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Hundreds of student affairs staff sit in a ballroom facing a stage

Student Success Professionals Face Growing Pressure Amid DEI Bans

Some 1,500 student affairs professionals convened to share best practices and a host of worries at NASPA’s annual student success conference.

University of North Carolina in Charlotte campus being recorded by a cellphone camera.

Secretly Recorded by Anti-DEI Group, ‘No Longer Employed’

A conservative group is releasing undercover videos allegedly revealing violations of restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion at North Carolina and Florida universities. A few employees are now gone from their positions.

Most Higher Ed Workers Still Paid Less Than Before Pandemic

Although raises for most higher education employees last academic year beat inflation, most are still effectively earning less than they...

U of Washington Research Coordinators, Consultants Unionize

More than 700 University of Washington research coordinators and consultants have unionized, joining already organized research scientists and engineers there...
A group of students protest. One holds a sign that reads "rise for DACA."

7 Ways to Support Noncitizen Students and Employees

A March 5 webinar by the Presidents’ Alliance identified strategies institutions can take to aid undocumented, immigrant, refugee and international students.

A photograph of Rachel Dawson next to one of the University of Michigan's Burton Memorial Tower.

U of Michigan Says DEI Official Fired Over ‘Behavior’ at Protest, Conference

The New York Times reported that Rachel Dawson was fired after allegedly saying that Jews didn’t need her office’s diversity services. After that article, the university added that she misbehaved at a protest. 

A professor talks and points to a notebook on student's desk while students sit in a circle.

California’s Higher Ed Workforce Makes Diversity Gains

A new research brief finds that California higher ed institutions employ more Latino and Asian faculty and staff than a decade ago. Newer faculty in particular are more diverse.

A photo illustration containing a photograph of Trump's face next to photographs of Rutgers University strike participants.

Higher Ed Unionization Boomed Under Biden. Will That Change Under Trump?

Graduate student labor ranks have swelled since 2020, and they joined faculty and other university workers in historic strikes. But the coming Republican federal takeover could threaten that growth.