University fails to impose DEI requirements
A proposed revision to the University of Washington’s faculty code requiring professors to commit to diversity, equity, and inclusion has failed to pass the Seattle institution's faculty senate. Read more
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Taliban begins religious reform of Afghan universities
Religious requirements tripled, forcing some institutions to make cuts to core courses Read more
Citing need for intellectual diversity, Louisiana lawmakers to scrutinize universities’ tenure policies
A new task force to be established by Louisiana lawmakers will examine tenure policies at the state’s colleges and universities and suggest possible reforms. Read more
The ‘difficult’ name penalty
Study finds having hard-to-pronounce names—from the perspective of native English speakers—results in poorer job placements for economics Ph.D.s. Read more
Native American students can go to University of Arizona tuition-free
UA had more than 400 full-time undergraduates from the state last year, and university officials hope that number will rise. Read more
Warnings of mental health crisis among ‘Covid generation’ of students
The pandemic has had a lasting legacy on the mental health of the “Covid generation” of students, exacerbating rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm and resulting in a “significant rise” in young people struggling at university, experts have said. Read more
Professor accused of bias for teaching both sides of U.S.-Mexico border wall debate
A University of Missouri student reported a professor to the school’s bias response team for showing a video of President Donald Trump criticizing Mexican drug lords, according to records obtained by The College Fix. Read more
With Roe v. Wade overturned, will California’s universities become safe havens for out-of-state students?
Californians’ constitutional rights to abortion may be protected, but questions abound over what effect the Supreme Court’s Friday decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will have on out-of-state students who come to the state’s universities. Read more
US admissions scandal trial win tied to university complicity
Sole courtroom victor in three years of prosecutions says jurors needed to hear that institutions went along, and then believe that nobody was hurt Read more
Students want to remove Clarence Thomas from law school teaching position
The petition is in response to Thomas’s decision last Friday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned the landmark abortion cases Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Read more
