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Rutgers cancels HBCU event to align with Trump DEI orders
The virtual mini-conference sponsored by Jobs for the Future was scheduled for Jan. 30. The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship...
Why we should see students as citizens (opinion)
Keith B. Murray’s recent essay, “A Better Metaphor: The Student as Client,” challenges the pervasive metaphor of the student as customer in higher education. Murray’s argument that students are better seen as clients, a model that respects professional...
Four ways to help students return from a leave of absence
Some students may need to take a leave of absence for their mental health before returning to an institution. Here’s how the institution can help. Brothers91/E+/Getty Images In the past few years, more students have shared the toll their mental health can take...
AAUP opposes “anticipatory obedience” to Trump, GOP
The American Association of University Professors released a statement Thursday urging universities not to engage in “anticipatory obedience,” which it defined as “acting to comply in advance of any pressure to do so.” “As Donald Trump assumes the presidency...
North Idaho College awaits its fate
After years of scrutiny over governance issues that included violations of open meetings laws and other infractions, North Idaho College will soon learn whether it will keep or lose accreditation. The Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities will...
Trump’s sex and gender order could create risk for colleges
While running for president, Donald Trump pledged to fight the Biden administration’s efforts to expand protections for transgender students. On day one of his second term in office, he got to work fulfilling that promise. In an executive order, which is part...
Scientists worried after Trump halts NIH grant reviews
Orders to freeze travel, meetings, communications and hiring at the National Institutes of Health—and all other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services—has some federally funded researchers on edge just days into President Donald Trump’s...
Should universities cash in on cryptocurrency donations?
In 2023, Korean video game company WeMade pledged to donate the equivalent of one billion Korean won ($695,988) in Wemix tokens—a cryptocurrency linked to the blockchain platform of the same name—to Seoul National University. What seemed like a moment for...
Community colleges join forces to expand access to AI training
Cholticha Kranjumnong/ Getty Images Colleges and universities across the nation have launched numerous initiatives over the past two years—including courses, research projects and strategic plans—to meet the rising demand for an artificial intelligence–ready...
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