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Trump Order Could Overhaul PSLF Program
The executive order will likely impact thousands of nonprofit employees involved in activist work opposed by the president.
Contract Cuts at Columbia Raise Concerns
Higher ed and free speech advocates are deeply alarmed by the decision to cancel $400 million in contracts and grants at the university, saying it is yet another example of executive overreach.
Anti-DEI Rhetoric Does Not Equal Legal Reality
The anti-DEI movement sounds like a row of cannons, but its legal attack is a rifle shot based on one provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dan Currell writes.
FIRE, LGBTQ Student Group Sue Texas A&M Over Drag Show Ban
Free Speech Matters. So Does DEI.
Students can’t speak and debate freely without inclusion and belonging, Michael S. Roth writes.
What Does the Education Department’s DEI Guidance Really Mean?
Over the weekend, the department dropped a new document expanding on the Office for Civil Rights’ anti-DEI directive. Legal scholars say it takes a more nuanced approach but express varying levels of hope about its outcomes.
The Deadline That Wasn’t
Higher ed botched its response to the anti-DEI Dear Colleague letter, Steve Robinson writes.