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Professors and pro-life leaders are calling on Georgetown University to do more to help pregnant students after an expecting mother said she was denied an exam accommodation at the Catholic institution’s law school. Read more
Linda McMahon, nominated to lead the Education Department, helped turn WWE from a regional business into a multibillion-dollar global enterprise. Read more
Vice-chancellor says university has ‘done everything’ it can to reduce costs before cutting jobs Read more
New York voters approved adding an “Equal Rights Amendment” to their constitution this month, which some say will force schools to allow males to compete in women’s sports. Read more
The rapid introduction of generative AI has created a wild west of policies at colleges, complicating the use of long-standing editing and writing tools. Read more
An experimental Pell Grant awarded to students in short-term workforce training programs helped increase enrollment and completion rates, but it did not strengthen their outcomes in the job market, according to a federal report. Read more
The Chronicle is tracking higher ed’s dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Read more
Diversity initiatives at the university ‘not working’, says union, as scholarships going to most advantaged students while diversity rates decline Read more
The politics of the academy have been defeated. Its ideas, its assumptions, its opinions and positions — as expressed in official statements, embodied in policies and practices, established in centers and offices, and espoused and taught by large and leading portions of the professoriate — have been rejected. Read more
The university built a $60 million law building on its flagship campus. Now it’ll serve as a branch of a law school 80 miles away. Read more
