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Sheila Sundar

Sheila Sundar is a writer living in New Orleans.

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The Review | Essay

I Was a Diversity Hire. Then They Unhired Me.

By Sheila Sundar April 14, 2022

What a nightmare job search says about equity and the academy.

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A New Ultimatum

Colleges Must Eliminate DEI Programs to Receive Research Funding, NIH Says

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Data

We Looked at How Campus Staff Salaries Have Changed Over Time. Where Does Your College Land?

Protest signs lay in a pile before a large crowd of academic workers, staff, faculty, and community supporters gathers for a rally organized by the UAW Local 4121 to oppose Trump administration funding cuts to the National Institute of Health on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, USA, on Wed., Feb. 19, 2025. The Trump administration, through Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has proposed cuts to the NIH which opponents argue would put a stop to medical research around the country. Speakers at the event spoke about colleagues who had lost jobs already because of cuts and threats to the progress of their research.

Science Funding Axed

The Trump Administration Has Canceled Millions in NSF Grants

Allison Pingree, a Cambridge, Mass. resident, joined hundreds at an April 12 rally urging Harvard to resist President Trump's influence on the institution.

Breaking

Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over ‘Improper Government Intrusion,’ With Billions at Stake

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The Review | Essay

The University Is a Hostage. But There’s Hope.

By Arjun Appadurai

The U.S. flas as a darkening room, with a closing door that will shut out the light from a brightly-lit Chinese flag on the other side

The Review | Opinion

Trump’s China Policy Is a Disaster for Higher Education

People leave Harvard University on April 17, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Review | Essay

We Haven’t Seen a Fight Like Harvard vs. Trump in Centuries

By Steven Brint

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