PURPOSE
CURRICULUM
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Scholars, Governors -- and Just about Everyone Else -- Argue Over the Purpose of the University
Sources
Training for the Contemplative Life
(Law & Liberty)
Truth-Seekers or Coddlers at the Elite University? A Conversation with James Orr
(Public Discourse)
The Decline of Higher Education
(City Journal)
DeSantis Takes On the Education Establishment, and Builds His Brand
(New York Times)
Declaring Emergencies and Banning ‘Latinx’: First Acts for 9 New Governors
(New York Times)
The College Board Strips Down Its AP Curriculum for African American Studies
(New York Times)
Further Reading
‘Living hell’ and the destruction of academic freedom
(New York Post)
Ron DeSantis, Black History and CRT
(Wall Street Journal)
What Is Happening in Florida?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The DeSantis Takeover Begins
(Inside Higher Ed)
DeSantis Wants Big Higher Education Changes, Including ‘Civics Institutes’ at UF, FSU, FIU
(Miami Herald)
How DEI Is Supplanting Truth as the Mission of American Universities
(The Free Press)
Will a small, quirky Florida college become ‘DeSantis U’?
(Washington Post)
New College of Florida Trustees Boot School’s President amid Reform Efforts
(National Review)
With New College gambit, DeSantis aims to ‘recapture higher education’
(Tampa Bay Times)
Ron DeSantis Claims of Liberal Bias Put Florida College at Crossroads
(Wall Street Journal)
Is New College of Florida Headed for a Hostile Takeover?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
DeSantis Announces Changes to Florida’s Colleges
(Daily Signal)
DeSantis trustee appointees face skeptical crowd at New College of Florida
(Washington Post)
2 DeSantis-appointed trustees showed up at New College. Here’s how it went.
(Tampa Bay Times)
Academic Freedom for Whom?
(The Dispatch)
DeSantis Seeks to Defund Diversity Programs in Higher Education
(Wall Street Journal)
DeSantis aims to cut college diversity efforts; New College ousts president
(Washington Post)
DeSantis Proposes Legislation to Eliminate DEI Bureaucracies in Florida Colleges
(National Review)
DeSantis proposes higher ed DEI ban, pledges to push back on ‘identity politics and indoctrination’
(The College Fix)
DeSantis vs. DEI: An Honest Accounting
(The American Spectator)
Drain the University of Florida's DEI Swamp
(Newsweek)
DeSantis Administration Demands Information on Gender-Transition Services at Florida’s Public Universities
(National Review)
DeSantis Asked Florida Universities to Detail Their Diversity Spending. Here’s How They Answered.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Universities respond to DeSantis, saying they spend $35M on diversity programs
(Tampa Bay Times)
Florida’s State Colleges Say They’ll Ban Promotion of Critical Race Theory
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Florida college presidents restrict critical race theory teaching
(Times Higher Education)
Florida Community College Presidents Come Out Against CRT
(Inside Higher Ed)
The Florida Community College Presidents’ Statement on CRT: It may be too subtle for its own good.
(Inside Higher ED)
Judge clears Florida of violating ‘Stop WOKE’ order
(Orlando Sentinel)
Florida Colleges Ordered to Report Gender-Care Services
(Inside Higher Ed)
Judge says Florida not in violation of blocked ‘Stop Woke Act’ by requesting funding info from colleges
(University Business)
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Florida Rejects A.P. African American Studies Class
(New York Times)
Florida Gives Reasons for Rejecting A.P. African American Studies Class
(New York Times)
Florida Bars AP African-American Studies From Public Schools
(Wall Street Journal)
Florida blocks high school African American studies class
(Los Angeles Times)
New African American studies course sparks controversy in US
(Times Higher Education)
College Board faces storm of criticism over AP African American studies
(Washington Post)
DeSantis: AP African-American Studies Program, as Written, Violates Florida Law
(National Review)
DeSantis Deals Blow to Woke Takeover of Education
(Daily Signal)
DeSantis Exposes Marxist Slant of African American History Course, Demands Rewrite
(Daily Signal)
Ron DeSantis Battles the African American A.P. Course—and History
(The New Yorker)
Ron DeSantis is right to reject the new AP racial grievance course
(The Spectator)
Unveiling a New AP African American Studies Framework
(Inside Higher Education)
AP African-American Studies Curriculum Made Public
(National Review)
DeSantis Is Right on African-American Studies
(National Review)
DeSantis Doubles Down on Decision to Reject AP African American Studies
(National Review)
A Closer Look at the College Board’s Radicalism
(National Review)
‘Incomprehensible’: White House Press Secretary Blasts DeSantis for Rejecting AP African-American History Course
(National Review)
Florida's AP African American studies ban should raise alarm elsewhere, lawmaker says
(NPR)
Watering down AP African American studies is a disservice to students
(Los Angles Times)
Ron DeSantis’s fear of American history
(Boston Globe)
Fear of a Black-Studies Planet
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Growing up in the South, I had no chance to learn my own heritage and culture
(The Hechinger Report)
Pop quiz: What state just banned an AP African American studies course?
(The Hechinger Report)
“It’s Time for People to Stand Up for Democracy and Higher Education”
(Academe Blog)
College Board gives details of first AP African American studies class
(Los Angeles Times)
College Board Capitulates on African-American Studies . . . Maybe
(National Review)
College Board Concedes to DeSantis on Woke African American Studies Course
(Daily Signal)
College Board Shrinks AP Curriculum for African-American Studies
(Wall Street Journal)
The College Board Strips Down Its A.P. Curriculum for African American Studies
(New York Times)
Amid DeSantis attacks, AP African American studies course is updated
(Washington Post)
College Board Releases Official Framework for AP African American Studies Course
(Diverse)
African American History (Revised)
(Inside Higher Ed)
Subtracting ‘Black Queer Studies,’ Adding ‘Black Conservatism’
(National Review)
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Florida university leaders silent as DeSantis rages
(Times Higher Education)
AAUP on Florida College System: “We are appalled” by continued political interference
(University Business)
A Subtle Subterfuge, an Outrage or Both?
(Inside Higher Ed)
DeSantis’s Higher-Ed Push Just Got Bigger. Fresh Resistance Is Starting to Bubble Up.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Florida Has a Right to Destroy its Universities
(The Atlantic)
The Highest Principle
(City Journal)
Applause for the "Education Governor"
(National Association of Scholars)
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UNC trustees’ push for ‘School of Civic Life and Leadership’ alarms some faculty
(Washington Post)
UNC Takes on the University Echo Chamber
(Wall Street Journal)
UNC Board of Governors At It Again
(Academe Blog)
Who Should Own the University of North Carolina?
(The Martin Center)
At UNC, More Good News on Free Expression
(The Martin Center)
A New Birth of Freedom in Higher Education: Civic Institutes at Public Universities
(AEI)
Public Colleges in Oklahoma Must Account for ‘Every Dollar’ Spent on Diversity Over the Past 10 Years
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
DEI in the Heart of Texas
(City Journal)
National Student Clearinghouse Launches Online DEI Platform
(Diverse)
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What is college for? Gov. Shapiro raises the question. Higher ed leaders are listening.
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
At Michigan, Santa Ono sees room to grow
(Times Higher Education)
Lessons From a Wonk Turned President
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Will the University of Austin Make Good on Its Promise?
(National Review)
The Time is Now to Invest in Conservative Grad Students
(NAS Minding the Campus)
The Decline of ‘Disruptive’ Science
(Inside Higher Ed)
Disruptive science is leaping forward, not limping along
(STAT)
Science: Are we getting what we’re paying for?
(NAS Minding the Campus)
Professor Maitland Jones and Declining Standards in Higher Education
(The Martin Center)
Learning styles don’t exist
(Aeon)
One expert on what students do wrong
(The Hechinger Report)
University of Texas Will Offer Large-Scale Online Master’s Degree in A.I.
(New York Times)
College Physical Education Requirements Continue to Decline
(Inside Higher Ed)
Teaching How to Teach the Holocaust
(Inside Higher Education)
Colleges consider overhauling grading system for freshmen to ease transition to higher learning
(San Jose Mercury News)
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Spying Apps and Cheating Chat Bots: Technology Has a Moment
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Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach
(New York Times)
A New Area of A.I. Booms, Even Amid the Tech Gloom
(New York Times)
Here’s a look at which colleges are blocking TikTok
(Higher Ed Dive)
Wikipedia, Once Shunned, Now Embraced in the Classroom
(Inside Higher Ed)
Further Reading
A.I. Is Becoming More Conversational. But Will It Get More Honest?
(New York Times)
A New Chat Bot Is a ‘Code Red’ for Google’s Search Business
(New York Times)
Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight
(New York Times)
Banning TikTok Hurts Higher Education
(RealClear Education)
How do we stop the robot takeover? Oxford dons have a plan
(The Times)
Big Tech was moving cautiously on AI. Then came ChatGPT.
(Washington Post)
Professors Turn to ChatGPT to Teach Students a Lesson
(Wall Street Journal)
What Happens When AI Has Read Everything?
(The Atlantic)
Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach
(New York Times)
The race of the AI labs heats up
(Economist)
Artificial Intelligence Will Change Higher Ed for the Better
(The Martin Center)
Designing Assignments in the ChatGPT Era
(Inside Higher Ed)
Why I’m Not Scared of ChatGPT
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
ChatGPT is infiltrating higher education. Some academics say it's time to embrace it.
(GBH News)
ChatGPT Will Be the Calculator for Writing, Top Economist Says
(Bloomberg)
Five Days in Class with ChatGPT
(Alperovitch Institute)
'Everybody is cheating': Why this teacher has adopted an open ChatGPT policy
(NPR)
Nearly 1 in 3 college students let ChatGPT do their writing assignments
(University Business)
Chatgpt Passed a Wharton MBA Exam and It's Still in Its Infancy. One Professor Is Sounding the Alarm
(Fortune)
Don’t Write Like a Robot
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
OpenAI releases tool to detect AI-generated text, including from ChatGPT
(Tech Crunch)
AI Writing Detection: A Losing Battle Worth Fighting
(Inside Higher Ed)
With ChatGPT, We’re All Editors Now
(Inside Higher Ed)
ChatGPT Has Colleges in Emergency Mode to Shield Academic Integrity
(Ed Surge)
An op-ed about ChatGPT’s impact on education…written by ChatGPT?
(University Business)
ChatGPT could turn writing into ‘technical Mad Libs.’ But could it also spark needed change in higher ed?
(Public Source)
OpenAI releases tool to detect AI-generated text, including from ChatGPT
(Tech Crunch)
YouTube-iversity
(Inside Higher Ed)
Your OPM Isn’t a Tech Platform. It’s a Predatory Marketing Firm.
(The Century Foundation)
3
Free Speech Reform as an Outsider’s Game
Sources
Department of Education Opens Investigation into Berkeley Law after Jewish Students Report Hostile Environment
(National Review)
2023 College Free Speech Rankings
(College Pulse and Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression)
Further Reading
Everyone’s Wrong About FIRE
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
How FIRE Actually Defends Free Speech
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
4
Free Speech Reform as an Insider’s Game
Sources
After Dorian Abbot firestorm, MIT faculty vows to respect ‘free expression’
(Boston Globe)
UC Hastings proposed Event Policy smacks down the ‘heckler’s veto’
(Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression)
UT System approves commitment to free speech, even if most students find that speech “offensive” or “immoral”
(Texas Tribune)
OU Board of Regents adopts Chicago Statement, approves aircraft fleet expansion, housing funds
(OU Daily)
A Free-Speech Survey in Wisconsin Was Delayed After a Chancellor Resigned. Now It’s Going Ahead.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Why students need to be challenged
(Times Higher Education)
It takes all of us—college presidents, faculty and students—to cultivate a culture of free speech on campus
(Higher Ed Dive)
Further Reading
UT System Board Approves ‘Chicago Statement’ Affirming Commitment to free speech
(Austin American-Stateman)
How to Defuse a Classroom Conflict: Make It More Complex
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Numbers Show That MIT Has a Free-Speech Problem
(Wall Street Journal)
Princeton University Should Not ‘Cancel’ John Witherspoon
(National Review)
A Photo Prompts Complaints and Controversy
(Inside Higher Education)
A Report From the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference
(Quillette)
Schools Should Think Twice Before Punishing Faculty for Their Speech
(The Martin Center)
Jordan Peterson’s License Fiasco: Abolish Government Licensing
(Independent Institute)
Do university bans on terms like ‘fieldwork’ go too far?
(Times Higher Education)
The Academic-Freedom Controversy That Won’t Die
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Harvard Reverses Course After a
Nation
Exposé
(Nation)
Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel
(New York Times)
In Reversal, Harvard Will Offer Position to Critic of Israel
(Wall Street Journal)
Kenneth Roth’s Reward for Slandering Israel
(Wall Street Journal)
In reversal, Harvard offers fellowship to advocate critical of Israel
(Washington Post)
After Criticism, Harvard Dean Reverses Course on Fellowship for Human-Rights Leader
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Harvard Backtracks on Fellowship Award
(Inside Higher Education)
Harvard reinstates fellowship ‘blocked over Israel criticism’
(Times Higher Education)
Ken Roth lost a job offer from Harvard, allegedly for criticizing Israel. Outcry brought him back.
(GBH News)
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After Lecturer Sues, Hamline University Walks Back Its ‘Islamophobic’ Comments
(New York Times)
Art professor sues after firing over prophet Muhammad images
(Los Angeles Times)
Instructor who showed Prophet Muhammad images sues Hamline; school says calling it Islamophobic was flawed
(Star Tribune)
Continued Criticism Leads Hamline to Reconsider (Maybe)
(Inside Higher Ed)
Hamline U. faculty call on President Miller to step down over Islamophobia controversy
(Pioneer Press)
Hamline faculty urge university president to resign amid dispute over Islamic art, academic freedom
(Star Tribune)
After an Art Controversy, Hamline Faculty Urge Their President to Resign
(Nation)
AAUP Launches Investigation of Hamline
(Diverse)
God and Man at Hamline
(The Atlantic)
The university fighting back against the diversocrats
(The Spectator)
Blasphemy Is Not a DEI Issue
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Deference to Religion Has No Place in Higher Education
(Third Way)
The Lessons of Hamline University
(NAS Minding the Campus)
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Firing Tenured Faculty, With No Appeal Right
(Inside Higher Ed)
Faculty Expresses Fears of Firing
(Inside Higher Ed)
Gutting Tenure Protections in North Dakota?
(Reason Magazine)
A Bill to Destroy Tenure and Academic Freedom in North Dakota
(Academe Blog)
North Dakota Council of College Faculties Resolution on Tenure Bill
(Academe Blog)
They’ve Been Scheming to Cut Tenure for Years. It’s Happening.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘This Is How Censorship Happens’
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Tenure Should Carry Responsibilities and Accountability: A Response to Mr. John K. Wilson
(Academe Blog)
On the Teaching Tenure Track
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
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How About a “Chicago Trifecta” for Free Speech?
Sources
Divisive Academic Freedom Conference Proceeds
(Inside Higher Ed)
Adam Kissel’s Totalitarian Turn
(Academe Blog)
Federal judge temporarily halts enforcement of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act in public colleges (
Higher Ed Dive)
Perspective: How universities can restore academic freedom and free speech
(Deseret News)
Enforcing the First Amendment on Campus Won't, by Itself, Address the Problem of Academic Freedom
(Volokh Conspiracy)
Further Reading
Yes, an Academic Free-Speech Conference Needed Protection from the Mob
(James G. Martin Center)
Holding the Line
(Inside Higher Ed)
Heterodox Academy wants to ‘lovingly’ push viewpoint diversity at colleges
(Higher Ed Dive)
A Better Way to Protect Free Speech on Campus
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
After Mysterious Suspension of Award-Winning UCLA Professor, Scientists Fight Back
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
6
Do Intro Courses Really “Drive Minoritized Students Out of STEM Pathways?”
Sources
Why the Left Relies on Statistical Illiteracy
(James G. Martin Center)
The Left Relies on Statistical Illiteracy—and What We Should Do about It
(National Review)
Further Reading
Solving the “Problem” of Sex-Segregation by Academic Major
(James G. Martin Center)
Strife in the Schools: Education Dept. Logs Record Number of Discrimination Complaints
(New York Times)
Social-Justice Restrictions on Research Harm All of Us
(The Martin Center)
‘Shouting Down an Empty Hallway’
(Inside Higher Ed)
A Black professor defies DeSantis law restricting lessons on race
(Washington Post)
Want Marginalized Students to Feel as if They Belong? Read This.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Plan to Dismantle DEI
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Growing Movement to Dismantle Diversity Offices
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Faculty Gender Imbalances Yield Biased Student Ratings
(Inside Higher Ed)
Student evaluations skew against faculty in the gender minority — whether women or men
(Higher Ed Dive)
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Social and Political Issues: Should the President—or Departments—Speak?
Sources
The Apolitical University
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Statement on the Iranian Situation
(University of Michigan, Office of the President)
Yale first Ivy to issue statement of solidarity with Iranian protestors
(Yale News)
When Departments Speak Out
(Inside Higher Ed)
Further Reading
Race on Campus: When College Presidents Should Speak Out on Racism
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Yale joins over 200 college campuses worldwide in rally for Iranian protestors
(Yale Daily)
GOVERNANCE
TRUSTEESHIP
8
U.S. News Modifies Rankings Process as Top Law Schools Revolt
Sources
Stanford, Columbia, Georgetown Law Schools Withdraw From U.S. News & World Report Ranking
(Wall Street Journal)
UC Berkeley Joins Yale, Harvard in Withdrawing From U.S. News Law-School Ranking
(Wall Street Journal)
Yale and Harvard law schools abandon U.S. News college rankings
(Washington Post)
Before Pulling Out of Rankings, Yale Law School Took a Hit on Key Metric
(Washington Free Beacon)
Why Six Top-Ranked Law Schools Left U.S. News in the Dust This Week
(Slate)
Yale and Harvard Law Unrank Themselves
(Wall Street Journal)
Yale and Harvard Law Schools Withdraw From the U.S. News Rankings
(New York Times)
U.S. News & World Report tweaks law school formula after rankings revolt
(Washington Post)
U.S. News & World Report reworks law school rankings, but Yale won’t return
(Higher Ed Dive)
Further Reading
U of Chicago, Cornell Law Schools Will Stay in ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
(Inside Higher Ed)
Are the U.S. News College Rankings Finally Going to Die?
(New York Times)
Can We Finally Topple the Tyranny of Rankings?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Is This the Beginning of the End of the ‘U.S. News’ Rankings’ Dominance?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Are U.S. News undergraduate rankings at risk with the exodus of law schools?
(Higher Ed Dive)
US News rankings revolt ‘not just a tempest in a teapot’
(Times Higher Education)
Yale Law School’s Revolt of the Elites
(New Republic)
College Rankings Are Finally Facing a Reckoning
(Slate)
Harvard Medical School Joins Boycott of U.S. News Rankings
(New York Times)
Harvard Medical School withdraws from U.S. News rankings
(Washington Post)
After Law-School Revolt, Harvard Medical School Will Stop Cooperating With ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Harvard Medical School rejects U.S. News rankings
(Higher Ed Dive)
Medical Schools at Stanford and Columbia Pull Out of U.S. News Ranking
(Wall Street Journal)
Major medical schools join widening revolt against U.S. News rankings
(Washington Post)
Stanford, Columbia, Penn, Mount Sinai medical schools withdraw from U.S. News rankings
(Inside Higher Education)
Stanford, Columbia, Penn, Mount Sinai medical schools withdraw from U.S. News rankings
(Higher Ed Dive)
A welcome revolt against flawed college ranking system
(Los Angeles Times)
Medical Schools Bail on Academic Merit and Intellectual Rigor
(Wall Street Journal)
Will Business Schools Join the Revolt?
(Inside Higher Ed)
Rebellion Over College Rankings Seems Likely to Fail
(Wall Street Journal)
9
‘Varsity Blues’ Ringleader Gets 3.5 Years in Prison
Sources
Mastermind of ‘Varsity Blues’ college cheating scandal sentenced to 42 months
(ABC News)
‘I did all of it,’ acknowledges mastermind of breathtaking college admissions scandal
(Hechinger Report)
Rick Singer, Ringleader of College-Admissions Cheating Scheme, Sentenced to 3½ Years in Prison
(Wall Street Journal)
‘Architect’ of Varsity Blues scam sentenced to 3.5 years in prison
(WGBH.org)
Further Reading
Former Yale Soccer Coach Sentenced to Prison in College Admissions Cheating Case
(Wall Street Journal)
College admissions scam mastermind sentenced to 3.5 years in federal prison
(CNN)
Rick Singer, ‘Operation Varsity Blues’ college admissions scandal mastermind, sentenced to 42 months in prison
(Fox News)
Former U.S.C. Official Sentenced to Six Months for Role in College Admissions Scandal
(New York Times)
Rick Singer, Mastermind of Varsity Blues Scandal, Is Sentenced to 3½ Years in Prison
(New York Times)
Former USC Official Gets Six Months in Prison in College-Admissions Cheating Case
(Wall Street Journal)
US admissions scandal mastermind Rick Singer jailed
(Times Higher Education)
Rick Singer, at center of college admission scandal, sentenced to 3½ years in prison
(Washington Post)
‘Varsity Blues’: Former USC administrator Donna Heinel sentenced to 6 months in prison
(Los Angeles Times)
10
UF Incoming President Ben Sasse Gets a Huge Pay Raise. But No Tenure
Sources
US Sen. Ben Sasse wins final OK to become next University of Florida president
(Higher Ed Dive)
Ben Sasse hit the jackpot with his University of Florida contract
(Higher Ed Dive)
Ben Sasse’s Contract at Florida’s Flagship Has Lots of Perks. But Not Tenure.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
Sasse to Earn More Than $1 Million Annually as Florida President
(Inside Higher Ed)
Senator Ben Sasse wins final vote to lead University of Florida
(Times Higher Education)
Florida’s Failed Searches
(Inside Higher Ed)
U Florida president’s appointment raises important questions
(University World News)
Pete Ricketts Will Be Nebraska’s Next Senator, Replacing Ben Sasse
(New York Times)
11
Ohio State President Suddenly Resigns
Sources
Ohio State President to Step Down
(Inside Higher Ed)
Ohio State President Mysteriously Resigns
(Inside Higher Ed)
Ohio State President Kristina Johnson plans to leave after less than 3 years
(Higher Ed Dive)
Further Reading
Ohio State President Leaves Big Plans Unfinished as She Steps Down
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Ohio State president makes the “difficult decision” to resign
(University Business)
Ohio State president Kristina M. Johnson announces resignation
(Axios)
Having spearheaded Sweet Briar’s revival, President Meredith Woo steps down
(University Business)
U of Minnesota President Quits Controversial Board Seat
(Inside Higher Ed)
University of Minnesota president steps down from financial company board after weeks of questions
(Higher Ed Dive)
12
Former U.S. Secretary of Education Named Chancellor of SUNY
Sources
John B. King Jr. to Lead SUNY System
(Inside Higher Ed)
SUNY hires former US education secretary John King as chancellor
(Times Higher Education)
Further Reading
College presidential searches still favor white candidates, report says
(Higher Ed Dive)
SUNY, led by former education secretary, eyes newfound respect
(Times Higher Education)
Former education secretary under Barack Obama is named SUNY chancellor
(University Business)
SUNY Chancellor Resigns After Disparaging Former Governor’s Accuser
(New York Times)
Columbia University Names Nemat Shafik as President, the First Woman to Hold the Post
(Wall Street Journal)
Columbia Names Nemat Shafik as President, the First Woman To Lead the University
(New York Times)
Columbia University names Nemat Shafik as its first female president
(Washington Post)
Columbia Names Its First Female President
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Shafik leaving LSE for Columbia University presidency
(Times Higher Education)
Should Colleges Honor Disgraced Ex-Presidents?
(Inside Higher Ed)
13
Stanford Investigates Its Own President Over Alleged Scientific Misconduct
Sources
Stanford Is Investigating Its Own President Over Research-Misconduct Allegations
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Stanford University investigates its president over research misconduct accusations
(Higher Ed Dive)
Further Reading
Stanford investigates president over research integrity
(Inside Higher Ed)
Stanford to investigate research complaints against president
(Times Higher Education)
Stanford investigates its president for possible research misconduct
(Washington Post)
Stanford president’s scientific papers draw scrutiny
(Los Angeles Times)
Stanford President’s Research Draws Concern From Scientific Journals
(Wall Street Journal)
14
Harvard Appoints a Woman of Color (and Insider) as its New President
Sources
Harvard Hires Its First Black President
(Inside Higher Ed)
Harvard names Claudine Gay as president, first Black person at helm
(Washington Post)
The President Has No Clothes
(Minding the Campus)
Further Reading
College presidential searches still favor White candidates, report says
(Higher Ed Dive)
Harvard University Names Government Scholar Claudine Gay as Next President
(Wall Street Journal)
Harvard University will be led by a person of color for the first time in its nearly 400-year history
(CNBC.com)
Harvard names Claudine Gay as first black president
(Times Higher Education)
Harvard Names a New President, an Insider and Historic First
(Princetonians for Free Speech)
Harvard names Claudine Gay as the first Black president of university
(The Guardian)
Next Harvard president must stand up for free speech, says student, faculty and alumni petition
(The College Fix)
Harvard’s new president is the next chapter of its racial spoils system
(The Spectator)
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College Approves $4 Million Settlement to End Lengthy Battle With Ex-President
Sources
A Big Payout for a Fired President
(Inside Higher Ed)
Community college pays out $4M to fired president to settle lawsuit
(The College Fix)
Further Reading
Even University Presidents Lose Their Minds When Their Teens Apply to College
(Wall Street Journal)
Disgraced Presidents Shouldn’t Get Tenure
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Purdue chancellor who mocked Asian languages faces calls to quit
(Times Higher Education)
Purdue NW chancellor apologizes for mocking Asian languages at commencement
(Washington Post)
Penn State’s Diversity Dilemma
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
20 years in: A look at how Michael Crow has transformed ASU
(AZ Big Business)
Will University of Arkansas System Buy University of Phoenix?
(Inside Higher Ed)
Nonprofit entity affiliated with University of Arkansas system in talks with University of Phoenix
(Democrat Gazette)
UA System-affiliated nonprofit looking at possible purchase of University of Phoenix
(Arkansas Times)
What the potential acquisition of University of Phoenix says about the for-profit sector
(Higher Ed Dive)
State Support for Higher Ed Is Up
(Inside Higher Ed)
State support for higher ed set to jump 6.6% in 2023 before inflation
(Higher Ed Dive)
State support to US higher education up 27 per cent in five years
(Times Higher Education)
Do Completion Grants Really ‘Move the Needle’?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
What Apple v. Caltech Means for University Patent Litigation
(Bloomberg)
Oxford Earns Windfall on COVID-19 Vaccine
(Inside Higher Ed)
Capital Campaign Watch: U of Florida, York
(Inside Higher Education)
$65M for New Fintech Center at University of Utah
(Inside Higher Ed)
In an HBCU first, Howard awarded $90 million military research contract
(Washington Post)
‘Transformational’: Federal Earmarks a Boon for Higher Ed
(Inside Higher Ed)
Top HBCUs team up with research universities to promote equity
(Times Higher Education)
Benefactor’s family demands refund after U. Richmond removes name from law school
(The College Fix)
University of California to Invest $4 Billion in Blackstone’s BREIT
(Wall Street Journal)
Blackstone faces $5bn of withdrawal requests from more property funds
(Financial Times)
How the woke college cartel shakes down taxpayers to pay for elite endowments
(Fox News)
The U. of Iowa Leased Its Utilities Operations for $1 Billion. Now, Its Partner in the Deal Is Suing.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
University of Iowa sued by its corporate partner in billion-dollar utility deal
(Iowa Capital Dispatch)
What the potential acquisition of University of Phoenix says about the for-profit sector
(Higher Ed Dive)
Nonprofit formed in August would buy University of Phoenix for UA System; board chairman concerned about plan
(Arkansas Times)
###
Presentation College Will Close
(Inside Higher Ed)
A Harbinger for 2023? Presentation College to Close
(Inside Higher Ed)
Closure of 70-year-old US college a ‘warning of what’s to come’
(Times Higher Education)
Presentation College in South Dakota plans to close
(Higher Ed Dive)
Saint Joseph’s University plans second acquisition in 2 years
(Higher Ed Dive)
St. Joe’s Announces Merger With Another College, This One With Nursing Programs
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
An Unlikely Pairing
(Inside Higher Ed)
Hilbert College to acquire for-profit specializing in health programs
(Higher Ed Dive)
Hilbert College to acquire Valley College
(Buffalo News)
The future of small colleges
(WBUR)
ADMINISTRATION
16
UC Labor Settlement Breathes Life Into Unionization
Sources
Historic US research strike ends—but energizes a movement
(Nature)
How the Largest Higher-Ed Strike in U.S. History Blew Up Finals
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
U of California Grad Students Win Big Pay Increases
(Inside Higher Ed)
Postdocs at the U. of California Got a Raise. But Who’s Going to Pay for It?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
UC strike energizes unprecedented national surge of union organizing by academic workers
(Los Angeles Times)
UC graduate student workers ratify labor agreement, end historic strike with big wage gains
(Los Angeles Times)
Further Reading
University of California Academic Workers End Strike
(New York Times)
California reaches tentative deal with striking graduate staff
(Times Higher Ed)
Dissension brews among striking UC union members over tentative agreement
(Los Angeles Times)
University of California, Striking Graduate Workers Reach Accord After 32 Days
(Wall Street Journal)
‘
These Are the Wrong Kids to Do This To’
(Inside Higher Ed)
After Three and a Half Weeks, New School Strike Ends With Tentative Agreement
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘An Extraordinarily Hostile Move’: New School Threatens to Withhold Pay in Adjunct Strike
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
New School Adjuncts’ Push for Better Pay Drives Acrimonious Strike
(New York Times)
Faculty unions rally at Rutgers to demand new contracts
(NJ.com)
California strike presses universities to solve housing dilemma
(Times Higher Ed)
UC faculty divided over graduate student strike and its future impact
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Striking UC student workers occupy chancellor’s office in Berkeley to push for deal
(San Francisco Chronicle)
University of California Strike Continues for Third Week as Finals Near
(Wall Street Journal)
U of Calif. Academic Workers Reach Deal; Strike Continues
(Inside Higher Ed)
Chaos over grades, finals and ongoing classes erupts as UC strike continues
(Los Angeles Times)
UC postdoctoral scholars and researchers reach tentative deal but strike continues
(Los Angeles Times)
UC reaches tentative labor agreement with 2 groups of striking workers
(San Francisco Chronicle)
What’s at Stake in the University of California Graduate-Worker Strike
(The New Yorker)
California reaches agreement with some striking workers
(Times Higher Ed)
Hundreds of UC Faculty Members Stop Teaching as Strike Continues
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Fears rise that UC strike could have long-lasting consequences on vaunted research, teaching
(Los Angeles Times)
How the University of California Strike Could Reshape Higher Education
(Time)
‘We’re paying to not go to class’: Amid UC instructor strike, some students are feeling left behind
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Nearly a week into UC strike, little bargaining progress, but support for workers grows
(Los Angeles Times)
UC’s striking workers do much of the actual teaching. Here’s why a ‘livable wage’ is so elusive
(San Francisco Chronicle)
Classes Are Canceled Across U. of California as Thousands of Workers Strike
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Disruptions Ahead
(Inside Higher Ed)
Low pay, rising costs push 48,000 University of California academic workers to the picket line
(Los Angeles Times)
California student-teachers in US academia’s biggest-ever strike
(Times Higher Ed)
UC officials call for mediator as strike by 48,000 academic workers causes systemwide disruptions
(Los Angeles Times)
University of California Academic Employees Strike for Higher Pay
(New York Times)
Why tens of thousands of UC employees walked off the job today
(San Francisco Chronicle)
University of California Strike Disrupts Classes Just Weeks Before Finals
(Wall Street Journal)
A Rare Survey of Faculty Morale Shows That the Pandemic’s Effects Continue to Ripple
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Is Randi Weingarten Really “The Most Dangerous Person in the World”?
(Education Next)
Younger Faculty Are Leaning Out. Is That a Bad Thing?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
To afford historic labor contract, UC considers cutting TAs, graduate student admissions
(Los Angles Times)
Following strike, will UC cut some grad student admissions?
(Los Angles Times)
US academic unions leap forward after California strike victories
(Times Higher Education)
Johns Hopkins Grad Students Successfully Unionize
(Inside Higher Education)
College, University Strike Wave Continues Its Swell Into 2023
(Bloomberg)
With negotiations at a stalemate, Temple graduate students go on strike
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
###
Indigenous Healing Comes to Campus
(Inside Higher Education)
‘I Don’t Think Covid Is Done With Us’: A New Study Says Long Covid Lingers on College Campuses
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Yale changes mental health policies for students in crisis
(Washington Post)
Colleges Are Investing in Student Mental Health. But ‘There’s Still a Long Way to Go,’ Survey Finds.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
College student, employee mental health worsened last year, survey finds
(Higher Ed Dive)
Trauma and Social Anxiety Are Growing Mental-Health Concerns for College Students
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Students Say Mental-Health Breaks From Class Help Them Succeed. Here’s How Colleges Are Responding.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
What Makes a Student Withdraw?
(Inside Higher Ed)
What helps students receiving counseling stay in college?
(Higher Ed Dive)
Staffed Up: Higher ed partnerships shine light on school mental health workforce solutions
(Higher Ed Dive)
###
The College Sports Revolution Won’t Be Televised, but Streamed
(Wall Street Jourmal)
The NCAA Needs New Revenue—but Likely Won’t Get It From College Football
(Wall Street Journal)
Student. Athlete. Mogul?
(New York Times)
‘Building Trust and Community’ Between a College and a Town
(Inside Higher Ed)
UC Berkeley fires swim coach Teri McKeever after bullying reports
(San Francisco Chronicle)
UC Berkeley fires swim coach Teri McKeever
(San Jose Mercury News)
Berkeley Fires Women’s Swim Coach for Bullying and Bias
(Inside Higher Education)
New Jersey governor pushes financial responsibility package in wake of state college financial troubles
(Higher Ed Dive)
A New Job Comes to the College Cabinet: Chief Experience Officer
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
A College Hopes Its Home-Buying Program Will Attract Employees
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
17
More Colleges Are Slashing Prices and Doing a “Tuition Reset”
Sources
Why so many colleges have been resetting their tuition
(Higher Ed Dive)
A Sign That Tuition Is Too High: Some Colleges Are Slashing It in Half
(New York Times)
Further Reading
As enrollment falls and skepticism grows, some colleges are cutting prices
(Washington Post)
Differences in academic preparation contribute to college-going disparities, paper finds
(Higher Ed Dive)
College enrollment stabilizing after years of steep declines, data show
(Washington Post)
After Years of Drops, Undergraduate Enrollment Shows ‘Signs of Recovery’
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘A Very Promising Sign’
(Inside Higher Ed)
Undergraduate enrollment slips only 0.6%, showing signs of stabilizing
(Higher Ed Dive)
New Data Suggest The College Enrollment Slide Is Leveling Off
(Forbes)
Want to Close Gaps in College Enrollment? Improve Academic Preparation, a New Study Says.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Chasing Enrollment Against the Odds
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
New Role Brings More Focus to Student Basic Needs
(Inside Higher Ed)
Direct Admissions Continues to Grow
(Inside Higher Education)
College admissions is facing a cheating epidemic. Colleges should do more to guard against fraud
(Forbes)
6 college admissions experts share their biggest predictions for 2023
(Higher Ed Dive)
Betting on Africa
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
18
Underage Suspect in Bomb Threats Against HBCUs
Sources
Suspect Identified in Bomb Threats Against HBCUs
(Inside Higher Ed)
Department of Justice identifies suspect in most of this year’s HBCU bomb threats
(Higher Ed Dive)
Most threats against HBCUs this year linked to one minor, FBI says
(Washington Post)
Further Reading
Facts Ruin a Narrative About Hate Crimes at HBCUs
(Wall Street Journal)
After HBCU bomb threats, NCCU gets grant to hire, train staff on racial trauma response
(News & Observer)
campus life
19
Violent Deaths Shatter Sense of Safety
Sources
What a Shooting at the U. of Arizona Tells Us About Student Privacy and Campus Safety
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Suspect Arrested in University of Idaho Killings
(Wall Street Journal)
Criminology Student Is Charged in 4 University of Idaho Killings
(New York Times)
Suspect Kohberger waives right to timely preliminary hearing, next court appearance set for June
(Northwest Public Broadcasting)
D’Sean Perry’s death at U-Va. could have been prevented, parents say
(Washington Post)
Christopher Darnell Jones Jr. appears before court in-person for the first time
(Cavalier Daily)
A Week After U. of Idaho students Were Killed, a Lack of Information Sows Fear and Confusion
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘People are stuck in the libraries’: Students describe a campus that is sheltering in place.
(New York Times)
Further Reading
Police Say DNA, Video Tie Bryan Kohberger to University of Idaho Killings
(Wall Street Journal)
‘I’m So in Shock’: In One Day, UVA and U. of Idaho Are Rocked by Separate Tragedies
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
What we know about the killing of four Idaho students
(Washington Post)
4 University of Idaho Students Killed in ‘Crime of Passion’
(New York Times)
Idaho Murder Suspect Had Been a Student of the Criminal Mind
(New York Times)
‘Always have a knife with you’: Women and trans students fear harassment, hate at CSU campus
(Los Angeles Times)
Ringleader of Sex Cult at Sarah Lawrence College Gets 60-Year Sentence
(New York Times)
A Professor Was Killed While Walking to His Office. Faculty Say It Was an Institutional Failure.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Faculty: Repeated Threats Unheeded, Professor Murdered
(Inside Higher Education)
20
Security Measures Being Revised in Wake of Violent Crimes
Sources
After campus killing, UArizona boosts security
(KGUN)
University of Arizona announces new campus safety measures after October shooting
(KJJZ)
‘It’s been a heartache in the entire community’: Students prepare for campus return as Moscow murders investigation continues
(KXLY)
A Week After U. of Idaho students Were Killed, a Lack of Information Sows Fear and Confusion
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Virginia attorney general to name special counsel after fatal U-Va. Shooting
(Washington Post)
After UVa shooting, bills direct how colleges respond to threats on campus
(Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Further Reading
‘Woeful’ Evidence for Efficacy of Anonymous Reporting Tools
(Inside Higher Ed)
When colleges face threats, these teams quietly try to prevent violence
(Washington Post)
When a Student Seems Violent, Colleges turn to Threat-Assessment Teams. What Are They?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Could Confucius Institutes Return to U.S. Colleges?
(Inside Higher Ed)
Public Colleges Across the Country Are Banning TikTok on Their Networks. Here’s What That Means.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
UT Blocks TikTok on Its Wi-Fi Network on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Order
(Austin American-Statesman)
The new frontier in the US war on TikTok: university campuses
(The Guardian)
Colleges join the war on TikTok
(The Spectator)
Public Colleges Across the Country Are Banning TikTok on Their Networks. Here’s What That Means.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Students and Experts Agree: TikTok Bans Are Useless
(Inside Higher Ed)
PUBLIC TRUST
REGULation
21
Universities Prepare for SCOTUS Decision on Affirmative Action
Sources
If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever
(New York Times)
Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans
(The Nation)
UC-Berkeley can’t use race in admissions. Is it a model for the country?
(Washington Post)
Hillsdale College Will Never Discriminate
(Wall Street Journal)
Can Colleges Have Both Equality in Admissions and Excellence?
(Washington Post)
Conservatives Don’t Actually Have an Argument for Killing Affirmative Action
(The Nation)
Further Reading
Harvard Names a New President, an Insider and Historic First
(New York Times)
William Consovoy Dies at 48; Took Conservative Cases to the Supreme Court
(New York Times)
Group Issues Third Report on Admissions Fairness
(Inside Higher Ed)
Affirmative Action and the Supreme Court
’
s Troubled Treatment of Asian Americans
(New Yorker)
How America Has Changed Since the First Affirmative-Action
Case (The Atlantic)
Affirmative Action at Stanford, Then and Now
(NAS)
The Sad Death of Affirmative Action
(New Yorker)
22
Diversity After Affirmative Action
Sources
10 Ways Colleges Can Diversify After Affirmative Action
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
When Diversity Matters
(New York Review of Books)
Hillsdale College Will Never Discriminate
(Wall Street Journal)
Texas Legislation Strikes Back Against University-Backed Discrimination
(Daily Signal)
Further Reading
Talking leadership 49: Ann Harrison on transforming business education
(Times Higher Education)
4 Things We Learned About Belonging for Students of Color
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Does Diversity Improve Grades?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
A Race-Neutral Way to Recruit Diverse Students
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘I Am the Victim’: A Journal Editor Is Under Fire After a Diversity Debate Is Derailed
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
What We Learned About Equity This Year
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Texas bill would ban diversity offices at public colleges
(Higher Ed Dive)
Does diversity training work? We don’t know—and here is why
(Washington Post)
What’s So Great About Diversity, Anyway?
(James G. Martin Center)
Black Sages on DEI
(Minding the Campus)
The Extended Parasite: On the Design of the Diversity Bureaucracy
(Minding the Campus)
‘Too diverse’: University of Minnesota regent resigned for controversial suggestion
(College Fix)
At UChicago, Much Ado about ‘Whiteness’
(National Review)
Ideological Intensification
(National Association of Scholars)
Rolling Back Woke Higher Ed
(National Review)
How Diversity Conceals More Than It Reveals
(James G. Martin Center)
Faculties So White
(Inside Higher Education)
Faculty Diversification Must Accelerate, Report Says
(Inside Higher Education)
WTF: 2 HBCUs Offered Football Scholarships to White Quarterback Who Used N-Word in Video
(The Root)
If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever
(New York Times)
23
Incoming NCAA President Charlie Baker Faces “Political Quagmire”
Sources
NCAA Names Charlie Baker as Its Next President
(Wall Street Journal)
N.C.A.A.’s Next President Will Be Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts
(New York Times)
NCAA announces Governor Charlie Baker to be next president
(NCAA)
Embattled NCAA Puts a Politician at the Helm
(Inside Higher Ed)
NCAA panel recommends more benefits for DI college athletes, sport-specific governance
(Higher Ed Dive)
Further Reading
NCAA Panel Urges Slew of New Benefits for Division I Athletes
(Inside Higher Ed)
The Smaller, Everyday Deals for College Athletes Under New Rules
(New York Times)
America Ruined College Football. Now College Football is Ruining America.
(The Atlantic)
24
GAO Blasts Colleges for Misleading Students About the True Cost of Education
Sources
GAO Blasts Colleges on Aid Offers
(Inside Higher Ed)
Grassley, Smith, Kim Renew Push for Student Loan Reform Bill Following Alarming GAO Report
(KIOW)
Most Colleges Omit or Understate Net Costs in Financial-Aid Offers, Federal Watchdog Finds
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
‘Paying for College Transparency Initiative’ Launched
(Inside Higher Ed)
US universities promise more clarity on student aid offers
(Times Higher Education)
Most Colleges Give Inaccurate Price Details in Aid Letters, GAO Says
(Wall Street Journal)
Panel Discusses Rapid Shift in U.S. Opinion on Responsibility for Paying for College
(Diverse Education)
25
Florida’s Education Bureaucracy Seeks New Accreditors
Sources
Florida Shops for New Accreditors
(Inside Higher Ed)
Presidents from nearly 40 Florida universities to gather for ‘first-of-its-kind’ meeting
(Tallahassee Democrat)
DFI-Led Coalition of Former Education Department Officials Calls on the Biden Administration to End Its “Politically Motivated Harassment” of Florida’s Governor, Legislature
(DFI)
Further Reading
Let Colleges Choose an Accreditor
(The Martin Center)
Major College Accrediting Agencies Are Up for Federal Review. Here’s What to Expect.
(The Century Foundation)
When Discipline-Specific Accreditors Go Woke
(The Martin Center)
Accreditors struggle to recruit public members, incorporate them into decision-making
(Higher Ed Dive)
26
Accreditation Works for Some, Not for Others
Sources
University of Arizona plans accreditor switch set in motion by controversial online college acquisition
(Higher Ed Dive)
University of Arizona seeks new accreditor
(Tuscon.com)
U.S. to Review Rules on Accreditation, Distance Education and More
(Inside Higher Ed)
The Terrible Tedium of "Learning Outcomes"
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
State Lawmakers Can Reform Higher Ed
(Wall Street Journal)
What is college for? Gov. Shapiro raises the question. Higher ed leaders are listening.
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
A Push for More Oversight of New Jersey’s Colleges
(Inside Higher Education)
New Jersey governor pushes financial responsibility package in wake of state college financial troubles
(Higher Ed Dive)
What’s a college degree worth? States start to demand colleges share the data.
(The Hechinger Report)
Education Department ramping up Title IX enforcement on pregnancy issues
(Higher Ed Dive)
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit seeking to end Title IX exemptions for religious colleges
(Higher Ed Dive)
LGBT group loses effort to strip religious liberty from colleges
(The College Fix)
A Standoff Over Transgender Rights
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
CRITIQUE
27
Faculty Diversity and the “White Professoriate”
Sources
Faculties So White
(Inside Higher Education)
Faculty Diversification Must Accelerate, Report Says
(Inside Higher Education)
Further Reading
10 Ways Colleges Can Diversify After Affirmative Action
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
When Diversity Matters
(New York Review of Books)
Hillsdale College Will Never Discriminate
(Wall Street Journal)
Texas Legislation Strikes Back Against University-Backed Discrimination
(Daily Signal)
Talking leadership 49: Ann Harrison on transforming business education
(Times Higher Education)
4 Things We Learned About Belonging for Students of Color
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Does Diversity Improve Grades?
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
A Race-Neutral Way to Recruit Diverse Students
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘I Am the Victim’: A Journal Editor Is Under Fire After a Diversity Debate Is Derailed
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
What We Learned About Equity This Year
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Texas bill would ban diversity offices at public colleges
(Higher Ed Dive)
Does diversity training work? We don’t know—and here is why
(Washington Post)
What's So Great About Diversity, Anyway?
(James G. Martin Center)
Black Sages on DEI
(Minding the Campus)
The Extended Parasite: On the Design of the Diversity Bureaucracy
(Minding the Campus)
‘Too diverse’: University of Minnesota regent resigned for controversial suggestion
(College Fix)
At UChicago, Much Ado about ‘Whiteness’
(National Review)
Ideological Intensification
(National Association of Scholars)
Rolling Back Woke Higher Ed
(National Review)
How Diversity Conceals More Than It Reveals
(The James G. Martin Center)
28
Can Colleges Cancel “Cancel Culture”?
Sources
A Lecturer Showed a Painting of the Prophet Mohamed. She Lost her Job.
(New York Times)
Protesters Interrupt Ann Coulter’s Speech at Cornell
(Inside Higher Ed)
Harvard Rescinds Fellowship Offer to Leading Rights Activist
(Associated Press)
The Stanford Guide to Acceptable Words
(Wall Street Journal)
The Rise of Archaeologists Anonymous
(Unherd)
Conservative Princeton Professor on Why He Hasn’t Been Canceled: Speak Truth and ‘Refuse to be Intimidated’
(College Fix)
Cancel Wars: How Universities Can Foster Free Speech, Promote Inclusion, and Renew Democracy
(University of Chicago Press)
Further Reading
Most of All, I am Offended as a Muslim
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
After an Art Controversy, Hamline Faculty Urge Their President to Resign
(The Nation)
Will Cornell Protect Free Speech?
(Real Clear Education)
You Can’t Say That at Stanford
(National Review)
Stanford Fails to Master Clear Thinking
(American Institute for Economic Research)
The Academic Memory Hole
(National Review)
Why Stanford’s Free-Speech Conference Needed Protection
(National Review)
29
Is the Tide Turning on Campus “Wokeness”?
Sources
Rolling Back Woke Higher Ed
(National Review)
85 times campus cancel culture took down speakers, scholars, statues and more in 2022
(College Fix)
Further Reading
With an Unusual Model and ‘Forbidden Courses,’ a New University Is Taking Shape in Texas
(Ed Surge)
The U.S. Naval Academy is Adrif
t (James G. Martin Center)
The Academic Vocation
(City Journal)
Churchill in Disrepute as Woke Indoctrination in Schools Spreads Throughout West
(Daily Signal)
Inside the Far-Right’s Fight for College Campuses
(Rolling Stone)
How This Mother Rescued Her Daughter From Woke ‘Cult’ After College Indoctrination
(Daily Signal)
First-Year College Reading: Almost No Reading Required
(Minding the Campus)
Dictionaries, University Guidelines Impose Woke Vocabulary
(Newsweek)
From Witchcraft to Wokecraft
(Law Liberty)
College Doesn’t Need to Take Four Years
(Wall Street Journal)
What Poisoned the Pond?
(NAS Minding the Campus)
An Apostate Indicts Our Educational System
(AIER)
The Future of Higher Education
(Independent Review)
How the woke college cartel shakes down taxpayers to pay for elite endowments
(Fox News)
Why it’s time to reinvent selective colleges — and how to do it
(Washington Post)
Meet one of wealthy colleges’ biggest critics
(Higher Ed Dive)
Wealthy colleges should just admit more students, one of their biggest critics says
(Higher Ed Dive)
Is the cost of college worth it? Maybe not for the poor
(Los Angles Times)
The Time is Now to Invest in Conservative Grad Students
(NAS Minding the Campus)
30
Conservative Judges Boycott Yale Law School Grads
Sources
Yale Law School Needs to Stand Up to a Bullying Judge
(Real Clear Education)
Yale law dean wants amends with conservative judges
(College Fix)
Further Reading
Has The Chronicle of Higher Education Become an Organ of the Democratic Party?
(Minding the Campus)
DeSantis Allies Plot the Hostile Takeover of a Liberal College
(New York Times)
Is Liberalism Worth Saving?
(Harper’s)
external ORDERs
culture
31
The Red-Blue Divide Over Higher Education Costs and Values
Sources
The Biden Administration Continues Its Move to the Left of the Higher Education Establishment
(American Enterprise Institute)
College Is a Dividing Line in Politics. Here’s What You Need to Know.
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Varying Degrees 2022: New America’s Sixth Annual Survey on Higher Education
(New America)
More Money for Pell Grants, Research
(Inside Higher Education)
Further Reading
What the Voters Decided
(Inside Higher Education)
Lame Duck Agenda
(Inside Higher Education)
Not Like Cable News
(Inside Higher Education)
Leo Strauss and The Closed Society
(First Things)
Higher Ed Groups Push for Permanent DACA Fix
(Inside Higher Education)
Politics
32
Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan in Limbo as It Heads to the Supreme Court
Sources
This 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)
How Student Loan Forgiveness Could Win at the Supreme Court
(Inside Higher Ed)
33
An Easier Path to Discharging Student Loan Debt Through Bankruptcy
Sources
Biden administration could make it easier to discharge student loan debt in bankruptcy
(Washington Post)
Biden Administration Offers New Path to Discharging Student Debt in Bankruptcy
(New York Times)
Further Reading
Borrower-Defense Settlement To Discharge $6 Billion in Loans
(Inside Higher Ed)
Judge approves Sweet v. Cardona student debt relief settlement, but likely appeal looms
(Higher Ed Dive)
Judge grants final approval of $6 billion student loan settlement
(Washington Post)
Student-Loan Holders See New Path for Wiping Out Debt Through Bankruptcy
(Wall Street Journal)
Defrauded student loan borrowers in line for relief are still waiting months later
(Washington Post)
Public servants complain about MOHELA’s management of student loan forgiveness
(Washington Post)
34
Biden’s Costly Student Loan Payment Pause
Sources
Student loan-payment freeze extended as courts weigh debt relief
(Washington Post)
Biden Administration Extends Pause on Federal Student Loan Payments
(Wall Street Journal)
The Never-Ending Story of Biden’s Student Loan Moratorium
(Heritage Foundation)
Biden’s Extended Student Loan Payment Pause: Poor Policy and Expensive Policy
(American Enterprise Institute)
Further Reading
Biden extends student loan payment freeze as debt forgiveness program stalls in court
(Higher Ed Dive)
How the Supreme Court Could Rule on Student Loan Forgiveness
(Real Clear Education)
Biden Postpones Student-Loan Repayments Again
(National Review)
Biden’s Costly Student-Loan Pause
(National Review)
Data shows student debt relief applicants in each state as auditors question cost
(Washington Post)
Auditor: Unable to Verify Education Dept.’s Debt-Relief Estimate
(Inside Higher Education)
Auditor won’t give opinion on Education Department’s 2022 finances, citing flawed student loan relief estimates
(Higher Ed Dive)
Only 22% of bachelor’s degree recipients would pay off loans under income-driven repayment proposal, report says
(Higher Ed Dive)
35
Report Calls Out Ed Dept. for Illegal Wage Garnishments During Covid-19
Sources
Report: Education Dept. Unable to Manage Wage-Garnishment System
(Inside Higher Ed)
Wage garnishments for student loan debt continued despite payment pause, records show
(Washington Post)
Payment Pause Extended Amid Legal Battles
(Inside Higher Ed)
36
Biden’s Proposed Income-Driven Repayment Plan Could Cut Payments in Half
Sources
Overhauling Income-Driven Repayment
(Inside Higher Ed)
What to Know About Biden’s Income-Driven Repayment Proposal
(New York Times)
Further Reading
Colleges’ role in curbing the student debt crisis
(WBUR)
5 Things We Don’t Know About Graduate Student Debt
(Third Way)
Biden Plans to Ease Rules for Student-Loan Forgiveness
(Wall Street Journal)
Biden’s Student Loan Write-Off, Part II
(Wall Street Journal)
Biden is trying to transform student loans
(Washington Post)
Adding an Earnings Threshold to Gainful Employment
(Third Way)
37
Biden’s Massive Spending Bill Increases Pell Grants by $500
Sources
Congress to Boost Pell Grant by $500
(Inside Higher Ed)
The college affordability gap
(Hechinger Report)
Further Reading
What changed in 2 years since Grinnell said it would try no-loan financial aid
(Higher Ed Dive)
Covid Relief Money Helped Almost 2/3 of Students Stay in College, U.S. Says
(Chronicle of Higher Education)
Pandemic Higher Ed Relief Funds Kept Students Enrolled and Institutions Open
(Inside Higher Ed)
Colleges used $13B in pandemic aid in 2021 to recover lost revenue
(Higher Ed Dive)