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Kansas Bill Would Fine Colleges $10K for Diversity Statements in Hiring
The Kansas House Committee on Higher Education Budget approved a bill Thursday that would charge public colleges and universities up...
Negotiators Fail to Bridge ‘Gulf’ on Reciprocity Changes
An Education Department rule-making committee went back and forth this week over how and whether states should regulate out-of-state online colleges, but didn’t reach an agreement.
Tempting Choices and Outcome Devaluation: Academic Minute
Today on the Academic Minute, part of Assumption University Week: Karen Lionello-DeNolf, associate professor of psychology and director of the...
Hopkins Medicine’s DEI Chief Resigns After Backlash to Comments on Privilege
The vice president and chief diversity officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine stepped down from her position Tuesday after a conservative...
Senate Democrats Press Education Department for FAFSA Fix
Twenty-six Senate Democrats are urging the Education Department to permanently fix an error in the new Free Application for Federal...
Democrats Make Their Case for DEI
A Republican described diversity, equity and inclusion offices as a “cancer.” Democrats pushed back, calling their understanding of the concept flawed.
Jewish, Muslim Students Fear Their Views Put Them in Danger
A new report says Jewish and Muslim students fear “personal danger” related to their positions on the Israel-Hamas war and view controversial protest slogans differently.
New College of Florida Hires Professor Who Champions Colonialism
The institution’s president has appointed Bruce Gilley—who’s argued that a “European moral revolution” ended Africa’s “endemic slave empires” and said the transgender flag symbolizes mutilating children—to teach.