Education
Trump’s war on free speech extends far beyond campus walls. By Bruce Schneier and Jon Penny / Salon
The Dismantling of Black Studies. By Jafari Sinclaire Allen / The Nation
I Found a College Where I Came First. By Skylar Mitchell / NYT
Civil war growing among college Republicans over invites to white nationalists: report. By Tom Boggioni / Raw Story
Florida’s new history course whitewashes the founders on slavery. By Chauncey Devega / Salon
New HBCU Coalition Aims to Fast-Track Institutions to R1 Status. By Jamaal Abdul-Alim / The EduLedger
The Democrats Can’t Let Go of Racial Preferences. By Richard D. Kahlenberg / The Atlantic
An HBCU Canceled Its MAGA Commencement Speaker, Now Republicans Want to Defund It. By Alecia Taylor / Capital B
TSU And Meharry College Offering Full Ride To Young Black Men Interested In Medical Field. By Kandiss Edwards / Black Enterprise
How Conservatives Took Over the National Endowment for the Humanities. By Matt Hartman / The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Historically Black colleges team up to pursue top research status. By Susan Svrluga / Wash Post
Why We Are Suing the Department of Education. By Charles Ornstein / ProPublica
What Saint Augustine’s University Bankruptcy Means For The Future Of The HBCU. By Shannon Dawson / Newsone
Defying His State’s Restrictions, a Retired Professor Teaches About Racism: ‘History Has to Be Felt.’ By Katherine Mangan / Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Black Teachers Face Uncertainty as DEI Backlash Grows Nationwide. By Fisher Jack / Eurweb
Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired? By Michela Moscufo / The Guardian
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
