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U of Tennessee Pays Student Who Faced Expulsion $180K

The University of Tennessee is paying one of its pharmacy graduates $180,000 and giving the Foundation for Individual Rights and...
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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.

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Critics Denounce Harvard’s Decision to Adopt Controversial Definition of Antisemitism

The definition has been at the center of debates over campus antisemitism for years. Now, Harvard has become the second university to officially add it into its nondiscrimination policy—to mixed reactions.

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College Leaders Galvanize to Fight the Anti-DEI ‘Chaos’

Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.

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Little-Known Network of Higher Ed Institutes Has Roots in Anti–Gay Marriage Fight and Opus Dei

The Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education supports programs based at or near 14 elite universities. It’s headquartered at a conservative think tank and funded generously by right-leaning donors. But what are its aims?

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Rutgers Center Cancels Conference in Response to Trump DEI Orders

The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered...

AAUP Opposes ‘Anticipatory Obedience’ to Trump, GOP

The American Association of University Professors released a statement Thursday urging universities not to engage in “anticipatory obedience,” which it...
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Confusion Follows Trump Order on Sex and Gender

The executive order could eventually change how the federal government enforces Title IX and other laws, though there’s no immediate impact on colleges.