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A dispute over budget language in Louisiana has expanded into a broader test of how diversity efforts in higher education are defined under federal civil rights law.Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has asked the U.S. Department of Education to investigate every public college in the state to identify diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that he argues…
Harvard Ends Women’s Faculty Symposium, Plans Gender-Neutral Program Harvard University has decided to discontinue a long-running biannual symposium that highlighted the research of tenure-track women faculty. The decision comes after university leadership raised legal concerns about hosting single-gender events, according to reporting by The Harvard Crimson.The symposium, run for roughly 15 years by the Standing…
Cornell University is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges it excluded White candidates from consideration for a faculty position, raising fresh legal questions about how diversity initiatives intersect with civil rights law.The complaint, filed last week in Wright v. Cornell University, claims the university allowed diversity, equity and inclusion administrators to create an interview list…
Image credit: Getty Images American higher education has been warned about change for decades. This time, the warning feels final. Arthur Levine, the newly appointed president of Brandeis University, is not predicting a gentle reshaping of colleges and universities. He is forecasting a shakeout, one that will permanently thin the ranks of institutions that have…
The Trump administration has begun directing Head Start providers to avoid using a wide range of terms in federal grant applications, a move that could alter how the early childhood programme documents and delivers services.The Department of Health and Human Services has told at least one Head Start director in Wisconsin to remove words such…
Soon after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, staff at Johns Hopkins University’s diversity office were called into a meeting. The message was brief and unsettling. Because of a new White House position condemning diversity, equity and inclusion policies, university lawyers would now need to approve all of the office’s work before it could proceed.Senior leaders told…
Americans increasingly expect universities to engage beyond teaching and research, taking active roles in addressing societal issues such as sustainability, free speech, and health, according to a new study by Cornell University, as cited by the Cornell Chronicle, the newspaper published by the university. At the same time, the public clearly draws the line at…
The University of Virginia (UV.) reached an agreement with the Trump administration on Wednesday, halting a federal investigation that had loomed over the public institution. The deal, announced by the United States Department of Justice, marked the first time a public university had entered into such an arrangement, amid the administration’s broader campaign to influence…
