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‘A New Low’ in Attacks on Academic Freedom
Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick threatens to end tenure over the teaching of critical race theory, further escalating the ongoing war on the teaching of CRT and other so-called divisive concepts in many states.
In Afghanistan, Half-Empty Campuses
Male students attend classes from 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., while women come in from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Opinion
Don’t Look Up: Higher Education’s Missing Science/Tech Leaders
Less selective universities should hire more senior administrators with STEM backgrounds—or risk shortchanging their students in competition for the best jobs, Ryan Craig argues.
A Presidential Misstep on Higher Ed’s Missing Men
Purdue University president Mitch Daniels’s comments about the growing campus gender gap draw criticism from engineering professors and students.
Much More Than Bones
An anthropologist at San José State University says she’s being retaliated against for her views on what to do with human remains in research facilities and for her handling of those remains. Her critics question her understanding of the discipline as a whole.
Opinion
Avoiding Racial Justice
In fumbling the renaming of a building that honored a Ku Klux Klan leader, the University of Alabama avoids real racial redress, Antar A. Tichavakunda writes.
Racist Text Messages Create Stir at Occidental College
Anti-Asian text messages shared on social media have created turmoil at Occidental College. Students are angered by the administration’s delayed response and lack of disciplinary action.
Diversity on the Rise Among College Presidents
Colleges hired a greater share of Black and other nonwhite leaders in the months after Black Lives Matter became a household term than they did before, Inside Higher Ed analysis shows. Is the shift meaningful, and will it last?