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Fewer New Med Students Are Black, Hispanic

While the number of first-year medical students in the U.S. rose 0.8 percent over all between fall 2023–24 and fall...
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Denied Vote on Pro-BDS Resolution, MLA Convention Attendees Protest

The backlash continues to the Modern Language Association Executive Council’s fall decision not to let members vote on a pro-Palestinian resolution.

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Pro-Palestinian Columbia Professor Departs After Investigation

Katherine Franke, a law professor whose interview became the subject of a university investigation, says she’s effectively been terminated.

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‘Historians Should Be Everywhere’: Questions for the AHA’s Retiring Leader

Jim Grossman, exiting after 15 years as executive director of the American Historical Association, discusses his efforts to multiply historians’ routes to tenure, The 1619 Project’s impact on history debates and why policymakers need historians.

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Opinion

A Path to Wellness for Women of Color Academics

Kenyatta Y. Dawson writes of the power of slowing down.

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In-State, Black and Latino Enrollments Up Across UC System

The University of California system has been under pressure to enroll more in-state students for years. Newly released data shows that it’s making progress.

Social Artist Helen Storey on Working on the Boundary of Fashion and Science

The UNHCR’s first designer-in-residence Helen Storey talks about why she has donated her creative archive to the University of the Arts London, and how the arts can help people connect with issues such as climate change and the refugee crisis.

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What’s Next for Colleges After Judge Vacates Biden’s Title IX Rule

Republican state officials are celebrating the order as a “massive win,” but uncertainty looms for colleges as they respond to yet another Title IX change.