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A Return to Racial Quotas in Admission?
The Trump administration seems to view “too many” Black and Hispanic students at a selective college as cause for suspicion, David Hawkins writes.
Martin Luther King Misrepresented in Anti-DEI Congressional Hearing
Any policy or practice in higher education or elsewhere that insists on colorblindness is a misrepresentation of King’s stance.
Vulnerable Students See College On-Ramps Pull Away
Summer bridge programs have long helped students from underrepresented backgrounds start their college journey. In the anti-DEI era, many institutions are quietly shifting focus.
U of Minnesota Antiracism Center to Close After Founder Steps Down
Rachel Hardeman, who faces plagiarism allegations, left the university under a resignation agreement. The next day, the institution announced her center would shutter.
Preserving the Past of HBCUs
A new partnership between Getty Images and the genealogy website Ancestry aims to save the records and photographs of historically Black colleges and universities.
The Contest Over Fairness in Higher Ed
Not every claim of unfairness is equal, Uma Mazyck Jayakumar writes.
Amid DEI Crackdown, Students Hold Their Own Affinity Graduations
Colleges have scrapped affinity graduation celebrations as Trump targets DEI and state bans take effect, but new traditions may be starting.
Chief Diversity Officers Are Struggling
A recent report finds that CDOs are doing their best to navigate state-level DEI bans, but it’s affecting their mental and physical health.