1    The Debate Over the Purpose of Higher Education Continues
Sources
Has exploring life’s meaning been lost in higher education? (Deseret News)
‍When Truth and Social Justice Collide, Choose Truth (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The Dumbing Down of the Purpose of Higher Education (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
University Life Depends on the Moral Life  (Public Discourse)
The University of Austin — Yes, That One — Is Really Happening  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The New History Wars  (The Atlantic)
What Do Colleges Expect Students to Learn? A New Study Provides a Revealing Look.  (Forbes)
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Universities Should Adopt Institutional Neutrality  (heterodox)
Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò: the African professor against decolonisation  (Times Higher Education)
Time to stop weeding out first- and second-year STEM students and ending careers before they begin  (The Hechinger Report)
Computer science has a racism problem: these researchers want to fix it  (Nature)
Colleges should use K-12 performance assessments for course placement, report says  (Higher Ed Dive)
AFA Releases Statement on NYU Prof. Maitland Jones  (AFSA)
The New York Times article on Maitland Jones was incomplete.  (Washington Square News)
80% of professors at Ph.D.-granting universities attended the same handful of colleges  (Higher Ed Dive)

2    Sagging Profits Not the Only Headwind for Online Education Firms
SourcesWhat the Faltering OPM Market Means for Colleges (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍It’s Time to Make Repairs to Online Higher Ed (The Century Foundation)
‍OPMs are having a rocky time. Is a ‘culling of the herd' next? (Higher Ed Dive)  

Further Reading
Thousands of Students Take Courses Through Unaccredited Private Companies. Here’s a Look Into One of Them. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The Needs and Preferences of Fully Online Learners (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Are OPMs meeting college officials’ expectations? (Higher Ed Dive)
‍What researchers learned about online higher education during the pandemic (Hechinger Report)
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Higher Ed’s Top 10 IT Issues  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Getting Comfortable With Ed Tech  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍HyFlex Learning: Pros, Cons and the Future  (Inside Higher Ed)

3   Is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion “Pendulum” Due to Swing Back?
Sources
Lowery v. Texas A&M: The Beginning of the End of ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Discrimination?  (Legal Insurrection)
‍It’s Time to Roll Back Campus DEI Bureaucracies (National Review)
‍World’s top theoretical physicist rejects DEI ideology, says it’s anti-science (College Fix)

Further Reading
The DEI Bureaucracy Is Failing, Even on Its Own Terms (National Review)
‍Want An Academic Job? Start Preparing Your DEI Statement. (Reason)
‍Law professors disagree on whether mandatory DEI faculty statements are constitutional (College Fix)
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A U. of Minnesota Regent Asks if One of the System’s Campuses Is ‘Too Diverse’  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍University of Minnesota Regents Vice Chair Steve Sviggum asks if Morris campus is 'too diverse'  (Star Tribune)
‍University of Minnesota board’s vice chair gives up leadership role after suggesting campus is ‘too diverse’  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍U. of Minnesota Regent Resigns Leadership Post After Asking Whether Campus Is ‘Too Diverse’  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Minn. Regent Resigns as Vice Chair After Divisive Remark  (Inside Higher Ed)
Affirmative Action Mocks Ethnic Diversity  (Wall Street Journal)
‍Now Even Science Grants Must Bow to ‘Equity and Inclusion’  (Wall Street Journal)
‍Academic Administrators Are Strangling Our Universities  (Tablet)
‍D.E.I. Statements: Empty Platitude, or Litmus Test?  (City Journal)
‍Higher Ed’s New Loyalty Oaths  (NY Sun)
‍Why Diversity Training Often Doesn’t Work  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Over 6 in 10 Americans favor leaving race out of college admissions, Post-Schar School poll finds  (Washington Post)
‍Don’t Know How to Respond to Kanye? Neither Do College Campuses  (Diverse)
Penn State Scraps Plans for a Racial-Justice Center  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Penn State Breaks Promise to Open Center for Racial Justice  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Penn State cancels its Center for Racial Justice after faculty push for funding decision  (Spotlight PA)
New Boyer Commission Report Emphasizes Equity  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Excellence in Undergraduate Education Must Include Equity, Says Influential Group  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Are Your Work-Based Learning Programs Equitable?  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Meritocracy and Multiculturalism  (Law & Liberty)
‍Even Liberals Should Be Skeptical of Racial Preferences in Higher Education  (The Martin Center)
‍College admissions should be about fulfilling institutions’ missions—affirmative action can help them do it  (Brookings)
Hate and Fear Are Now Major Motivators on Campus  (NAS Minding the Campus)
‍University of Florida to Enforce Ban on Indoor Protests  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Criticism grows after Penn State cancels event with Proud Boys founder  (Washington Post)
‍Penn State Calls Off Event Featuring Proud Boys Founder  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Penn State cancels Proud Boys founder event amid violence  (Times Higher Education)
Yale Law Once Again in Conservative Crosshairs  (Inside Higher Education)
Why Middle Eastern and North African Students Feel Overlooked  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘Alternative’ or ‘Sham’? Yeshiva U. Created a New LGBTQ Club — but Won’t Recognize the One That Sued  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍How to fix segregation by college major and in the workforce  (Higher Ed Dive)
A Collegiate Reality Check  (NAS Minding the Campus)
‍Buckley Program Releases Eighth Annual College Student Survey  (Buckley Program)

4    Harvard Tells Students Using the Wrong Pronouns Constitutes Abuse
Sources
Harvard Tells Students: ‘Using Wrong Pronouns’ Constitutes ‘Abuse’ (Washington Free Beacon)
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Further Reading
Appeals Panel: Victims of Doctor’s Abuse Can Sue Ohio State (Inside Higher Ed)
‍DOJ to appeal block on Education Department’s Title IX guidance (Politico Pro)
‍Justice Department appeals federal ruling against Title IX guidance (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Legal ruling may signal trouble for Biden’s Title IX plan, LGBTQ guidance (Higher Ed Dive)

5    Player Transfers Causing “Upheaval” in College FootballSources
Op-Ed: Football at Stanford? Maybe not (LA Times)
‍The 2022 College Football Season Is Setting Records—in Coach Firings (Wall Street Journal)
‍The Transfer Frenzy That Is Turning College Football Rosters Upside Down (Wall Street Journal)

Further Reading
Mike Leach’s Ambitious Plan to Fix NIL: ‘Are You a Professional or Are You Not?’ (Sports Illustrated)
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The Big 12 Plans for an Era of College-Sports Domination by the SEC and Big Ten (Wall Street Journal)
‍Let’s beef up US post-tenure review – especially for football coaches  (Times Higher Education)

6   New U.S. News Rankings Unveiled, Remaining Preeminent Under Fire 
SourcesU.S. News college rankings draw new complaints and competitors (Washington Post)
‍Why U.S. News may have to rethink how it creates college rankings (Washington Post)
‍U.S. News rankings don’t ding colleges for lacking SAT and ACT data in nod to test-optional growth (Higher Ed Dive)
‍A deep dive into HBCUs, college rankings and exclusion (Washington Post)
‍The Reckless Rankings Game (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
Do College Rankings Serve Applicants Well? (Wall Street Journal)
‍China’s Universities Rise in World Rankings as American Schools Continue to Falter (Wall Street Journal)
‍U.S. News Changes Policy on Testing (Inside Higher Ed)
‍U.S. News College Rankings Don’t Matter. Whether a School Is a Good Fit Does. (Chicago Tribune)
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In ranking the best colleges for 2023, are Ivy schools really a good value?  (University Business)

7   Columbia Plummets to Number 18 in U.S. News Rankings After Whistleblower Professor Exposes False Data
 
Sources
U.S. News Best Colleges (U.S. News & World Report)
‍Columbia whistleblower on exposing college rankings: ‘They are worthless’ (The Guardian)
‍‘U.S. News’ Changes Policy on Testing (Inside Higher Ed)
‍U.S. News rankings don’t ding colleges for lacking SAT and ACT data in nod to test-optional growth (Higher Ed Dive)
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Further Reading
The sale of student lists exacerbates inequity in the admissions process, reports say (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Here’s what happened when 3 colleges, including the University of Pennsylvania, went test optional (Higher Ed Dive)
‍University of Hypocrisy (The Atlantic)

8    Notre Dame of Maryland University Is Going Coed, Angering Students and Alumnae
SourcesA Women’s College Goes Coed, and ‘Chaos Ensues’ (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Maryland women’s college to go fully coed starting in fall 2023 (Washington Post)

Further Reading
Reimagining College: Three New Schools (Minding the Campus)
‍How can colleges prepare for the possibility the Supreme Court will strike down race-conscious admissions? (Higher Ed Dive)
‍UCLA buys former Marymount California campuses for $80M (Higher Ed Dive)

9    Michigan State President Quits, Saying He “Lost Confidence” in Board of TrusteesSourcesMichigan State President Resigns Amid Battle With Board (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Michigan State University President Resigns Following Title IX Controversy (Wall Street Journal)
‘Just Despicable’: Michigan State Professors Oppose Attempt to Oust President (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍‘Aggressive and Unparalleled’: Fight Escalates Between Michigan State’s Leaders and Trustees (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Michigan State Faculty, Students Vote No Confidence in Trustee (Inside Higher Ed)
‍‘I Am Appalled’: Effort to Oust Michigan State President Plunges Campus Into Yet Another Crisis (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Michigan State President Resigns Abruptly After Weeks of Growing Conflict With Board (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
Michigan State president Stanley quits in row with trustees (Times Higher Education)
‍Michigan State’s President Is Out. But the War Isn’t Over. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍President, Trustees in Standoff at Michigan State (Inside Higher Ed)
‍MSU faculty, provost blast probe of dean’s departure (Detroit News)

10   Four Presidents in Four Years: The Revolving Door Presidency at Michigan State
SourcesAfter Board Pressure, the President of Michigan State University Resigns (New York Times)
‍Attempt to oust President Samuel Stanley thrusts Michigan State back into turmoil(Higher Ed Dive)
‍Trustees Seek Ouster of Michigan State President (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading‍
Michigan State president resisting trustees’ bid to oust him (Times Higher Education)
‍Campus Leaders Clash With Michigan State Trustees (Inside Higher Ed)
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Michigan State Board Breaks Silence  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Michigan State Appoints Provost as Interim President  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍MSU board names faculty choice Teresa Woodruff as interim president  (Detroit Free Press)
‍With MSU in Turmoil, Politics May Play a Role  (Diverse)
‍Michigan State's University Council approves vote of no confidence in Board of Trustees  (Lansing State Journal)
A Conversation with Purdue University President Mitch Daniels on Leadership in Higher Education  (AEI)
‍New effort to prepare would-be presidents for college leadership  (Times Higher Education)
2 Former Presidents Will Lead Effort to Rethink U. of North Carolina’s Governance  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍N.C. Governor Creates Commission to Rethink UNC Governance  (Inside Higher Education)
‍Years after their stormy departures, former UNC system heads return to review its governance  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍North Carolina governor seeks more diversity on university boards  (Times Higher Education)
Two-thirds of board members overseeing Texas public universities are Abbott donors. They’re not shy about wielding influence.  (Texas Tribune)

11    Oberlin Defamation Suit Leads to Snipping of Faculty Control
Sources
Oberlin Board Votes to Limit Faculty Power (Inside Higher Ed)
‍At Oberlin, a Bylaw Feud Feels Like a Last Stand for Faculty Power (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Editorial: Educators must learn to be the adults in the room (Chicago Tribune)

Further Reading‍
Oberlin Defamed A Bakery Rather Than Hold a Shoplifter Accountable. It’s Now $36 Million Poorer. (Forbes)

Representation Matters  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍UVA Faculty Senate Tables Board-Representation Motion (Inside Higher Ed)
‍In the Dark  (Inside Higher Education)

12    Republican Senator Is the Only Finalist for U of Florida Presidency, Sparking Protests
Sources
Sen. Ben Sasse named sole finalist for University of Florida presidency (Washington Post)
‍Republican Senator Ben Sasse Emerges as Likely New President of U. of Florida (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Mr. Sasse Goes to Gainesville (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Protesters to be banned from Sasse’s confirmation vote at University of Florida (The Hill)
‍University of Florida faculty senate calls ‘no confidence’ vote for Sen. Ben Sasse (KETV.com)

Further Reading
Senator Ben Sasse Named Sole Finalist for Florida Presidency (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Sen. Ben Sasse Named Top Candidate for University of Florida Post (Wall Street Journal)
‍Republican Sen. Ben Sasse set to become University of Florida president (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Ben Sasse a Much Better Fit at University of Florida than in the U.S. Senate (National Review)
‍Five Tips for Ben Sasse at Florida (James G. Martin Center)
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U. Of Florida Trustees Approve Ben Sasse as School’s Next President  (New York Times)
‍Trustees approve Sen. Ben Sasse as next University of Florida president  (Washington Post)
‍Ben Sasse Is the U. of Florida’s Next President. His Critics Are Seeing Red.  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Florida Trustees Select Sasse as President  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍University of Florida board advances Sen. Ben Sasse’s bid to be institution’s next president  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Despite opposition, GOP Sen. Ben Sasse selected as University of Florida president-elect  (The College Fix)
Presidential secrecy a clear US reality  (Times Higher Education)
‍How Colleges’ Presidential Searches Weed Out Candidates of Color and Women  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
How DeSantis and Florida Republicans are reshaping higher education  (Politico)
‍DeSantis defends Stop WOKE act amid lawsuit filed by free speech group  (The College Fix)
‍Florida vows to limit further protests against Sasse (Times Higher Education)
‍Neofascism, Florida Style—Part II  (AAUP)
‍If Higher-Ed Leaders Want Autonomy, They Should Act Responsibly  (National Review)
‍Political Accountability Versus Campus Autonomy  (The Martin Center)
University of Florida faculty has ‘no confidence’ in Sasse selection  (Washington Post)
‍U. of Florida Faculty Senate Condemns Process That Tapped Ben Sasse as Next President  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍University of Florida faculty senate votes no confidence in presidential selection process that landed Sen. Ben Sasse  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Choice Of Ben Sasse For Univ. Of Florida Causes A Ruckus. What Do College Presidents Even Do?  (Forbes)
‍Backlash to Ben Sasse’s candidacy to lead the University of Florida highlights anti-conservative bias on campus  (The Hill)
‍Ben Sasse gets trapped between MAGA and woke academia  (The Spectator USA)
UF Faculty Senate approves no-confidence vote on selection process of Ben Sasse  (Gainesville Sun)
‍Florida faculty union presses UF on presidential search with 1 finalist  (Tampa Bay Times)

13     State Senator Ray Rodrigues Takes the Helm of Florida’s State University System
SourcesFlorida’s state university system picked its next chancellor. He’s a Republican lawmaker with ties to the governor. (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Fla. System Chancellor Search Mired in Politics (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
University of Florida moves to hire Republican senator as president (Times Higher Education)
‍Florida System Hires DeSantis Ally as Chancellor (Inside Higher Ed)
‍State Senator Named to Lead Florida’s University System as Chancellor (Miami Herald)
‍2 College-Leadership Searches in Florida Struggle to Field Candidates (Chronicle of Higher Education)

14   Comings & Goings at the TopSourcesDr. Sarah Willie-LeBreton Appointed President of Smith College (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
‍ACE’s Terry Hartle to retire at the end of 2022 (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Transitions: U. of Connecticut Makes Interim President Permanent; Princeton U. Provost to Depart for U. of Cambridge (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
Transitions: Smith College Names New President; Business School Deans at Temple and Villanova U. Will Step Down (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Smith College Taps Scholar of Social Inequality as 12th President (Boston Globe)
M.I.T. Names a Duke Provost as Its New President (New York Times)
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Sally Kornbluth, Duke Provost, to Become MIT President  (Inside Higher Education)
‍Duke provost Sally Kornbluth named MIT president  (Times Higher Education)

15   $100 Million to “Transform College”
Sources
Gates Foundation pours $100M into college transformation effort (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Gates Foundation Gives $100M to Transform Colleges (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Rice Receives $50M Gift for Work on Houston (Inside Higher Ed)
‍$150M Gift to Fund Stem Cell Research at UC San Diego (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
$100 Million Gift for U of Florida Biomedical Research (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Family of canceled law school founder wants donation and interest returned (College Fix)
‍Gates' gift to HBCUs: A $100m investment in diversity (University World News)
‍Cash boost renews questions over Carnegie Mellon Rwanda mission (Times Higher Education)
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Bill Seeks More Transparency About Endowments  (Inside Higher Education)
‍After Record Year, University-Endowment Returns Drop Into Negative Territory  (Wall Street Journal)
‍Harvard Biological Engineering Institute Receives $350M Gift  (Inside Higher Education)
‍Northwestern Gets $121 Million Gift  (Inside Higher Education)
‍Beverly Hills billionaires give UC Davis $50 million to build agricultural research hub  (Los Angeles Times)
‍Xavier Receives $50 Million Gift  (Inside Higher Education)
‍Big Oil Pours Millions Into Elite Universities’ Climate Research. Is Its Time Up?  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Hastings descendants say law school name isn't racist, want name kept — or $1.7B  (San Francisco Chronicle)

16    Breaches of Fiduciary Duties SourcesThe Two Fiduciary Duties of Professors (Heterodox Academy)
‍Seattle Pacific University is imploding, lawsuit argues (Seattle Times)
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‍Further Reading
Working the Public-Perception Problem (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Education Department to Scrutinize College Banking Agreements (Inside Higher Education)
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Two-thirds of board members overseeing Texas public universities are Abbott donors. They’re not shy about wielding influence.  (Texas Tribune)
‍Representation Matters  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍UVA Faculty Senate Tables Board-Representation Motion (Inside Higher Ed)
In the Dark  (Inside Higher Education)
No Tenure? No Problem  (Inside Higher Education)
‍AAUP to Investigate Cuts at Emporia State  (Inside Higher Education)
‍A Rare Court Victory That Protected 4 Tenured Professors’ Jobs Just Got Reversed. Here’s Why.  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Academe Calls for Revolutionizing Higher Education Budget and Finance  (Academe)

17     College Enrollment Continues to Fall, but at a Slower Rate
SourcesThe college enrollment drop is finally letting up. That’s the good news (NPR)
‍As the Pandemic Wanes, All Eyes Are on Enrollment (Inside Higher Ed)
‍A Surge in Young Undergrads, Fully Online (Inside Higher Ed)
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Further Reading
Georgia System Cuts 215 Defunct Programs (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Many Colleges Fail in Push to Boost Enrollment of Lower-Income Students (Wall Street Journal)
‍VMI enrollment plummets after two years of turmoil and division (Washington Post)
‍The Job Market Is a Problem for Harvard, Wharton, Other Top M.B.A. Programs (Wall Street Journal)
‍Kentucky lays out plan for boosting adult college enrollment (Higher Ed Dive)
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College Enrollment Declines Again Though Online Schools, HBCUs See Increases  (Wall Street Journal)
Southern Schools Are More Ideologically Diverse  (Washington Examiner)
‍How Conservative Colleges Win the Culture Wars  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍College Enrollment Declines for Third Straight Year Since Pandemic  (Washington Post)
‍Higher Ed’s Enrollment Fell Again This Fall, if a Bit More Slowly  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Undergraduate enrollment declines 1.1% this fall, dashing hopes of quick recovery  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Here’s how one New England State is addressing sharp declines in higher-ed student enrollment  (The Hechinger Report)
The US should take its higher education to the world  (Times Higher Education)
‍Covid-19 Disrupted International Education, but Colleges Remain Hopeful About Global Engagement  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Gauging COVID’s Impact on Internationalization  (Inside Higher Education)
‍Two-thirds of colleges plan to grow efforts to reach foreign students and expand their global presence  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍US universities ease back on global engagement  (Times Higher Education)
More On-Ramps for Adult Students  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍5 enrollment trends to keep an eye on for fall 2022  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Colleges have more data than ever. Here are 3 things to consider as they use it.  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Student enrolment struggles to bounce back post-pandemic  (University World News)
‍Will Chinese international student numbers rebound in the US?  (University World News)
‍Shift to Indian enrolment brings new challenges for US colleges  (Times Higher Education)
Report: Small Rise in Tuition Rates  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Tuition sticker prices fell in 2022-23 after accounting for inflation, College Board report finds  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Price check: Tuition is climbing again, but not as high as inflation  (University Business)
Why elite colleges won’t give up legacy admissions  (The Hechinger Report)
‍Report Blasts Early Decision  (Inside Higher Education)
‍It’s time for colleges to abandon legacy admissions, new research says  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍‘Everybody Hates Them’: Why One Researcher Says Legacy Preferences in Admissions Must End Soon  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Good Riddance to Legacy Admissions  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Fencing Can Be Six-Figure Expensive, but It Wins in College Admissions  (New York Times)
The College-Admissions Merit Myth  (The Atlantic)
Meritocracy and Multiculturalism  (Law & Liberty)
‍Research on increasing diversity in college admissions  (The Hechinger Report)
Most Americans Want Race Out of Admissions Decisions  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍College admissions should be about fulfilling institutions’ missions—affirmative action can help them do it  (Brookings)
‍Can enrolling school students help US colleges improve access?  (Times Higher Education)
Colleges that ditched test scores for admissions find it’s harder to be fair in choosing students, researcher says  (The Hechinger Report)
A Purchase for the College Board  (Inside Higher Ed)

18   Transfer Enrollment Hammered Hard by the Pandemic, But HBCUs Rebound  
Sources5 trends in upward transfer that 4-year colleges should watch (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Transfer Enrollments Continue Pandemic-Driven Decline (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Transfer enrollment declined 13.5% since the pandemic started (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Transfer-Student Enrollment Tanked During the Pandemic. Historically Black Colleges Were the Exception. (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
Growing Out-of-State Enrollment at Flagship Universities Could Be Worsening the Student-Debt Crisis (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍‘Radical Level of Change’ (Inside Higher Ed) ‍

19   Student Search Lists Are “Structurally Racist,” Researchers Say
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Sources
Report: Lists to Find Students Are ‘Structurally Racist’ (Inside Higher Ed)
‍This college recruitment tool could be reinforcing bias, study says (Washington Post)

Further Reading
Race on Campus: What France Can Teach Us About Race-Neutral Admissions (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍UC Berkeley incorporates anti-racist, inclusive strategies in 10 large courses (Daily Californian)
‍Segregation by college major (Hechinger Report)

20    SCOTUS: Ready to Make a Sea Change on Affirmative Action?Sources
In Cases Challenging Affirmative Action, Court Will Confront Wide-Ranging Arguments on History, Diversity, and the Role of Race in America (SCOTUS Blog)
‍UNC Once Barred Black Students. Now It’s Fighting for Affirmative Action. (Washington Post)
‍Skepticism on Affirmative Action (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Supreme Court Seems Ready to Throw Out Race-Based College Admissions (New York Times)
‍Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Race in College Admissions (Wall Street Journal)
‍Affirmative Action Was Banned at Two Top Universities. They Say They Need It. (New York Times)  
‍Affirmative Action, Democracy, & the Supreme Court (The New Criterion)
‍The Affirmative Action That Colleges Really Need (The Atlantic)
‍Affirmative Action in College Admissions Doesn’t Work — But it CouldOver 6 in 10 Americans Favor Leaving Race Out of College Admissions, Post-Schar School Poll Finds (Washington Post)
‍These 12 College Students Don’t Like the System They’re In (New York Times)
‍Admissions Survey in a World of Change (Inside Higher Ed)
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‍Further Reading
Can Harvard Discriminate by Race Forever? (Wall Street Journal)
‍On Affirmative Action, What Once Seemed Unthinkable Might Become Real (New York Times)
‍Facially Neutral, Racially Biased (The New Criterion)
‍The Supreme Court May End College Affirmative Action. Then What? (Washington Post)  
‍Blunder in Affirmative Action Case May Cost Harvard $15 Million (New York Times)

‍13 Takes on Race-Conscious Admissions  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍As Race-Conscious Admissions Policies Go Before the Supreme Court, Here’s What 6 Experts Are Listening For  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍California banned affirmative action in 1996. Inside the UC struggle for diversity  (Los Angeles Times)
Highlights: Supreme Court Hears Affirmative Action Cases From Harvard and U.N.C.  (New York Times)
‍Can Harvard Discriminate by Race Forever?  (Wall Street Journal)
‍Affirmative Action Mocks Ethnic Diversity  (Wall Street Journal)
‍Colleges will racially discriminate no matter how the Supreme Court rules  (Washington Post)
False Representation  (City Journal)
‍Over 6 in 10 Americans favor leaving race out of college admissions, Post-Schar School poll finds  (Washington Post)
‍Ivy League schools back Harvard in upcoming racial quota Supreme Court case  (The College Fix)
‍Education After Affirmative Action  (The New Yorker)

21     Free Speech and Academic Freedom Under Threat—And MIT Steps UpSources University of Idaho Memo Tells Employees Not to Promote Abortion, Birth Control (Idaho Statesman)
‍Public-University Curricula Are ‘Government Speech,’ Florida Says (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Letter Regarding Proposed Free Expression Statement from MIT (MIT News)
‍Report of the MIT Ad Hoc Working Group on Free Expression  (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
‍Another Disruption Reignites Campus Speech Debate (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Sen. Ben Sasse’s Candidacy to be U-Florida President Draws Protests (Washington Post)
‍Penn State Reverses Course And Cancels Event Co-Hosted By Proud Boys Founder (Forbes)

Further Reading
It’s Not Clear Whether Public-College Professors Have First Amendment Rights When They’re Teaching (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍UNM is Right to Protect All Flavors of Speech (Albuquerque Journal)
‍MIT Asks Its Faculty to Endorse Free Speech (Wall Street Journal)
‍University of Texas President Jay Hartzell Defends Tenure, Academic Freedom in Annual Speech (Austin American-Statesman)
‍Even Liberal Students Are Afraid to Speak (Minding the Campus)
‍2022-2023 College Free Speech Rankings (College Pulse and Foundation for Individual Rights in Education)
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‍Free Speech and Unfree Universities  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Most Americans Oppose Laws That Curtail Professors’ Classroom Speech  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Do Professors at Public Universities Speak for the State?  (Academe Blog)
Yes, Berkeley Is Silencing Jews  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍No, Berkeley Isn’t Discriminating Against Jews  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Legal group puts 12 universities on notice about free speech violations  (The College Fix)
‍Don’t Know How to Respond to Kanye? Neither Do College Campuses  (Diverse)
A Conference Says Academic Freedom Is in Danger. Critics Say the Event Is Part of the Problem. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The Stanford Arguments over an Academic Freedom Conference  (Academe Blog)
SPU lawsuit against WA AG dismissed by federal judge  (Seattle Times)
‍Seattle Pacific University's lawsuit dismissed as discrimination investigation continues  (KING 5)
Labor Bureau Will Fine Pacific U $840,000  (Inside Higher Ed)

22   Abortion Crackdown Collides With Free Speech 
Sources‘It’s Making Us Accomplices’: A University Tells Faculty to ‘Remain Neutral’ on Abortion Discussions in Class (Chronicle of Higher Education)
University of Idaho Should Rescind Guidance on Speech About Abortion (AAUP)
‍Biden Criticizes Idaho Limits on What Faculty May Say (Inside Higher Education)
‍Abortion Rights Shouldn’t Be Promoted on Campus, University of Idaho Warns Staff (Wall Street Journal)

Further Reading
University of Idaho warning: Employees who discuss abortion could face prosecution under state law (Higher Ed Dive)
University of Idaho warns staff against giving abortion advice (Times Higher Education)
In abortion memo released to employees, the University of Idaho is right—and wrong (Idaho Capital Sun)
AAUP: U of Idaho Should Rescind Guidance on Abortion Speech (Inside Higher Education)
FIRE demands University of Idaho retract policy limiting faculty speech on abortion (TheFire.org)
A ‘Day of Action’ for Abortion Protections (Inside Higher Ed)
Colleges Must Protect Students Who Seek Abortions, Education Department Says (Chronicle of Higher Education)
University of Idaho says it supports academic freedom after national uproar over abortion guidance (Higher Ed Dive)
White House Unveils New Measures to Protect Abortion Access (New York Times)

23   Florida A&M Students Sue State, Claiming Decades of Funding Discrimination
SourcesFlorida A&M students sue state over funding, allege discrimination of HBCUs (Washington Post)
‍Florida A&M Students Sue State for Underfunding (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
Why aren’t flagship universities enrolling more of their own states’ Black students? (Hechinger Report)
‍Why Faculty of Color Are Leaving Academe (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍HBCUs Are Exceptional Institutions—But Vastly Underfunded (The Century Foundation)

24   China on the Offensive
SourcesWhat Happened to Hu Jintao? (New York Times)
‍The Los Alamos Club: Cowardice Has Consequences (National Association of Scholars)

Further Reading
Concealed Crackdown: China’s Influence Across Campus  (Heterodox Academy)
‍Kissinger Warns on Education Wokeness as National Security Threat  (Education Next)

25   Hundreds of Thousands Weigh In on New Title IX Rules 
SourcesThe Title IX Comments Are In. Here Are 3 Things to Know. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Biden’s Proposed Title IX Revisions Will Hurt Victims (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The public comment period for Biden’s Title IX proposal is over. What’s next? (Higher Ed Dive)

Further Reading
Title IX Mandatory Reporting Expansion Under Fire (Inside Higher Ed)
‍New Title IX Rules Get 235,000 Comments (Inside Higher Ed)
‍White House Gets an Earful in Public Comments About Changes to Title IX (NY Sun)

26   Is There a Place For Conservatives on College Campuses? 
SourcesUniversity of Florida’s finalist for president is Nebraska Sen. Ben Sass (Tampa Bay Times)
‍Backlash to Ben Sasse’s candidacy to lead the University of Florida highlights anti-conservative bias on campus (The Hill)
‍Perspective: What jobs are social conservatives allowed to have in America? (Deseret News)

Further Reading
‘It Could Have Been Worse’: Higher Ed Reacts to Ben Sasse at U. of Florida (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Sen. Ben Sasse’s candidacy to be U-Florida president draws protests (Washington Post)
‍Opinion: Ben Sasse is an affirmative action hire if there ever was one (Washington Post)
‍WaPo column blasts Sasse as ‘affirmative action hire’ despite previously praising him as university president (Fox News)
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How DeSantis and Florida Republicans are reshaping higher education  (Politico)
DeSantis defends Stop WOKE act amid lawsuit filed by free speech group  (The College Fix)
‍Conservative Voters Should Demand That Republicans Do More at Universities  (Real Clear Forida)
‍A Playbook for Knocking Down Higher Ed  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The 50-Year War on Higher Education  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Is Higher Ed a Public Good or a Public Threat?  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Do Professors at Public Universities Speak for the State?  (Academe Blog)
‍If Higher-Ed Leaders Want Autonomy, They Should Act Responsibly  (National Review)
Academic Administrators Are Strangling Our Universities  (Tablet)
‍Bloated College Administration Is Making Education Unaffordable  (Quillette)
Academics Turn Against Scholarship  (Washington Examiner Magazine)
‍American Higher Education Is Getting Lower  (National Review)
‍Is College Worth It? Voters Are Split.  (FiveThirtyEight)
US universities and their role in a country at war with itself  (Financial Times)
‍Public faith in US universities is fading. We need a new vision  (Times Higher Education)
‍How Conservative Colleges Win the Culture Wars  (Chronicle of Higher Education)

27   The Real Reasons Many Young People Are Saying No to College 
SourcesWhy Aren’t People Going to College? (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Why Would-Be Students Aren’t Choosing College (Inside Higher Ed)

28   The End of the “Men’s Club” Era in Academia & the Rise of the “Metaversity” 
SourcesSex and the Academy (Quillette)
‍Moving Forward: MOOCs, Metaversities, and More (Minding the Campus)

Further Reading
How Catholics became the new WASPs (Spectator World)
‍The American affirmative-action regime (New Criterion)
‍Ed tech leaders just predicted these 3 trends will unfold in higher education (Higher Ed Dive)
‍The Making of Nikole Hannah Jones (Tablet)
Both Left and Right Are Converging on Authoritarianism (Reason)
‍The Asinine Politics of the Marist Mindset List (James G. Martin Center)
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‍US universities and their role in a country at war with itself  (Financial Times)
How Regional Public Colleges Benefit Their Communities  (Chronicle of Higher Education)

29   The Expansion of Higher Ed in Britain: A Cautionary Tale for the U.S. 
SourcesUniversity of Hypocrisy (The Atlantic)
‍British Universities Show Why “More” Does Not Mean “Better” (James G. Martin Center)

Further Reading
Is College Worth It? Not for Everyone (Wall Street Journal)
‍Kissinger Warns on Education Wokeness as National Security Threat (Education Next)
‍Edunomics (American Institute for Economic Research)
‍Commencement Watch 2022 (Public Discourse)

30   Leaders Feel Positive About Academic Quality, but Less Optimistic About Tenure and the Liberal Arts 
SourceInside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers (Inside Higher Ed)
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‍Further Reading
When Building a Diverse Leadership, Emphasize Culture, Not Quotas (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Fired Georgetown College President Files Lawsuit (Insider Higher Ed)
‍Colorado Board Censures Regent for Mistreating Colleagues (Inside Higher ED)
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‍How Higher Ed Can Help Remedy K-12 Learning Losses  (Inside Higher Ed)
‍U.S. high schools must take note and take action after dismal NAEP score report  (The Hechinger Report)
‍Corey DeAngelis Explains Why America’s Students Are Failing  (National Review)
‍New NAEP Test Scores Are a Disaster. Blame Teachers Unions.  (Daily Signal)
‍The Pandemic Generation Goes to College. It Has Not Been Easy.  (New York Times)
Catholic schools outperformed public schools across the nation. Here’s why  (The Lion)Ed)

31   Biden’s Hot Potato Debt Relief Plan Gets Hotter—Wall Street Journal Calls It a “Whopper”  
SourcesThis Wasn’t the Vibe Shift Democrats Had in Mind (New York Times)
‍Legal Challenges to Student Loan Forgiveness Loom (Wall Street Journal)
‍Lawsuit Seeks to Block Biden’s Debt-Relief Plan (Inside Higher Education)
‍Biden administration narrows eligibility for student debt cancellation (Washington Post)
‍CBO: White House plan to relieve student loan debt costs $400 billion (Washington Post)

Further Reading
GOP states sue Biden administration to overturn student debt relief (Washington Post)
Lawsuit aims to stop Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan (Washington Post)
‍Congressional Budget Office: Biden’s loan cancellation will cost $400B (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan estimated to cost $400bn (Financial Times)
‍Obama’s GM blueprint can protect taxpayers from Biden’s student loan ‘forgiveness’ (The Hill)
‍Student Loan Subsidies Could Have Dangerous, Unintended Side Effects (New York Times)
‍Education Department estimates Biden student loan forgiveness plan will cost $379B (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Understanding the First Legal Challenge to Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan (AEI Ideas)
‍Libertarian legal group sues Biden administration over student loan forgiveness plan (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Biden’s Student Loan Admission (Wall Street Journal)
‍Biden’s New Student Loan Repayment Plan Would Ruin Student Lending (NAS Minding the Campus)
Borrower Sues to Stop Biden’s Unfair, Illegal Student Loan Bailout (Daily Signal)
‍Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Faces Early Lawsuit (Wall Street Journal)
‍How Parent PLUS Loans Drive Racial Inequity (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Biden Administration Launches Application Portal for Student-Loan Forgiveness  (Wall Street Journal)
‍Beta Launch of Student Loan Forgiveness Application Website Opens for Borrowers  (Washington Post)
‍Biden Administration Alerting Borrowers in Line for Automatic Student Debt Relief  (Washington Post)
‍Biden Opens Loan Forgiveness to All  (Inside Higher Ed)
Supreme Court Rejects Emergency Challenge to Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan  (NY Sun)
‍Judge Rejects GOP Bid to Block Student-Loan Forgiveness Program  (Wall Street Journal)
‍Judge dismisses GOP-led states’ lawsuit to block student-loan forgiveness plan  (Washington Post)
‍Biden wins two court rulings on student loan forgiveness  (Times Higher Education)
Appeals court temporarily halts Biden’s student debt relief program  (Washington Post)
‍Biden suffers court setback on student loan forgiveness  (Times Higher Education)
‍Student loan relief to move ahead despite hold, education secretary says  (Washington Post)
‍Borrowers Pause Plans After Challenges to Biden’s Debt-Relief Program  (Wall Street Journal)
Will Biden’s debt cancellation jump-start talks to rewrite federal student aid policy? (Higher Ed Dive)  
‍Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Makes Reform Urgent  (Wall Street Journal)
‍To Fix Student Debt, We Must Destroy Its Source  (The Federalist)
‍President Biden’s targeted student debt cancellation helps, but the next generation needs a path to a debt-free degree  (The Hechinger Report)
‍When Debating Student Loan Debt, Keep College Access in Mind as the End Goal  (The Hechinger Report)
‍Did You Know? Both Parties Agree that College Needs to Change  (The Martin Center)
‍Higher Education Is About to Get Even More Political  (Washington Post)