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U of Rhode Island Removes Partial Malcolm X Quote
The University of Rhode Island removed a partial quote by Malcolm X from the outside of its library building. Black students have been protesting the quote since it was first displayed in 1992, saying that using the partial quote did not convey what Malcolm X said. → Read More
A New Tentative Agreement to Resolve Temple Strike
Temple University and its striking graduate students have reached a tentative agreement to end a labor action that started Jan. 31, the Associated Press and NBC Philadelphia reported. Union members, who rejected a first tentative agreement, will finish voting on the measure today. The union said it made “meaningful, material gains on every major issue we set out to address in → Read More
Provosts' views on tenure, gen ed, budgets and more
In latest Inside Higher Ed survey, colleges’ chief academic officers express their views on academic health, what their colleges do well (and not so well), general education, liberal arts, budgets, and more. → Read More
Jackson State U President Placed on Leave
Thomas Hudson, president of Jackson State University, was placed on administrative leave with pay Thursday by Mississippi’s Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. The announcement by the board gave no reason. The board named Elayne Hayes-Anthony “temporary acting president” of the university. She is chair of journalism and media studies at Jackson State. → Read More
Marymount Eliminates Liberal Arts Degrees
The board of Marymount University, in Virginia, voted unanimously to eliminate 10 programs, mostly in the liberal arts, on Friday. The vote eliminated majors in art, economics, English, history, mathematics, philosophy, secondary education, sociology, and theology and religious studies, and an M.A. in English and humanities. The majors have relatively few students enrolled, → Read More
New Transfer Admissions Policy Could Be Imposed on UCLA
In Governor Gavin Newsom’s budget plan for next year, he has suggested that community college students who complete required coursework and meet a specified grade point average would earn automatic admission to the University of California, Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Times reported. The plan would result in a huge increase in transfer admissions to UCLA, presumably at the → Read More
Michigan State Students Return to Class
Most Michigan State University students returned to classes Monday, following a break because of last week’s murder of three students, The Detroit News reported. The News reported that most faculty members devoted their classes to giving students an opportunity to talk about the tragedy. There were memorials, therapy dogs and a visible police presence on campus. Heather → Read More
Franklin & Marshall strives to recruit international applicants
The college was hurt by the pandemic (as were many), but the international applications are back. → Read More
‘Systemic’ Disappeared From AP African American Studies
Drafts of the Advanced Placement course in African American Studies featured the word “systemic” with regard to “marginalization,” as well as with the words “discrimination,” “oppression,” “inequality,” “disempowerment” and “racism.” All of those references were removed from the version of the course released by the College Board this month, → Read More
Georgetown Students Demand Stronger Response to Hate
Georgetown University students are demanding tougher investigations of hate crimes on campus, The Washington Post reported. “The frustration has been on display in recent months as the university disclosed incidents, including one from last spring in which a student says another student yelled a racial slur at her. Georgetown has said it was unable to definitively determine → Read More
Nearly 47,000 Have Been in Loan Repayment for 40 Years
Nearly 47,000 people have been in student loan repayment for at least 40 years, The Washington Post reported. The finding was based on data obtained from the Education Department through a Freedom of Information Act request. About 82 percent of the nearly 47,000 are in default on their loans. The borrowers are a fraction of the 43.5 million Americans with student debt. But → Read More
A professor's job is endangered for teaching about race
Scholar at Palm Beach Atlantic University says he’s been accused of indoctrinating students. → Read More
Marymount Plans to Cut Many Liberal Arts Programs
Marymount University, in Virginia, is planning to cut many of its liberal arts programs, citing low enrollments, ARLnow reported. “Over the long term, it would be irresponsible to sustain majors programs with consistently low enrollment, low graduation rates, and lack of potential for growth,” President Irma Becerra said in a letter reported by the news website. → Read More
UC Riverside Urged to Investigate Economics Center
Some University of California faculty members are criticizing a research center affiliated with UC Riverside that they say uses corporate funding for reports “attacking proposals to improve the lives of working Californians,” the Los Angeles Times reported. The center, known as the UC Riverside School of Business Center for Economic Forecasting and Development, is not operated → Read More
Poll: Most of the Public Opposes Considering Race in Admissions
A new poll by Reuters/Ipsos found that 62 percent of Americans say race and ethnicity should not be considered at all in college admissions, Reuters reported. The public opinion poll, which surveyed 4,408 adults from Feb. 6 to 13, found that 73 percent of Republicans and 46 percent of Democrats said they are against race-conscious admissions, or affirmative action. Sixty-seven → Read More
DeSantis Threatens to Bar All AP Classes in Florida
In the latest development of the war between the College Board and Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, DeSantis is threatening to end all Advanced Placement instruction in the state, The Washington Post reported. Originally, DeSantis didn’t like the new AP course in African American studies. At a press conference Tuesday, he said, “AP is kind of with the College → Read More
Washington State Investigated Alleged Killer at Idaho
Washington State University investigated Bryan Kohberger, a Ph.D. student charged with killing four University of Idaho students, around the same time as the murders, The New York Times reported. Washington State was concerned about his conduct around women, counseled him over a verbal altercation with a professor and fired him from his job as a teaching assistant, the Times → Read More
College Board Defends Itself on AP African American Studies
The College Board on Saturday issued a new defense of its record in releasing the new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. The statement followed criticism of the College Board’s changing the AP course after it was criticized by Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican. → Read More
Vermont State U Will Make Libraries All Digital
Vermont State University plans to repurpose libraries on its five campuses and move to an “all-digital academic library” system when it opens as a unified institution in July, VTDigger reported. Parwinder Grewal, who will become president of the new university, announced the decision in an email to students, faculty members and staff Tuesday. The goal of the changes, Grewal → Read More
Ex-Dean Sues President and Provost for Racial Bias
A former dean of Thomas Edison State University sued the university, its president and its provost for discrimination based on his race (Black) and because he has diabetes, NJ Advance Media reported. Joseph Youngblood II said in court papers he was harassed and discriminated against during his 18 years. Specifically, the suit charges Cynthia Baum, provost and senior vice → Read More