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Judge Reinstates Professor LSU Suspended After Trump Remarks
Too Little Access to Broad-Access Institutions
A new report found that millions of Americans don’t have any colleges with high acceptance rates nearby, or they have only one, causing geographic disparities in college access.
Déjà Vu: An LSU Law Professor Who Discussed Trump in Class Faces Blowback
A faculty member says the university suspended him from teaching for a lecture that mentioned President Trump and criticized Louisiana governor Jeff Landry’s public calls to punish a colleague over similar allegations.
U of Tennessee Pays Student Who Faced Expulsion $180K
As Data Goes Off-Line Under Trump, Environmental Researchers Are Uploading Backups
A team of scholars has worked since November to archive resources that are valuable to themselves and the public—just in case they were taken down.
Governor Leaves Indiana’s Predominantly Black University Out of Budget
Martin University had a short-lived burst of state funding. But those funds disappeared in Governor Mike Braun’s budget proposal, unveiled on the heels of an anti-DEI executive order. One lawmaker calls it racist.
Saint Augustine’s U Faces Ticking Clock to Fix Finances
Saint Augustine’s University needs to shore up its finances ahead of an accreditation vote next month. But state officials just shot down a $70 million financial lifeline.
The King’s College Aims to Reopen
Trustees at the college, which shut down in 2023, want to “gift” it to “likeminded evangelical Christians” in the hope a partner could resurrect the institution.