As a law student at the University of Texas at Austin, Sam Jefferson worked in the school’s diversity office. Jefferson said he learned firsthand just how essential the…
Read more Students and Faculty Fear Tenure and DEI Bills Could ‘Destroy’ Texas CollegesIt’s not unusual for politicians to speak at public colleges’ graduation ceremonies. But this year, one governor’s controversial education policies have drawn protests and petitions from students decrying…
Read more A Divisive Governor Hits the Commencement Circuit. For Some Students, He’s Not Welcome.The decision to ban state funding for Indiana University at Bloomington’s famed sex-research institute threatens academic freedom and sets a “troubling precedent” for legislative interference in research nationwide,…
Read more Indiana’s Funding Ban for Kinsey Sex-Research Institute Threatens Academic Freedom, IU President SaysA bill banning mandatory diversity training at public institutions of higher education in North Dakota was signed into law on Monday. Gov. Doug Burgum, a Republican, signed Senate…
Read more North Dakota Just Enacted a ‘Specified Concepts’ Bill. Here’s What It Says.States’ political climates are significantly influencing where high-school seniors are choosing to attend college in the fall, according to the results of a survey released Monday by the…
Read more 1 in 4 Prospective Students Ruled Out Colleges Due to Their States’ Political ClimatesAmong an avalanche of bills filed in the Texas Legislature on Friday were at least half a dozen proposals that would affect public colleges — a sign of…
Read more Texas Republicans Want to Reform Higher Ed. What Are Their Plans?The Chronicle is tracking legislation that would prohibit colleges from having diversity, equity, and inclusion offices or staff; ban mandatory diversity training; prohibit institutions from using diversity statements…
Read more DEI Legislation TrackerLydia Nobles, a New York-based artist, thought everything was going smoothly with the installation of her artwork at Lewis-Clark State College’s Center for Arts and History, in Idaho.…
Read more Citing State Law, an Idaho College Censored an Art Exhibit That Mentioned AbortionStanding at a podium labeled “Higher Education Reform,” Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida on Tuesday announced a wide-ranging plan to shake up the state’s colleges. The plan includes…
Read more DeSantis’s Higher-Ed Push Just Got Bigger. Fresh Resistance Is Starting to Bubble Up.College is a high-priced liberal indoctrination program where radical professors and administrators quash the speech of conservatives and promote outlandish ideas like critical race theory. Meanwhile, students rack…
Read more How Mitch Daniels Made Purdue a University Conservatives Can LoveA dean at the University of Houston says he was ousted this week because of his support for abolitionism, a movement that calls for the elimination of police…
Read more A Dean Says He Was Ousted for His Opposition to Police and PrisonsAfter his decisive victory in the Florida governor’s race last week, Ron DeSantis dubbed the Sunshine State as the place “where ‘woke’ goes to die.” But a federal…
Read more Channeling Orwell, Judge Blasts Florida’s ‘Dystopian’ Ban on ‘Woke’ Instruction
