Malaysia’s U-turn on reopening campuses leaves students in lurch
Widespread anger over cancelled registrations could have been avoided with better management, expert says
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Public university won’t provide budget or details for its new ‘Anti-Racism Institute’
Shippensburg University recently announced that it plans to open a new “Anti-Racism Institute” on campus.
Paying for inequity
Princeton settles with federal government in pay gap case and will pay more than $1 million to female faculty.
Milwaukee drive-thru college fair lets students and schools connect in person
This fall, students’ college decision-making process will look different. Some colleges are still doing in-person tours, but the coronavirus has shut down most face-to-face events.
Berkeley law school dean: Democrats would be ‘justified’ in packing the Supreme Court
In an op-ed, the UC-Berkeley law school dean advocated for Democrats to increase the size of the Supreme Court.
Ohio universities commercializing research together could soon use agreement to ease process
Ohio officials want to establish an agreement between universities that would set the ground rules for sharing intellectual property, in hopes of spurring more commercialization.
Biden free-college plan ‘would pay for itself in a decade’
Georgetown analysis counts benefit of educated workers with better jobs
Diversity Work, Interrupted
Some institutions have begun to cancel diversity, equity and inclusion programs in response to a Trump order. Critics say the order is censorship.
73 percent of college students want to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day: poll
Nearly three-fourths of college students want to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, according to the results of a new College Fix poll.
University says offensive ‘F— UVA’ signs in common area are protected free speech
A large sign saying “F— UVA” on a residence door on the school’s Lawn has riled alumni and created a social media debate that led the university’s president, rector and general counsel to defend it as protected political speech.
