a tragic but unfortunately hilarious story that boils down to: one man didn't do his homework and the whole school is being punished chronicle.com/article/one-sc…

SCOOP: In 2020, Stanford’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution condemning Scott Atlas’s COVID views. This week, it will consider rescinding it.

A group of faculty is arguing the way it was passed set a “dangerous precedent” for free speech at Stanford.
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I have resigned as EIC of Guernica. After weeks of difficult conversation, it is clear to me that Guernica’s space for writing on war, injustice, and oppression has evolved away from commitments I consider essential. jinamoore.com/2024/04/05/my-…

A federal loan program for rural colleges from the USDA, while often delivering a temporary positive bump to a balance sheet, can threaten the colleges’ long-term survival by loading them up with new debt and not delivering enrollment increases.chronicle.com/article/the-2-…

NEW: During a mandatory 'structural racism' class at UCLA medical school, a pro-Hamas guest speaker led students in chants of 'Free, Free Palestine' and demanded that they bow down to 'mama earth' for a prayer.

We have obtained exclusive audio.🧵youtube.com/watch?v=Na0PDp…

'the PR firm Marathon Strategies...will run a so-called bootcamp for colleges and universities hoping to keep themselves out of similar spotlights.' | Colleges are lawyering up to avoid becoming the next Harvard politi.co/43IGP37 via Hailey Fuchs

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COMING TOMORROW: It's billed as a way to help rural colleges upgrade facilities and drive enrollment. My eight-month The Chronicle of Higher Education investigation looks at a federal government loan program and whether the program is actually helping or if it's hastening their demise.

Imagine this: You work in the press office at your university, and you learn that for $3,500, you can get your president on the cover of a magazine and full control of an article. Would you do it?

Some have — and journalism experts say that's a problem. chroni.cl/3xgGA3e

Join me and The Chronicle of Higher Education for a virtual forum on April 10 at 2 p.m. on what it takes to improve campus safety: chronicle.com/events/virtual…

Via the Reliable Sources newsletter: This is the stop-in-your-tracks front page of Friday's Wall Street Journal, marking the one-year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich's detention (cnn.it/3TBLHme)

Now what is a flush ponytail

Fantastic story from Francie Diep about colleges that pay for good coverage in CIO Views, a strange publication that claims it's legit but seems like the magazine version of three kids in a trench coat
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We asked 137 public colleges in Florida and Texas how they're responding to restrictive diversity, equity, and inclusion laws.

The inconsistencies in how administrators said they've complied highlight the confusion over what is — and isn't — permitted. chroni.cl/499mAgn

U of #Florida is investigating whether a half-dozen professors in its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences “interfered” with a Western-civilization center’s ability to establish its curriculum chronicle.com/article/u-of-f… via Emma Pettit

SCOOP: Documents obtained by The Chronicle of Higher Education offer an inside look into the UW System's DEI deal that exchanged staff raises for cuts to DEI positions & programs. The initial failure to pass the deal left the system's president doubting his credibility to lead.

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Scoop: Two years ago, a Western civ center got started on UF's campus.

Now, six profs are under investigation to determine if they 'interfered' with its plans.

And at least one department chair was asked to pledge to cooperate with the center:
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New: Jo Boaler, a Stanford professor and an influential expert on math education, has misrepresented scholars’ findings in her work to the point of showing a “reckless disregard for accuracy,” according to a complaint reportedly filed with Stanford.

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Is your campus doing anything fun/wacky/different for the upcoming solar eclipse? If so, I want to talk to you! Email me at kate.hidalgobellowsThe Chronicle of Higher Education.com for a chance to be included/interviewed in a short feature for The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Coverage from 2017:

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