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Student Success The College Experience

A Seminary Where Queer Students Belong

Union Theological Seminary offers an affirming faith community while challenging exclusionary narratives about LGBTQ+ identity.

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Quick Takes

Baptist Church Funds Mizzou’s Black Student Council

A Baptist church is stepping in to fund the Legion of Black Collegians, the University of Missouri’s historic Black student...

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Government Student Aid Policy

Earnings Test Gets Mixed Reviews in Public Comments

Representatives for religious colleges and beauty schools argued the metric could have devastating consequences for their institutions. Others say accountability is necessary.

Institutions Community Colleges

Oregon Considers Ending Free College

The state agency overseeing the promise program argues it hasn’t yielded the outcomes they hoped for. But community college advocates aren’t ready to see it end.

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Quick Takes

NAACP Urges Black Athletes to Boycott 8 States

The NAACP launched a campaign Tuesday urging Black athletes and fans to withhold financial support from public universities in states...

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Opinion

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Our Institutions Fumbled DEI; As Always, It Falls to Individuals to Do the Work

Many DEI trainings were nonscientific and ineffective. But the best of them were grounded in cognitive-behavioral strategies that we can still use in our practical, everyday work.

By William T. L. Cox

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Global U.S. Colleges in the World

Georgetown Accused of Failing to Register as ‘Foreign Agent’ of Qatar

A pro-Israel group is asking the Trump administration to investigate whether the university is violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The institution says the allegations are cherry-picked.

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Faculty Academic Freedom

Rutgers Faculty Split Over Decision to Disinvite Commencement Speaker

The ongoing fight is complete with all the trappings of a campus divided over free speech—petitions, student rallies, faculty meetings, backchannel discussions and administrators’ attempts to quash it all.