The nine-page memo builds on the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Higher education legal experts shared three key takeaways with Inside Higher Ed.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Unlike Columbia, the Ivy League institution will not make a direct payment to the government. But it has made a handful of concessions, including handing over admissions data.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Trump administration is following through on its threat to crack down on colleges’ race-based programs, beginning with a small postgraduate recruitment partnership.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Trump administration argues they violate federal anti-discrimination laws as well as run afoul of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard precedent.| The College Fix
The professoriate doesn’t demographically represent the U.S.—or the college student—population. The government’s anti-DEI crusade threatens efforts to address that.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Trump administration’s Dear Colleague letter railed against colleges’ racial diversity initiatives. How did testing policies wind up in the mix?| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
A Dear Colleague letter seeking to prohibit race-conscious DEI initiatives should push campus leaders to rethink their core programs, Marjorie Hass writes.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The Education Department issued a surprise letter over the weekend vastly expanding the scope of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ban. As the dust settles, institutions must decide how to respond—and whether to fight back.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The order means that tens of thousands of college and university staffers are no longer guaranteed either a raise or overtime benefits.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including English, history and sociology.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
As colleges turn to police to suppress pro-Palestinian demonstrators, some are calling for the National Guard. Experts say history should be a warning.| Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs