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Florida's college presidents stay silent on major reforms

Inside Higher Ed asked 40 public college presidents in Florida to weigh in on state higher education reforms. None were willing to speak, even when offered anonymity.

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Students holding a homemade protest sign, printed on a sheet, that says "Protect DEI! Increase Black enrollment! Defy DeSantis!"

Michigan grad workers striking over pay, trans health care

University of Michigan requests injunction to stop the strike by graduate student workers, who are asking for a 60 percent raise in minimum salaries and improvements in benefits for transgender, international and parenting members.

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Striking grad student workers hold a white and purple sign announcing the strike.

Temple University president resigns

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Jason Wingard has stepped down after mounting pressures related to campus violence and workforce issues. His sudden resignation ends a tenure marked by controversy.

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Jason Wingard, a bald Black man wearing round-framed glasses and a suit.

Iowa Wesleyan University announces closure

Another small, private institution falls to financial pressures, which officials blame partly on the Iowa governor’s denial of their request for COVID-19 relief funds.

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A picture of a redbrick building at Iowa Wesleyan University.

Spring enrollment steady, just not for all institutions

Preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse show flat enrollment across all sectors of higher education. Enrollment rises at community colleges and in certificate programs, while bachelor's-degree-seeking students dip. 

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Four students sit outdoors holding books or a laptop computer

Contingent faculty, grad workers a growing part of colleges

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A new report shows the number of nonmedical graduate student workers has increased faster than part- or full-time faculty over the past two decades. It’s among the data now available online in what’s planned to be a regularly updated information resource.

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Chart showing the increase in graduate student workers from 2002 to 2021.

A legal blow to Internet Archive, controlled digital lending

A federal judge’s ruling for book publishers delivered a swift verdict that has significant implications for librarians, writers and limits of digital libraries.

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DEI statement nixed after professor complains, links to racist article

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An English professor wrote in a conservative media outlet, opposing his department’s new “anti-racist statement.” The next month, the statement was gone. His own statement of protest linked to a racist column.

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Professor says he was fired after Jewish groups denounced tweets

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Last year, a watchdog organization publicly called out Kareem Tannous, then a tenure-track assistant business professor at Cabrini University, about his tweets. Tannous said he was fired, and he now plans to sue.

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A tweet from Kareem Tannous from April 2022 saying, "zio controlled USGOV politicians promise to cancel 2T$ in student debt so that #donkeydemocrats would elect them yet they sent that 2T$ to Ukraine, NATO, and Israel to arm NAZIs."

A president proposes steep job cuts to save his institution

Southern Oregon University may eliminate 82 jobs to fill a $5 million budget hole. Those cuts are part of an ambitious plan to fix SOU’s finances and attract new revenue streams.

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Rick Bailey, a white man with sandy hair wearing a business suit, in a library.

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