University faculty react to recent executive orders attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
INSIDE HIGHER ED — While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”
Read More about University faculty react to recent executive orders attacking diversity, equity, and inclusion initiativesTwo Iowa lawmakers call for a two-gender policy on university campuses
CBS IOWA — A proposal to the Iowa Board of Regents regarding gender policies comes after the Executive Order signed by President Trump on gender definition.
Read More about Two Iowa lawmakers call for a two-gender policy on university campusesDepartment of Education to revert to Title IX rule from 2020
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Advocates for victims of sexual violence said the decision would put students at greater risk of harassment while conservative lawmakers and advocates applauded the move, arguing it would make students safer.
Read More about Department of Education to revert to Title IX rule from 2020Higher education organizations bring lawsuit against calls to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion programs
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Association of University Professors and others argue in a new lawsuit that the executive orders violate the Constitution.
Read More about Higher education organizations bring lawsuit against calls to remove diversity, equity, and inclusion programsRecent White House executive orders regarding federal grants disrupt scientific research
INSIDE HIGER ED — As the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation review grants and programming for verboten topics—including DEI and “gender ideology”—many researchers aren’t sure if their projects will pass Trump’s nebulous, ideological tests.
Read More about Recent White House executive orders regarding federal grants disrupt scientific researchSurvey finds that more than half of university presidents believe the current administration will negatively impact higher education
INSIDE HIGHER ED — The majority of college presidents surveyed by Inside Higher Ed believe the Trump administration will have a negative impact on the sector.
Read More about Survey finds that more than half of university presidents believe the current administration will negatively impact higher educationUS Department of Defense bars diversity, equity, and inclusion curriculum at military academies
HIGHER ED DIVE — The three colleges under the U.S. Department of Defense are also banned from teaching “gender ideology,” as defined by recent executive orders.
Read More about US Department of Defense bars diversity, equity, and inclusion curriculum at military academiesUniversity accreditors prepare for federal policy changes
HIGHER ED DIVE — On the 2024 campaign trail, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump accused the nation’s faculty of being “obsessed with indoctrinating America’s youth” and declared, “The time has come to reclaim our once great educational institutions from the radical Left.”
Read More about University accreditors prepare for federal policy changesUS House committee considers how to improve learning outcomes and ease college debt
HIGHER ED DIVE — Republican and Democratic members of a House education panel agreed Wednesday that K-12 schools need a stronger focus on improving academic outcomes for students — but they had vastly different views on the direction the nation’s schools should take.
Read More about US House committee considers how to improve learning outcomes and ease college debtA look at White House proposals for the future of the US Department of Education
HIGHER ED DIVE — The rapid pace of the new Trump administration’s efforts to abolish the U.S. Department of Education has caught many student advocates off guard and on the defensive while bringing praise from those supportive of less federal bureaucracy and more local control.
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