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Eva Surovell

Reporting Intern
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Eva Surovell is a reporting intern at The Chronicle interested in free-speech issues, diversity and equity, Title IX, and the continuing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on college campuses.

Surovell will graduate in May 2023 from the University of Virginia, where she studied English and French and served as editor in chief of the student newspaper, The Cavalier Daily. She has also contributed to Cville Weekly and Sabato’s Crystal Ball.

Stories by This Author

College students and faculty protest against bills that would ban certain teaching about race and gender, ban diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, and abolish tenure during the Freedom to Learn Texas Day of Action rally at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. Participants at the rally were encouraged to visit their representatives to voice their opposition to the bills. (Jay Janner, American-Statesman, USA TODAY NETWORK)
Lone-Star Politics
Students and Faculty Fear Tenure and DEI Bills Could ‘Destroy’ Texas Colleges
By Eva Surovell May 28, 2023
Over the weekend, Republican lawmakers gave final approval to a ban on diversity offices and changes in faculty job protections.
Gov. Ron DeSantis talks during a press conference before signing legislation on Monday, May 15, 2023, at New College of Florida in Sarasota, Fla. DeSantis signed a bill that blocks public colleges from using federal or state funding on diversity programs, addressing a concern of conservatives ahead of the Republican governor's expected presidential candidacy. The law, which DeSantis proposed earlier this year, comes as Republicans across the country target programs on diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education. (Douglas R. Clifford, Tampa Bay Times, AP)
Politics and Higher Ed
Diversity Spending Is Banned in Florida’s Public Colleges
By Eva Surovell May 15, 2023
The anti-DEI measure had been a priority for Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, who signed the bill into law on Monday.
Spencer Roach
A Question of Trust?
Florida Lawmakers Want Oversight of Invited Speakers on Public-College Campuses
By Eva Surovell May 11, 2023
Under a bill passed this month, new campus offices would have to ensure that debates and forums represent “multiple, divergent, and opposing perspectives.”
District 44 Rep. John Kuempel and Rep. Donna Howard listen to testimony from Molly Carnes in a Committee on Higher Education meeting at the Texas Capitol on Monday, May 1, 2023.
Hundreds of Witnesses
Tenure and DEI Changes Loom Large in Texas. Here Are 3 Takeaways From a Marathon Hearing.
By Eva Surovell May 9, 2023
A Texas House of Representatives committee heard more than 10 hours of testimony on Monday.
Missouri State Sen. Lincoln Hough speaks during a briefing in the state capitol on Aprul 27, 2023. (Missouri State Senate)
Standoffs in the States
College DEI Bans Are Showing Up in Republicans’ State Budgets. Not Everyone Is on Board.
By Eva Surovell May 2, 2023
In Missouri and elsewhere, some lawmakers say restricting diversity spending could have unintended consequences.
Students gathered outside Plumb Hall at Emporia State University to protest a policy that would allow Emporia State to fire tenured faculty.
Faculty
Emporia State Violated Key Principles in Firing 30 Professors, AAUP Says
By Eva Surovell May 1, 2023
A statewide policy allowed the Kansas university to proceed with the dismissals last year, which administrators defended as a financial necessity.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (center) speaks alongside Rep. Erin Grall during a news conference at 2nd Street Bistro on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 202, in downtown Fort Pierce.
Politics and Higher Ed
‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Is Stripped Out of Florida’s Higher-Ed Reform Bill
By Eva Surovell April 13, 2023
Lawmakers also removed provisions that would have eliminated the gender-studies major and affected tenure.
James Sanders Jr., D-South Ozone Park speaks with reporters outside the Senate Chamber at the state Capitol Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Albany, N.Y.
Pro-DEI Efforts
Some States Want to Ban DEI in Higher Ed. These States Want to Require It.
By Eva Surovell April 5, 2023
These bills would affirm diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, through state legislatures.
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Detecting AI
A Plagiarism Detector Will Try to Catch Students Who Cheat With ChatGPT
By Eva Surovell April 3, 2023
Turnitin, the popular academic-integrity software, debuted a new feature that will flag AI-generated language in written assignments.
Protesters create dialogue during a pro-Donald Trump rally at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Berkeley, California on April 27, 2017. The rally was held in protest of the cancellation of a planned talk by Ann Coulter on the campus of the University of California Berkeley amid security concerns.
Campus Speech
Is Campus Free Speech in Crisis? A Congressional Hearing Grapples With a Familiar Question.
By Eva Surovell March 29, 2023
Here are three takeaways from Wednesday’s discussion of whether colleges suppress particular political views.
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