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From: Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez
Subject: Weekly Briefing: One month of Trump
“I’m not gonna lie: I was naive. I did not think that the Trump administration was going to go after higher education on day one.”
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“I’m not gonna lie: I was naive. I did not think that the Trump administration was going to go after higher education on day one.” That was Sarah Brown, our news editor, during a virtual event she moderated this week with Rick Seltzer, who writes The Chronicle’s indispensable, subscriber-only newsletter, The Daily Briefing. Sarah and Rick recapped and analyzed the, um, eventful first month of the Trump administration. Watch the event on demand here.
Much of the discussion about Trump and higher ed has played out at the level of policy pronouncements and legal filings. How are individual lives being changed on campuses across the country? A team of Chronicle reporters fanned out to capture stories of fear, confusion, anger, and resilience. “Whether or not Trump ultimately succeeds, for many people the damage is done,” writes Jennifer Ruark, a deputy managing editor. Here are their stories.
The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has long been seen as a model for its ambitious and sweeping DEI policies. But $240 million and a decade later, Black enrollment has barely budged. What now? Our Katherine Mangan reports.
This week on College Matters from The Chronicle: How bad are helicopter parents? It’s easier than ever for invasive parents to smother college students, but not everyone thinks it’s a national crisis. Listen on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube.
—Evan
