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Calbright’s Start-Up Phase Is Ending. What’s Next for the Online College?
As state lawmakers weigh whether to increase funding for the all-online community college for adult learners, Calbright officials are hopeful but have sent layoff notices to more than half the employees just in case.
How Colleges Extend the Reach of Anti-DEI Laws
Colleges and universities amplify the impacts of anti-DEI laws through the processes they use to (over-)comply with them.
Florida Lawmakers Aim to Give Statewide Boards Power to Amend Gen Ed
The state Board of Governors and Board of Education already banned sociology from public institutions’ core course offerings. Legislation awaiting the governor’s signature would increase their authority to further change core curricula.
U of Texas Board Makes It Easier to Fire Faculty, Close Programs
One faculty member is concerned that the policy changes anticipate a 2027 legislative session that could further encroach on academic freedom at the state university system.
NAACP Urges Black Athletes to Boycott 8 States
Virginia Increases Campus Gun Restrictions, While Florida Allows Armed Workers
The diverging actions by Democratic and Republican leaders underscore the red state–blue state divide on university firearm regulations.
After Federal Cuts, State to Give UConn $35M
