Education
Amazingly, now even universities aren’t as left-wing as Democrats. By Gregory Conti and Aaron Sibarium / Wash Post
Jackson State University names Denise Jones Gregory as first alumna president to lead the institution in permanent role. By Bobby Pen / The Grio
When You Can’t Talk About Race. With DEI banned, a university struggles to confront the release of racist texts. By Katherine Mangan / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
A Progressive Group Rolls Out a Campus Competitor to Turning Point. By Kellen Browning and Shane Goldmacher / NYT
Research as Resistance: Black Scholars Urged to Defy Political Pressure and Reclaim the Narrative at AABHE (American Ass of Blacks in Higher Ed). By Jamal Abdul-Alim / EduLedger
Morris Brown College Preps For First Graduation Of ‘Restoration Class’ Since Reaccreditation. By Nahlah Abdur-Rahman / Black Enterprise
Judge Halts Trump Administration’s ‘Chaotic’ Higher Ed Data Mandate on Race Reporting. By Autumn A. Arnett / The EduLedger
Black Caucus scholarships discriminate on race, lawsuit alleges. By Jessica Guynn / USA Today
New Bill Tightens Control Over Kentucky State University. By Sara Weissman / Inside Higher Ed.
Texas Considers Required Reading List for Schools, Which Includes the Bible. By Sarah Mervosh / NYT
Why the Proposed Legislative Takeover of Kentucky State University Should Alarm Every Public Institution in the U.S. By Autumn A. Arnett / The EduLedger
How Faith and Education Are Joining Forces to Support Students with Disabilities at Alfred Street Baptist Church. By Antonio L. Ellis / EduLedger
The slow death of academic freedom. By Tracy Kuo Lin / Salon
Trump’s efforts to collect race-based college admissions data lead to fears of retaliation. By Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill
Where Are All the Campus Protests? By Rose Horowitch / The Atlantic
Why going to an HBCU might be better for Black students’ health. By Adria R. Walker / The Guardian
Economic Affirmative Action Is Working. By Richard D. Kahlenberg / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Florida bans sociology from core curriculum at state universities. By Garrett Shanley / Miami Herald
Duke University Has Officially Ended Its Full-Ride Scholarship For Black Students In Need Of Financial Assistance. By Philip Lewis / Afrotech
Black Leadership Across Campuses Summit Focuses On Strengthening HBCUs. By Chera Watson / Eduledger
The Erasure of Black Studies. A report from the undoing of a field. By Jafari S. Allen / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Charlie Kirk’s organization targets high school students with MAGA messaging. By Alex Henderson / AlterNet
Florida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its Own. By Zachary Levenson / Znetwork
Democratic States Sue Over Trump Demand That Colleges Provide Race Data. By Vimal Patel and Stephanie Saul / NYT
Virginia passes legislation banning schools from teaching falsehoods about Jan. 6. By Scott MacFarlane / CBS News
How to Fix the Broken Black Male Teacher Pipeline. By Jacob Easley / Eduledger
