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In-depth and breaking news from the world of higher education.
A Constant Scramble
A Sense of Purpose
Professors like teaching. It’s all the other stuff that’s burning them out.
Shifting Sands
Why the contradiction? Rapid change, scarcity, and a sense that top leaders aren’t responding well.
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Defending DEI
The lawsuit is higher education’s first major attempt to push back against a deluge of executive actions in the first weeks of the new administration.
Seeking 'Efficiency'
The state’s legislature has a plan to enact a statewide academic-program review in which campuses could earn millions in cut money back.
'Arrogant Complacency'
Charles Piller, author of the new book Doctored, says the scientific community needs “to take a good hard look in the mirror.”
Gazette
Ian Baucom, provost at the University of Virginia, has been named president of Middlebury College.
Admissions & Enrollment
Both lawmakers and the general public have become increasingly skeptical of giving admissions preferences to well-connected applicants.
'Going in a Time Machine'
The Education Department notified colleges Friday that it will again enforce more due-process requirements for sexual-misconduct cases, including live hearings with cross-examination.
Political Influence
The state’s public universities worked for months to vet their general-education courses in an attempt to bring them into compliance.
A Knee-Jerk Reaction
More than 800 colleges are eligible for $1 billion in annual federal funding based on their student body’s racial composition. Activists want Congress to redirect the funds or courts to intervene.
Campus Activism
The president’s message came in a new executive order on combating antisemitism. Some legal experts are skeptical.
A Renewed Push
A Sweeping Effort to Reshape Ohio’s Colleges Has Stalled for Years. Now It’s Back, and Even Broader.
Senate Bill 1 takes aim at what happens in the classroom, focusing on “controversial beliefs or policies” and seeking to encourage intellectual diversity.