Education
Alpha Kappa Alpha Donates $1.9M To Howard While Unveiling On-Campus Monument. By Kyra Alessandrini / Blavity
I Am on Kirk’s “Professor Watchlist.” I Know How It Destroys Civil Debate. By George Yancey / Truthout
Harvard says Trump officials made factual errors in antisemitism finding. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Trump’s push to eliminate DEI at colleges denies conservatives an opportunity. By David Ramadan / USA Today
Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI. By Erin Gretzinger, et. al. / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Officials Place Des Moines Schools Leader On Leave After His Arrest By Immigration Agents. By Scott Mcfetridge / HuffPost
School funding could take a hit in the next federal budget. By Cory Turner / NPR
How Charlie Kirk’s Professor Watchlist reshaped free speech on campus. By Curtis Bunn and Tyler Kingkade / NBC News
‘It’s a capitulation’: Berkeley grieves as its university bends to Trump. By Eric He and Will McCarthy / Politico
Billionaire MacKenzie Scott gifts UNCF $70 million for historically Black colleges and universities. By Arthur Jones II / ABC News
Family of Black student found hanging from tree on Mississippi campus seeks independent autopsy. By Mirna Alsharif / NBC News
Antisemitism on campus is a real problem − but headlines and government-proposed solutions don’t match the experience of most Jewish students. By Graham Wright / The Conversation
Trump admin pushes Chicago Public Schools to abolish ‘Black Student Success Plan.’ By Joshua Q. Nelson / Fox News
Harvard University Deads Minority Recruitment Amid Targets On Race Admissions. By Mitti Hicks / Black Enterprise
We Can’t Let White Nationalism Dictate What Is Taught and Learned in Classrooms. By George Yancey / Truthout
HBCU receives record-setting $130 million gift. By Steven J. Gaither / HBCU Gameday
Trey Reed’s Death at Delta State Sparks Questions, Vigil. By Aallyhah Wright / Capital B
Charlie Kirk’s Murder Fuels New Attacks on Higher Education. By Anna Merlan / Mother Jones
Trump Redirects Millions to Historically Black Colleges, Charter Schools. By Sarah Mervosh and Michael C. Bender / NYT
Here are the details of Trump’s $1.2-billion call to remake UCLA in a conservative image. By Jaweed Kaleem / LA Times
Trump administration cuts grants for minority-serving colleges, declaring them unconstitutional. By Collin Binkley / AP
The Supreme Court Says ICE Can Consider Race, But Colleges Can’t. By Pema levy / Mother Jones
Multiple historically Black colleges launch lockdowns after ‘terroristic’ threat. By Joanna Slater and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Wash Post
Charlie Kirk Brought Hard-Right Politics To A New Generation. By Matt Shuham / HuffPost
At Emory University, the disbanding of DEI contradicts the school’s progressive reputation. By Curtis Bunn / NBC News
Emory University to discontinue DEI programs, offices. By Zoe Seller / WABE (PBS)
Don’t Let Trump Destroy Higher Education. By Kevin Light-Roth / The Progressive Magazine
In a Trump era, Black students flock to HBCUs, ‘where their history isn’t being erased’, says Spelman College president. By David Smith / The Guardian
Emory Cuts DEI Programs, Georgia NAACP Responds. By Kandis Edwards / Black Enterprise
College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers. By Stephanie Saul and Dana Goldstein / NYT
