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Politics and DEI
College DEI Spending Draws Ire of Mississippi’s GOP Auditor
The state’s higher-education board says that DEI spending amounts to less than 1 percent of the overall system budget. -
The Review | Opinion
Bias-Response Teams Are a Bad Idea
A system that encourages anonymous snitching is intrinsically abusive. -
Free Speech
A CUNY Law Graduate Criticized Israel at Commencement. Trustees Called Her Words ‘Hate Speech.’
She denounced Israel’s treatment of Palestinians and called law itself a “manifestation of white supremacy,” prompting condemnations. -
Advice
Measuring Up: How to Manage Those Dreaded Course Evaluations
Post-pandemic, have students’ comments on your teaching seemed harsher than ever? -
Hiring & DEI
Are Diversity Statements Illegal?
Legal experts are divided. A new lawsuit may provide clarity. -
Data
Race, Ethnicity, and Gender of Full-Time Faculty Members at More Than 3,300 Institutions
This sortable table shows the percentages of full-time faculty members who were members of specific racial and ethnic groups at degree-granting colleges and universities. -
Spoiler Alert
Paranoia Struck the U. of Alabama Over a Greek-Life Film. Here’s What’s Actually in It.
We know you’ve been waiting for The Chronicle’s analysis of Bama Rush. -
Q. & A.
‘It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way’: One Scholar’s Front-Row Seat to Higher-Ed Battles in Wisconsin and Texas
Jeremi Suri, a historian, left Wisconsin because of legislation to strip faculty rights. He went to Texas, where similar efforts have been proposed. -
Duck and Cover
‘More Cowardly Than Cautious’: Faculty Decry College Leaders’ Silence on DEI Attacks
When speaking out carries political risks, but staying quiet seems like complicity, the leaders are caught in a bind. -
The Review | Opinion
DEI: The Case for Common Ground
There’s more room for agreement than might appear.