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Texas A&M’s botched faculty hiring reaches top of the ladder, claims president’s job

"We don't exhibit a very good image of competence to the outside world," said materials science and engineering professor Raymundo Arroyave in a special Faculty Senate meeting.

How ‘DEI hysteria’ killed this director’s contract and led to one dean’s resignation

Forces above Texas A&M's chancellor tore down Kathleen McElroy's contract negotiations due to her advocacy of equity-based hiring practices.

4 ways states and schools choose to dismantle DEI offices

With Wisconsin lawmakers and Arkansas university leadership recently choosing to curb DEI programs, stakeholders have found different strategizes to accomplish the same goal.

Why these 2 states are changing their higher ed funding model

As state institutions recuperate from poor enrollment numbers, legislators are ready to increase higher ed funding—under one condition.

More than half of all elite president appointments in last 2 years were women

Among the cream of the crop of R1 universities, 75% of the Ivy Leagues are now female-led. Ten of the 20 schools to have appointed a female president are doing so for the first time in the school's history.

DeSantis bans DEI in Florida, calling it “discrimination, exclusion and indoctrination”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday prohibiting Florida's public institutions from spending money on initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion, which he believes "promote(s) dangerous political and social activism."

U.S.-China relations in higher ed is slipping. That’s a problem.

While a slew of proposed state bills antagonize China and international student enrollment continues to cool, higher education in the U.S. is flirting with losing a student body worth $15 billion to the U.S. economy.

Students are likely to rule out your school based on state politics

Both liberal- and conservative-leaning high school seniors tossed a college choice in the can if its state's policies didn't align with them.

The Ohio education bill that stands against diversity training—and China

The Ohio Higher Education Enhancement Act would have broad implications across the state's 14 public universities, 23 colleges, and some private schools, mirroring similar proposals drafted by other states, along with some unique ones.

Texas puts forth bill proposing to strip faculty of tenure

Senate Bill 18 would also demand faculty undergo a yearly performance evaluation which would help "establish an alternate system of tiered employment status for faculty members."

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