DOJ sues Yale for discriminating against Whites, Asian Americans
Yale University is being sued by the DOJ for discriminating against White and Asian American applicants.
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Pennsylvania state universities move forward with merger
A transformation of the Pennsylvania’s state university system will continue to be explored with a look at “integrating” six universities into two separate institutions without any campus being closed.
Christian College Faculty Aren’t Lining Up for Trump
Reflecting new polling that indicates college-educated white evangelicals are moving away from supporting Trump, many on Christian campuses are struggling to back him.
Change male academics to create gender parity, universities told
Institutions have long framed gender inequality as a problem with women, and have been ‘strangely silent’ about masculinity in academia, professor argues
Chinese national security law prompts American colleges to protect students’ identities
A controversial Chinese national security law now has some American universities scrambling to protect their students, allowing some to submit work anonymously to evade law enforcement.
Princeton agrees to nearly $1 million in back pay to female professors
One of the nation’s most prestigious universities has agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back pay to female professors following allegations of pay discrimination.
Ohio State prof says Clarence Thomas not ‘authentically Black’
Donna Ford was a keynote speaker at the Texas A&M University at Commerce symposium called "What the Truth Sounds Like."
Wake Forest University offers new ‘antiracist use of math’ class
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Wake Forest University this fall is offering a “racist and anti-racist uses of math and statistics class” in an effort to combat racism within the discipline of mathematics and the math department itself, according to the scholar who created it.
Anonymise online courses ‘to protect students from foreign laws’
New guidance suggests UK universities could introduce Chatham House rule for seminars to protect recruits from countries with repressive governments
New Zoom competitor targets Higher Ed users
Ed-tech start-up Engageli has raised $14.5 million to build a videoconferencing platform. Unlike Zoom, the platform has been purposefully designed with college and university faculty members and students in mind.
