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U of Illinois System Bans Consideration of Race, Sex in Hiring, Tenure, Student Aid

The University of Illinois system is telling its institutions they can’t consider race, color, national origin or sex in hiring...
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Opinion

Double the Value of the 4-Year Degree

Making it easier for students to double major is one compelling answer to questions about value and return on investment.

Opinion

No, the AAUP Is Not Opposing Reform

We need to recognize a broad range of views opposing government censorship, even if we think they have pursued the wrong strategy.

The US Department of Education building with a portion missing as it is taken apart brick by brick.

Trump Gutted the Institute of Education Sciences. Its Renewal Is in Doubt.

The Education Department recently requested ideas on how to “modernize” the data collection and education research funding agency, and it sought to hire for a few positions.

Protest signs at an Oct. 10 press conference at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Graduate Student Union read "No Trump Compact for MIT."
Opinion

Rejecting the Compact Is an Opportunity

The only action needed now is no action at all, Joseph Fishkin writes.

A member of the Nobel committee holding up the prize as he announces the winners.

UC Nobel Prize Haul Sets Record, System Says

Five faculty members and researchers affiliated with the University of California system won a Nobel Prize this year, setting what...
President Donald Trump along with text from the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education that the administration released.

What to Know About Trump’s Compact for Higher Ed

Nine universities were asked to give “limited, targeted feedback” on the proposal by today. So far, six have rejected the deal.

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UVA, Dartmouth Latest to Reject Trump’s Higher Ed Compact

The University of Virginia is the first public, and Southern, institution to publicly turn down the administration’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”