distinction between rules and standards.

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Tuskegee University Dress Code Sparks Debate

The historically Black university is barring students from wearing bonnets or du-rags in classes or the campus dining hall. The move has polarized opinions on and off campus.