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N.C. Universities Have Cut 59 Positions Since DEI Policy Repeal

North Carolina’s four-year public universities have eliminated 59 positions and “realigned” about 130 more since the University of North Carolina...
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Federal Anti-Hazing Bill Moves One Step Closer to Becoming Law

Lawmakers have been trying to pass federal anti-hazing legislation for years, to no avail. On Wednesday, that aspiration got the closest it’s been to becoming reality.

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Anti-DEI Bills Failed in Kentucky. Universities Are Restricting It Anyway.

Some of the state’s biggest public institutions have voluntarily dissolved their DEI offices. But will that be enough to forestall legislation that guts them even more?

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Claremont Institute, Home of ‘Stop the Steal’ Lawyer, Returns to Political Science Conference

Some American Political Science Association members are criticizing their organization for welcoming back a pro-Trump think tank that has been absent from annual meetings since 2021. But the association says it was never banned.

Israeli Universities Closed Amid Nationwide Strike

Large protests across the country disrupted campuses even as they put pressure on Netanyahu’s government after six hostages were found dead.

State AGs Warn Brown on Looming Divestment Vote

Two dozen state attorneys general have cautioned Brown University against divesting from Israel ahead of an October vote by the...
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Can Professors Get STEM Students to Vote?

STEM students vote at lower rates than college students over all. Experts say that connecting their course material to what’s on the ballot can help.

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Should Higher Ed Workers Have to Pay Dues to Unions That Criticize Israel?

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation is representing, for free, Jewish academics who don’t want to support a pro-BDS labor organization. But the foundation is trying to score broader wins.