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Leadership & governance
The HBCU’s alumni, faculty, and students say the search process was politically compromised by the Republican governor’s administration.
Newly Updated
The Chronicle is tracking executive orders, statements from Trump, and agency actions that affect higher education, plus legal challenges directed at those measures. Here’s the latest.
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Data
Taxes on endowments could increase to as much as 21 percent under a new Republican plan being considered by the Ways and Means Committee, according to a Chronicle analysis.
Bias Allegations
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has pointed to the university’s own data showing a decline in white, male professors.
'Unique Needs'
A new report sheds light on a rapidly growing but often overlooked subgroup.
Campus Crossroads
The Cal State campus is slashing academic programs, laying off faculty, and, in an unusual move, scuttling its entire Division II athletics program.
Finance
The proposal that emerged in news reports on Friday would create a tiered system, and only private colleges with endowments valued at more than $750,000 per student would pay a higher rate.
The Fine Print
At least two institutions have been directed to comply with the order as a condition of getting NIH funding, marking a new front in the administration’s efforts to reshape the scientific ecosystem.
'A Different Playbook'
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations in the past several days have led to more than 100 arrests, as well as suspensions for violating colleges’ policies and protest restrictions.
Leadership
Wednesday’s congressional hearing marked yet another expansion of efforts to put higher ed under pressure.
'Now deemed illegal'
The PhD Project once had “no enemies.” Now, it’s lost nearly a third of its university partners.
On Capitol Hill
The hearing featured attempts at contrition, testy exchanges, and a brief discussion of donuts.
