The regulation's added ordinance barring public or social activism comes weeks after the Hamas-Israel conflict sparked incendiary student protests and backlash to university presidents' official statements.
Calling numerous social science and humanities degree programs "indoctrination factories," Mississippi's auditor says the state should defund several college majors and invest in subjects that match the state's workforce needs. In a report published Tuesday, Mississippi State Auditor Shad White, a Republican, argued that the state should change its approach to funding its public universities. He proposed […]
Political interference and declining enrollment, two of higher education's most formidable trends, have already begun to impact several colleges and universities this Fall—and at one major university system, the two are coalescing.
New College of Florida's ambitious conservative makeover has created a chaotic start to the fall semester, pushing students into off-campus hotels and sparking a faculty exodus.
Confidence in the higher education system has dropped by double-digit numbers among all groups, except for Democrats, who were one point shy, Gallup found.
Despite Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action and state efforts to defund DEI, there are integral ways higher education can maintain its mission of cultivating a culture of diverse perspectives. "Don't be led by fear," advises Dr. David Acosta, chief diversity and inclusion officer of the AAMC.
With Wisconsin lawmakers and Arkansas university leadership recently choosing to curb DEI programs, stakeholders have found different strategizes to accomplish the same goal.
Conservative lawmakers have accelerated efforts to try to rein in what they see as liberal indoctrination on college campuses, with dozens of state bills igniting debates in recent months over academic priorities and how public universities should operate. Their efforts — which have alarmed many academics —include limiting teaching about certain topics, mandating courses, ending […]
The NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 63% of U.S. adults believe the U.S. Supreme Court should not block colleges from considering race or ethnicity in its admissions process.
