Citing “distorted narratives” about the university’s students in the news media, the president said more “input, analysis, and discussion” is needed before the pilot project begins.

The incident adds fuel to a debate at the college over its embrace of AI.

On the eve of a new book that promises to settle the debate about Thomas Jefferson, a Sally Hemings relative is raising alarms that its science hasn’t been vetted.

The enrollment of Black men has declined for years, raising questions about what schools can do to turn the tide.

More than 200 signed an open letter protesting Ghent University’s suspension of Nathan Cofnas. But Cofnas’s views have left some scholars with misgivings about that campaign.

Newly popular, Black colleges struggle to meet their mission and their bottom line.

Newly obtained records reveal that two courses for the fall were canceled outright, while administrators demanded changes to others. Instructors say the deliberative process is a black box.

At the university of Alabama, Bell doubled black enrollment after an aggressive diversity campaign to make the flagship reflect the state’s demographics.

The University of Wisconsin system president, Jay Rothman, said in letters obtained by The Chronicle that the board would not tell him why they’d lost confidence in his leadership.

Text messages obtained by <i>The Chronicle</i> detail a monthslong campaign to get Gregory Washington to dismantle its DEI programs and fall in line with Trump’s demands.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that the labor-rights activist sexually abused and groomed girls for years. Many colleges host programs, statues, and other markers of his legacy.

Thirty-one colleges agreed to send the Trump administration lists of potentially discriminatory partner groups. The University of Kentucky’s was quite long.

Thirty-one colleges agreed to send the Trump administration lists of potentially discriminatory partner groups. The University of Kentucky’s was quite long.

Documents reveal widespread uncertainty, even among administrators, over what professors could teach.

Administrators wanted a professor to pin-point when he would talk about sexuality in a public policy class. When he couldn’t, they canceled his course.

An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.

The change could dramatically alter the way college leaders define and address discrimination.

With one university president felled and another imperiled, fights over DEI in the commonwealth are getting brutal.

HBCUs’ mission-driven effort to serve Black communities could now result in severe budget cuts under Trump’s crusade against DEI. It’s all a big misunderstanding, advocates say.

The Mississippi Delta town launched a petition in hopes of bringing director Ryan Coogler and his team to the community that helped inspire the hit film.

An executive order regarding disparate impact is a “vast overstep” and will likely face legal challenges, civil-rights lawyers say.

Watchdogs expect longer delays on their complaints.

Immigration authorities have recently taken into custody several visa holders and legal permanent residents who were involved in pro-Palestinian campus activism.

But Thursday’s order also calls for continuing most of the department’s core functions, like financial aid and civil-rights enforcement. Congress would have to vote on an actual shutdown.

Legal scholars say the university would have a strong case to make if it wanted to use the courts to fight for its funding to be restored.

The cut, and more uncertainty over federal grants, come as the historically Black university faces a financial shortfall.

Tuesday’s announcement, affecting around 1,300 staff, is the next step in the Trump administration’s attempt to dramatically shrink the federal role in education.

The women’s undergraduate college at Columbia University expelled two student activists. Now it has become mired in a messy debate about discipline.

Many in higher ed have expressed concern that the department doesn’t have to be eliminated to be weakened substantially.

Christopher Rufo said the antiracism scholar would “no doubt find a receptive audience” at the HBCU. That hasn’t been the case so far.

Christopher Rufo said the antiracism scholar would “no doubt find a receptive audience” at the HBCU. That hasn’t been the case so far.

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The Office of Civil Rights’ guidance would have a “devastating” effect on professors’ efforts to provide viewpoint diversity and equal opportunity in the classroom, the plaintiffs argue.

Lawyers urge institutions to act but caution that not every diversity initiative is racially exclusive.

The selective flagship has widely been seen as a model. A backlash could result in cuts.

Adam Harris examines two critical lines of questioning during Linda McMahon's Senate confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Education at the Department of Education.

She discussed dismantling the Education Department, investigating colleges over antisemitism and DEI, and increasing access to noncollege opportunities.

Dozens of institutions in 2023 and 2024 altered or shuttered diversity offices and programs pre-emptively, as lawmakers and the public increasingly turned against them.

She discussed dismantling the Education Department, investigating colleges over antisemitism and DEI, and increasing access to noncollege opportunities.

Dozens of institutions in 2023 and 2024 altered or shuttered diversity offices and programs pre-emptively, as lawmakers and the public increasingly turned against them.