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How an Outsider Disrupted Pennsylvania’s Struggling State System

In his six years as PASSHE chancellor, Dan Greenstein took a bold—and sometimes controversial—approach to repairing a public university system in a downward spiral. Did it work?

Lincoln University Cuts Alumni Association

Lincoln University, a historically Black institution in Missouri, has carried through on a threat to end its formal relationship with...

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...

Applying Lessons From K-12 Education to Today’s College Campuses

What an 87-year-old historian of education can teach today’s higher ed professionals.

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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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A Silver Lining for HBCUs in Affirmative Action’s Demise

Applications to historically Black colleges and universities surged last cycle, and enrollments are up this fall. Can the perennially underfunded institutions handle the influx?

Harvard Makes Meager Progress in Slavery Reparation Efforts

Harvard University has made little progress on addressing its historical ties to slavery, despite committing $100 million to the cause...
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One Year After Massive Cuts, West Virginia Is Still Bleeding Faculty, Administrators

The university courted controversy by slashing programs and laying off both tenured and nontenured faculty members. More spooked professors are leaving in addition to those cuts, but so are key leaders who pushed them.