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Linda McMahon at RNC

Trump Picks McMahon as Education Secretary

The former WWE executive has served on the board of Sacred Heart University since 2004 but has few other ties to higher ed.

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Who Could Lead the Department Trump Plans to Abolish?

The next education secretary will likely have experience in higher ed or a zeal for culture wars, experts predict.

Judge Blocks Louisiana Law Mandating Ten Commandments in Public Classrooms

A federal judge has blocked the law that would have required a copy of the Ten Commandments in every classroom...
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What’s Next for DEI?

Colleges should rethink their approaches to DEI if they don’t want to see it dismantled during a second Trump administration, Patrick J. Casey writes.

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Many Faculty Say Academic Freedom Is Deteriorating. They’re Self-Censoring.

In an Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research survey conducted shortly before the election, over 90 percent of faculty strongly or somewhat agreed that academic freedom is under threat.

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Texas A&M Cuts Programs Amid Political Pressure

The flagship is eliminating dozens of programs, including an LGBTQ studies minor that a conservative lawmaker has criticized. He says he’ll soon target other institutions.

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5 Questions for Trinity Washington’s Outspoken President and Trump Critic

Patricia McGuire set a tone by fiercely critiquing the first Trump administration. She’s poised to do it again, calling institutional neutrality “pure folly.”

Students at Gallaudet University stand in a room next to a TV screen that shows Georgia as too early to call

Gallaudet University Leads Deaf Student Civic Engagement Work

The SignVote program at Gallaudet University seeks to equip Deaf college students and other community members with voting education and support.