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Mizzou Dissolves DEI Office

Facing pressure from conservative lawmakers, Missouri’s flagship university is disbanding its inclusion, diversity and equity division, undoing a keystone achievement of the 2015 campus protests over racial equity.

Lawmakers at press conference introducing bill

Illinois Bill Introduces Novel Higher Ed Funding Model

If the ambitious legislation passes, future budget appropriations would be based on an adequacy and equity formula, particularly benefiting regional and minority-serving institutions.

Massachusetts Budget Features Expanded Free Community College Plan

Massachusetts governor Maura Healey signed a nearly $58 billion state budget bill Monday featuring a $117 million plan to expand...

Ohio Law Requires Colleges to Adopt Harassment Policies

Ohio governor Mike DeWine signed the Enact CAMPUS Act into law Wednesday, requiring the state’s public and private higher education...

Georgia Won’t Approve AP African American Studies

Advanced Placement African American Studies may not be widely available in Georgia next year, after the state superintendent withheld approval...

Tenure Denial Lawsuit Against New College Moves Forward

A circuit court judge has rejected requests by the New College of Florida Board of Trustees and the State University...
First meeting of Wisconsin study committee on future of UW system

Wisconsin Experts Convene to Address System Enrollment Woes

A legislative study committee will determine whether more closures and consolidations are necessary. Opinions varied widely at the first meeting.

Minnesota Senate committee hearing, Senator Latz

Campus Protest Hearings Continue at the State Level

Critics have argued that this spring’s federal antisemitism hearings were driven largely by politics, but state lawmakers and experts see local hearings as a necessary and fruitful part of legislative oversight.