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Martin Luther King Misrepresented in Anti-DEI Congressional Hearing

Any policy or practice in higher education or elsewhere that insists on colorblindness is a misrepresentation of King’s stance.

Ranking member Bernie Sanders sitting next to Chairman Bill Cassidy during a break in testimony.
Government Student Aid Policy

At Senate Hearing, College Presidents Warn Against Pell Cuts

Leaders of Christian, historically Black and community colleges appeared before the Republican-controlled Senate committee. Democrats took the opportunity to argue against House GOP proposals, including cutting Pell.

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Admissions Traditional-Age

Vulnerable Students See College On-Ramps Pull Away

Summer bridge programs have long helped students from underrepresented backgrounds start their college journey. In the anti-DEI era, many institutions are quietly shifting focus.

Quick Takes

NSF Cuts Off Colleges That Push ‘Illegal DEI,’ Boycott Israel

The National Science Foundation won’t award grants to universities that promote “diversity, equity and inclusion … in violation of Federal...
Rachel Hardeman, former directorship of the Center for Antiracism Research for Health Equity at the University of Minnesota.
Faculty Issues Research

U of Minnesota Antiracism Center to Close After Founder Steps Down

Rachel Hardeman, who faces plagiarism allegations, left the university under a resignation agreement. The next day, the institution announced her center would shutter.

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Institutions Minority-Serving Institutions

Preserving the Past of HBCUs

A new partnership between Getty Images and the genealogy website Ancestry aims to save the records and photographs of historically Black colleges and universities.

An orange band weaves through the Old Well columns located on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's campus.
Faculty Issues Shared Governance

Waivers Let Some North Carolina Majors Keep ‘DEI’ Requirements

Some public universities nixed certain gen ed mandates in response to a statewide order. But through exemptions, multiple degree programs can continue mandating courses that relate to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Six wooden alphabet blocks are juxtaposed against a bright yellow background in this illustration of the concept of fairness and unfairness. Two of the blocks read "UN" and are separated with a space from four more blocks that say "FAIR."
Opinion
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The Contest Over Fairness in Higher Ed

Not every claim of unfairness is equal, Uma Mazyck Jayakumar writes.