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Students holding a homemade protest sign, printed on a sheet, that says "Protect DEI! Increase Black enrollment! Defy DeSantis!"

Mar 31, 2023

Inside Higher Ed asked 40 public college presidents in Florida to weigh in on state higher education reforms. None were willing to speak, even when offered anonymity.

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David Machlis, an Adelphi University professor, gesticulates at a podium to a room full of seated students at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Addressing an ‘Epidemic’ of Hatred

A student smiles while wearing cap and gown at Western Carolina University

Ensuring Quality Programs for Students With Intellectual Disabilities

Katherine Bergeron, a light-skinned woman wearing academic regalia and glasses, speaks at a podium.

Connecticut College President Resigns Under Pressure

The Power of Peer Interaction

Nov 03, 2020

New study shows student learning suffered during the switch to remote instruction last spring, but that small group activities helped reduce this loss.

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Dos and don'ts for recruiting diverse students (opinion)

April 18, 2022

Kerri Shook shares lessons from her research into student perceptions of institutional efforts to recruit racially and ethnically diverse students.

How one professor came to love CRT bans (satire and opinion)

April 12, 2022

Timothy Messer-Kruse points out (satirically) that bans on promoting “divisive concepts” can liberate professors to suppress supremacist ideas in the classroom.

Some HBCU leaders plan expansion with satellite campuses

April 12, 2022

Some HBCU leaders are considering building satellite campuses to expand their reach and serve more Black students.

Celebrating an all-female executive leadership team

April 8, 2022

Even as men still occupy more of the top roles in higher education, the Community College of Denver breaks from the norm with an all-female executive leadership team.

HBCU bomb threats take a toll on mental health

April 8, 2022

Students, parents, employees and administrators at historically Black colleges and universities are wrestling with the mental health challenges caused by repeated bomb threats.

How the deck is stacked against tribal students (opinion)

April 8, 2022

Colleges need to listen to what tribal students need and provide customized support, Patrick Horning writes.

Professor accuses Moravian of retaliation for DEI work

April 6, 2022

Professor says Moravian University hired him to be a diversity officer but squeezed him out, slowly and then all at once, for actually doing his job.

VMI alumni attack college's DEI efforts

April 6, 2022

A petition and a letter asking state officials to investigate claims of critical race theory at Virginia Military Institute are the latest salvos in an ongoing conflict between leadership and alumni.

U of Illinois to require diversity statements for tenure

April 1, 2022

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will soon require diversity-contribution statements from all faculty members for tenure and promotion.

NACAC releases report on diversity in admissions field

March 28, 2022

NACAC releases report that asks why admissions remains largely white.