1    Anxious Universities Struggle to Respond to the ChatGPT Revolution
Sources
ChatGPT Is Everywhere (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Faculty Members Still Aren’t Sure What to Make of ChatGPT (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍ChatGPT Heralds an Intellectual Revolution (The Wall Street Journal)

Further Reading
Will ChatGPT Be a Blow or a Boon to Learning? We’ll Decide (American Enterprise Institute)
‍University librarians are divided over AI use and ethics— Survey (University World News)
‍Just Because ChatBots Can’t Think Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Lie (The Nation)

2    Many Universities Begin to Use  AI in the Classroom—and a Few Go RetroSourcesTo outwit ChatGPT, lecturers must embrace it (Times Higher Education)
‍Socrates Never Wrote a Term Paper (Wall Street Journal)
‍Machines Can Craft Essays. How Should Writing Be Taught Now? (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
‍ChatGPT Heralds an Intellectual Revolution (Wall Street Journal)
‍Just over 1 in 10 faculty say their college has set classroom ChatGPT guidance, survey finds (Higher Ed Dive)
‍GPT-4 Is Here. But Most Faculty Lack AI Policies (Inside Higher Ed)A Guide to Generative AI Policy Making (Inside Higher Ed)
‍AI Bots Can Seem Sentient. Students Need Guardrails. (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Just over 1 in 10 faculty say their college has set classroom ChatGPT guidance, survey finds (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Facing facts: ChatGPT can be a tool for critical thinking (University World News)
‍ChatGPT Is About to Dump More Work on Everyone (The Atlantic)
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Will ChatGPT Change How Professors Assess Learning? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Yuval Noah Harari argues that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilisation (The Economist)  

3   Chatbot Adventures: A Backfire and a Haunting Encounter
Sources
After Michigan shooting, one university used ChatGPT to offer help to students. It backfired (Los Angeles Times)
‍Peabody EDI Office responds to MSU shooting with email written using ChatGPT (Vanderbilt Hustler)
‍‘I want to be human.’ My intense, unnerving chat with Microsoft’s AI chatbot (Digital Trends)
‍What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have? (New Yorker)
‘TheGodfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead (New York Times)

Further Reading
A Conversation With Bing’s Chatbot Left Me Deeply Unsettled (New York Times)
‍What Would the Romans Have Made of ChatGPT? (The Spectator)
‍How Should You Talk to ChatGPT? A User’s Guide (Bloomberg)
‍Yes, This Time It’s Different (City Journal)

4    Rising Concern About AI’s Role in Cheating
Sources
Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach (New York Times)
‍ChatGPT Has Everyone Freaking Out About Cheating. It’s Not the First Time (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍ChatGPT a cheating tool? These educators think you’re looking at it wrong (University Business)
‍Dishonor Code: What Happens When Cheating Becomes the Norm? (The Free Press)
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Further Reading
Just Because Chatbots Can’t Think Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Lie (The Nation)
‍A Guide to Generative AI Policy Making (Inside Higher Ed)
‍What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have? (New Yorker)

5    Back to the Cliff for the Humanities?Sources
End of the English Major (New Yorker) 
‍The Moral Case Against Equity Language (The Atlantic)
‍Beyond measure: How the humanities make us better humans (University World News)

Further Reading
Some see liberal arts education as elitist. Why it’s really pragmatic (Washington Post)
‍College Should Be More Like Prison (Wall Street Journal)
‍I’m what’s wrong with the humanities (New York Times)
‍The Defenders of Classical Education Are Destroying It (The Atlantic)
‍Want to save the beleaguered English major? Abandon it. (The Hechinger Report) 
‍The crisis in arts and humanities: Rhetoric or reality? (University World News) 

6   Tenure as a Free Speech Pass to Say Some Nasty Things
SourcesAmy Wax Redux (Glenn Loury Substack)
‍What to Know About Tenure and Free Speech Protections (New York Times)
‍Facing sanctions, Penn law prof Amy Wax files grievance against dean (Reuters)
‍UPenn Accuses a Law Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired? (New York Times)

Further Reading
Fired Linfield Professor Wins Over $1M Settlement (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Fired Linfield University professor wins more than $1 million in whistleblower suit against college (The Oregonian)
‍Commentary: Where’s the Line? (Commentary)
‍Cornell’s Academic Freedom Test (Wall Street Journal)
‍At Stanford Law School, the Dean Takes a Stand for Free Speech. Will It Work? (New York Times)
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How Can 'Inclusion' Be a Bad Word? (Chronicle of Higher Education) 
Why Politicians Talk About 'Taxpayers' to Justify College DEI Bans  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍What Do DEI Officers Do, and Why Are They Under Attack? An Explainer. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍College Students Have Something to Say. It's Just Not What You'd Expect. (NY Times) 
How Anti-DEI Bills Have Already Changed Higher Ed (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Could Texas Senate's bill to thwart DEI hurt sports recruiting at Texas, A&M, others? (Dallas Morning News)
Merit Over Identity  (City Journal)
‍"Burn the College's Buildings to the Ground" (City Journal)
‍The Universal N-Word  (Christopher F. Rufo)How to Harpoon the DEI Leviathan  (NAS Minding the Campus)
'DEI is dead': At VMI, Youngkin's diversity chief slams diversity, equity, inclusion (Washington Post)
FSU Criminology Professor Abruptly Leaves After Accusations of Cooking Race Data (Florida Standard)  
‍Stacey Abrams to join Howard University in role focused on race, politics (Washington Post)
‍Where's the DEI at the HBCUs? (City Journal)

7   Wanted: Open Dialogue and Academic Freedom
 
Sources
The Case for Teaching Students Constructive Dialogue at Scale: UNC’s New School of Civic Life and Leadership (Heterodox Academy) 
‍Florida Shows How to Combat Woke Indoctrination on Campus (Wall Street Journal)
‍ACE, PEN Produce Guide for Defending Academic Freedom (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Where’s the Line? (City Journal) 
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Further Reading
Yes, DEI Can Erode Academic Freedom. Let’s Not Pretend Otherwise. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Here’s how colleges can preserve academic freedom in the face of educational censorship bills (Higher Ed Dive)
‍‘State Mandated Censorship': Florida Faculty Worry About Bill That Would Ban Certain Majors (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Academic Freedom, Academic Responsibility, and the Democratic Valence (NAS Minding the Campus)
Politicians Can't Tell Academics What They're Allowed to Teach (Real Clear Politics)
‍Left or Right, Politicians Shouldn’t Be Telling Academics What They’re Allowed to Teach (Quilletter) 
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Where STEM and the Arts Live in Harmony (Inside Higher Education)
‍Letter from an English Department on the Brink (NYRB)  
‍The Belmont Approach (City Journal) 
‍The Christian Philosophy of René Descartes: Rethinking the Origins of Modern Secularism (Public Discourse)
‍Treat Students Like Future Parents, Not Just Future Employees (Public Discourse)
 
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Forget 'Divisive Concepts'—Colleges Promote The Thinking Skills Critical For Democracy (Forbes)  
Political polarization is sorting colleges into red and blue schools (Washington Post)
Will 'Microcredentials' Revolutionize Higher Ed? (National Review)
An Inventive Credential Model Bites the Dust (Chronicle of Higher Education)
After Protests and a Resignation, a New University Withdraws a Plan for a Digital-First Library (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Stanford academic predicts shift to new graduate skillset (University World News) 
DeSantis had beef with the College Board. Now Florida wants its own tests. (Politico) 

8    Federal Judge Gets Heckler’s Veto, DEI Dean Piles On, Then Gets Suspended 
SourcesYale Law Is No Longer #1—For Free-Speech Debacles (Original Jurisdiction) 
‍A Trump Judge’s Tantrum at Stanford Law Was Part of a Bigger Plan (Slate) 
‍My Struggle Session at Stanford Law School (Wall Street Journal) 
‍What We Must Expect of Our Law Schools (National Review) 
‍Tirien Steinbach helped derail a talk by a federal judge. The school says the talk's organizers should contact her for 'support.' (Washington Free Beacon) 
‍Stanford Law Dean Stands by Apology to Judge, Suspends Colleague Who Disrupted Lecture (National Review)
‍Diversity and Free Speech Can Coexist at Stanford (Wall Street Journal) 
‍At Stanford Law School, the Dean Takes a Stand for Free Speech. Will It Work? (New York Times) 
‍Protest, Disruption, And Free Speech (The Browser)
‍Stanford students vote to Make College Fun Again (The Spectator)  

Further Reading
Blood-boiling moment woke Stanford law school students taunt conservative judge invited to speak there - before dean of 'equity' ambushes him with pious speech accusing him of 'harm' (Daily Mail)
‍Stanford Law DEI dean, rowdy student protesters berate federal judge invited to give speech (The College Fix) 
‍What Stanford Law’s DEI Dean Got Wrong (The Atlantic) ‘Dogs—t’: Federal Judge Decries Disruption of His Remarks by Stanford Law Students and Calls for Termination of the Stanford Dean Who Joined the Mob (Washington Beacon) 
‍Cancel culture will rule higher ed until there’s diversity in thought (NY Post) 
‍US Judge Kyle Duncan Interview (Rod Dreher's Diary) 
‍What Just Happened at Stanford Law School? (Academe Blog) 
‍Stop the Chaos: Law Schools Need to Crack Down on Student Disrupters Now (National Review) 
‍Stanford Law’s Diversity Dean Is ‘on Leave’ as Controversy Boils Over a Disrupted Speech (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Stanford Law Draws Line on Disrupting Campus Speech (National Review) 
‍Stanford DEI Dean Escalates Battle against Law-School Dean (National Review) 
‍Stanford Law ‘Diversity’ Dean Who Allowed Students To Heckle Conservative Federal Judge Placed on Leave (NY Sun)  
‍Stanford ‘Diversity Dean’ Regrets Heckling and Jeering of Judge Duncan, Admits Mistakes Were Made (NY Sun)
‍DEI at Law Schools Could Bring Down America (Wall Street Journal) 
‍Higher education faces an inflection point with DEI (Reason) 
‍Expensively credentialed, negligibly educated Stanford brats threw a tantrum (Washington Post)
‍In Defense of Tiren Steinbach (Academe Blog)
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Stanford Law Dean Has the Right Ideas But Needs to Do More (RealClear Education)
‍Shouting Down Offensive Speakers  (Inside Higher Education)
Stanford Faculty Say Anonymous Student Bias Reports Threaten Free Speech (Wall Street Journal)
Should College Come With Trigger Warnings? At Cornell, It's a 'Hard No.' (NY Times)
‍Cornell University Rejects Students' Call For Trigger Warnings (Forbes)
‍Cornell rejects student government resolution for mandating trigger warnings (The College Fix)

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The University of Washington Tries to Squelch Dissident Professor, Gets Sued (AIER) 
‍West Texas A&M faculty condemn university President Walter Wendler after drag show cancellation (Texas Tribune)  

9    Keeping Track of College AthleticsSources‍College Football Expansion: What Schools Could Move Next? (Sports Illustrated)
‍Raising a Flag on Colleges’ Sports Gambling Play (Inside Higher Ed)
‍A Popular Player at LSU, Which Is Sponsored by Nike, Has Her Own Shoe Deal With Puma (Wall Street Journal) 
‍George Washington University Is Moving on From ‘Colonials’ (New York Times) 
‍A Common Sight on U.S. Campuses: The Rest of the World’s Female Olympians (New York Times)
‍$4.175M Settlement in Iowa Football Racial Bias Suit (New York Times)g)

Further Reading
University of Iowa reaches $4 million settlement with Black athletes (University Business) 
‍Alabama’s Championship Push Arrives With Murder Indictment (New York Times)

A California Bill Might (Again) Allow Athletes to Profit. This Time, the Colleges Would Be Paying. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Fourth and Long (City Journal) 

10   March Madness…and Beyond
SourcesNCAA permanently ends SAT, ACT eligibility requirement for Division I, II student-athletes (Higher Ed Dive)
‍The NCAA Needs to Fix Its Own Athlete-Compensation Problems, Its New President Says (Wall Street Journal)
‍At the NCAA, ‘Madness’ Indeed (National Review) Brown U Athletes Sue Ivy League Over No-Scholarship Policy (Inside Higher Ed)
‍How March Madness success boosted admissions for 5 universities (Higher Ed Dive)

Further Reading‍
Charlie Baker Can Save Women’s Sports  (Wall Street Journal) 
‍Brown Basketball Players Sue Ivy League Over No-Scholarship Policy (Associated Press)

11    Dumping Bullies and Hiring Nurturers—or In Loco Masculi
Sources
Chaos in Connecticut: Faculty, students seek to replace ‘bullying’ president (University Business)
‍Connecticut College President Resigns Under Pressure (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Minnesota State College Southeast president reprimanded, ordered to pay more than $5,000 in restitution  (Star-Tribune)
‍Bowdoin College Appoints Its First Woman President (The Boston Globe)
‍Barnard College Names Florida Law Dean as New President (New York Times)
“In Loco Masculi” (City Journal)

Further Reading‍
Sweet Briar College’s president looks back on what it was like to take over a college on the brink of closing (Higher Ed Dive) 
‍Breaking Rules and Making Enemies (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Liberty University Announces New President and Chancellor (Daily Signal)

Portrait of the Presidency (Chronicle of Higher Education)  
‍Here Are the Parts of Their Job for Which Presidents Want More Training (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Moving the Needle on the College Presidency (Inside Higher Education)
‍Scientific journal corrects study co-authored by Stanford president (San Francisco Chronicle)  
‍Temple University President Resigns After Complaints He Wasn't Addressing Crime on Campus (Wall Street Journal)
‍'These Are Not Normal Times': Leadership Schism Throws a Christian College's Future Into Disarray (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Bob Jones University is imploding. What happened? (University Business)

12    Mergers and Partnerships a Fix for Struggling Small Private Colleges? Not in these instances.
Sources
St. Joseph’s Cuts 4 Programs Acquired in Merger (Inside Higher Ed)
‍St. Joe’s plans to cancel several doctoral programs it acquired from USciences, raising student concern (Philadelphia Inquirer) 
‍King’s College of N.Y.C. Faces Financial Struggles, Hopes for Partner (Inside Higher Ed)
‍The Second Life of a Christian College in Manhattan Nears Its End (New York Times)

Further Reading
How a Canadian Billionaire Reshaped the King’s College (Inside Higher Ed)

The 7 Trends Shaping Small Colleges (Chronicle of Higher Education) 
‍A look at trends in college consolidation since 2016 (Higher Ed Dive)
Drexel and Salus Universities are exploring an 'affiliation' — what could be the latest pairing of local schools (Philadelphia Inquirer)  
‍Drexel, Salus Explore 'Affiliation' (Inside Higher Education)
‍Salus University, graduate health science institution, looks to join with Drexel University (Higher Ed Dive)
‍It's official: Cazenovia College is for sale just weeks before final graduation (Syracuse.com)  
‍Lewis University to Absorb St. Augustine College (Higher Ed Dive)
 
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The BDS Movement Threatens Academic Integrity, Report Finds (National Association of Scholars)  
‍Penn State should account for land it took from Indigenous people, says faculty report (Philadelphia Inquirer)  
‍Former Professors File Suit Against Indiana University Over Planned Art Sale (Art News)  
‍Penn State should account for land it took from Indigenous people, says faculty report (Philadelphia Inquirer)  
‍Governors Island to Be Site of $700 Million Climate Campus (NY Times)  
Harvard, MIT partner on new educational nonprofit funded from edX sale (Higher Ed Dive)  
‍Whatever Happened to MIT and Harvard's Big EdX Profit? (Inside Higher Ed)  
‍Harvard and MIT Launch Nonprofit to Increase College Access (EdSurge)   
Ken Griffin's Naming Gift for the Graduate School (Harvard Magazine) 
‍Harvard University renaming school for top Republican donor Ken Griffin after $300 million gift (Boston.com)Harvard Receives $300 Million Gift (Inside Higher Education)  
Largest Catholic University in US Faces $56 Million Budget Gap (Bloomberg)  

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Tuition Discount Rates Hit New High (Inside Higher Education)  
‍Private colleges' tuition discount rates continue to hit record highs (Higher Ed Dive)
‍US tuition now mostly given back to students in discounts (Times Higher Education)
‍College prices aren't skyrocketing—but they're still too high for some (Brookings)  

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In Safeguarding Science, U.S. Must Not 'Throw the Innovation Baby Out With the Bathwater' (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Under Waiver Plan, Colleges With Confucius Institutes May Be Able to Get Defense Dept. Grants (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Ex-Harvard Professor Charles Lieber Avoids Prison for Lying About China Funding (Wall Street Journal)  
‍Former Harvard chemistry professor sentenced to home confinement for China scheme (GBH News)
‍Lieber avoids prison in China case (Times Higher Education)

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'I Blame the University': When Coding Boot Camps Don't Pay Off (Chronicle of Higher Education)
How Much Has Faculty Pay Changed Over Time? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍How Much Has Noninstructional-Employee Pay Changed Over Time? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
After Protests and a Resignation, a New University Withdraws a Plan for a Digital-First Library (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Ex-UCLA campus gynecologist James Heaps sentenced to 11 years for sexually abusing patients (Los Angeles Times)
University of Colorado settles $5 million class action lawsuit (CBS Colorado)  

13     Non-Profit Acquires a For-Profit—A Mega Conglomerate in the Making?
SourcesNon-Profit Lindenwood University Acquires For-Profit Dorsey College (Forbes)
‍Lindenwood University acquires Michigan-based for-profit vocational college (Higher Ed Dive)

Further Reading
Veterans’ group warns against a Phoenix deal; UA System president defends moving forward (Arkansas Times)
‍UA-Fayetteville faculty senate opposes acquisition of University of Phoenix (Arkansas Times) 

14   Arkansas Trustees Nix Purchase of U of PhoenixSourcesUniversity of Arkansas trustees narrowly reject bid to affiliate with University of Phoenix (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)  
‍Arkansas system board rejects deal to buy University of Phoenix (Higher Ed Dive)  
‍U. of Arkansas System Trustees Say ‘No’ to Partnership With Prospective U. of Phoenix Buyer (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
‍Veterans’ group warns against a Phoenix deal; UA System president defends moving forward (Arkansas Times)
‍UA-Fayetteville faculty senate opposes acquisition of University of Phoenix (Arkansas Times)
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University of Arkansas System board votes against University of Phoenix deal (Washington Post)
UA System Board Votes Against University of Phoenix Deal (Arkansas Business)  
‍UPDATE: UA System board says no to resolution supporting University of Phoenix purchase (Arkansas Times)  
‍Arkansas trustees reject University of Phoenix (Times Higher Education)
UA System to take Phoenix plan to a divided board for a vote Monday (Arkansas Times)
‍U of Arkansas Trustees Appear Divided on Purchase of U of Phoenix (Inside Higher Ed)
‍The UA's divisive deal (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)  
‍A potential deal to buy University of Phoenix draws scrutiny in Arkansas (Washington Post)
‍Financing on effort in Arkansas to buy University of Phoenix remains unresolved (Arkansas Times)
‍UA System Trustees debate merits of University of Phoenix acquisition (TB&P)  
‍University of Arkansas System board split on University of Phoenix deal (Arkansas Democrat Gazette)  
‍Bobbitt takes issue with UA Fayetteville faculty's objections to Phoenix purchase proposal (Arkansas Times)

15   Rankings King Carries On 
Sources
Colorado College Withdraws From U.S. News & World Report Undergrad Ranking (WSJ)
‍RISD Drops Out of ‘U.S. News’ Undergraduate Rankings (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Defending Its Ranking, U.S. News Takes Aim at Top Law Schools (NYT)
‍U.S. News escalates battle over rankings, saying ‘elite’ colleges don’t speak for higher ed (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Defending Its Rankings, U.S. News Claims Elite Universities Are Evading Accountability (Observer)
‍U.S. News Announces 2023-2024 Best Graduate Schools (U.S. News & World Report)

Further Reading
RI School of Design won’t take part in U.S. News undergraduate rankings. Will more follow? (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Colorado College drops out of U.S. News’ undergraduate rankings (Higher Ed Dive)
‍How Criticism Actually Strengthens Rankings (Chronicle of Higher Ed)
‍Colleges Protesting ‘U.S. News’ Rankings Say They’re Doing It for Low-Income Students. Do They Mean It? (Chronicle of Higher Ed)
‍The Unraveling of the U.S. News College Rankings (WSJ)
‍Rankings exodus raises the question: How should consumers pick a college? (Hechinger Report)

U.S. News delays law and med school rankings amid questions about data (Washington Post)
‍Amid rankings revolt, U.S. News teases new list of law, medical schools (Washington Post)  
‍Yale Law Still No. 1 on U.S. News & World Report's Rankings Despite Leading Revolt (Wall Street Journal)
‍College Rankings Are in Trouble. Do Students Care? (Chronicle of Higher Education) 

16    Temple Strike Ends on Good Note for Grad Students SourcesTemple Grad Students Start Strike (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Temple Strike Ends After Grad Students Accept Deal (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Temple University withholds tuition assistance from striking grad students(Washington Post)
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‍Further Reading
Temple Demands Strikers Pay for Tuition, Health Care (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Temple University comes down hard on graduate students who are striking (Higher Ed Dive) 
‍Temple undergrads caught in tug-of-war as 1,000 attend afternoon walkout and rally(Philadelphia Inquirer)
‍Temple Grad Students Reject Deal to End Strike (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Temple and Graduate Student Workers Reach Tentative Agreement (Inside Higher Education) 
‍Temple grad students overwhelmingly vote down proposed contract, strike continues (Philadelphia Inquirer)
‍Striking Grad Students Reach Tentative Agreement With Temple University (NBC/AP Philadelphia)
‍A New Tentative Agreement to Resolve Temple Strike (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Graduate students at Temple University ratify new contract, end strike (Washington Post)

Graduate Student Strikes: Reasonable Demands or Cosmic Justice? (NAS Minding the Campus)  
‍Rutgers' historic strike is suspended on tentative deal (Washington Post)
‍3 takeaways from the Rutgers strike (Higher Ed Dive)  
‍Rutgers Walkout Means 6 Faculty Strikes (Inside Higher Education)  
‍Rutgers University Faculty Members Strike, Halting Classes and Research (NY Times) 
‍Thousands of Rutgers University faculty workers go on strike over contract (Washington Post)
‍Rutgers faculty go on unprecedented strike (Higher Ed Dive)
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Why Admissions Leaders Are Wearing Down, Burning Out, and Leaving Jobs They Once Loved (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍I've Worked in Admissions for 40 Years. It's More Stressful Than Ever. (Chronicle of Higher Education) 
Conceding missteps, College Board pledges to revise Black studies course (Washington Post) 
‍The College Board's Secret Apology (Wall Street Journal)DeSantis had beef with the College Board. Now Florida wants its own tests. (Politico) 
‍Law Schools Should Abandon Merit-Based Scholarships (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Can the Meritocracy Survive Without the SAT? (NY Times)
Does Stanford Have More Administrators Than Undergrads? (Chronicle of Higher Education)

17     Public (as Well as Private) Schools Unite!
SourcesWorkers at 23 CSU campuses are bargaining for higher wages. Will they follow UC and strike? (Sacramento Bee/University Business)
‍Inside the Campaign to Unionize the University of Oregon (The Nation) 
‍Work Stoppages Increased Last Year. Higher Ed Played a Key Role. (Chronicle of Higher Education) 
‍At Many Universities, Organized Labor Is Treated With Contempt (Chronicle of Higher Education) 
‍Duke to Challenge Ph.D. Students’ Right to Unionize (Inside Higher Education)

Further Reading
Lacking Collective Bargaining Rights, but Organizing Anyway (Inside Higher Ed)
‍A tale of 3 graduate student unions (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Privatization Push Prompts Union-Busting' Charges (Inside Higher Education) 
‍Tenant, Debtor, Worker, Student (New York Review)
‍Rutgers University Faculty Members Strike, Halting Classes and Research (New York Times)
‍Strike Ends at the New School and Parsons School of Design (New York Times)

18   Smallest Schools Get Buffeted While the Largest Institutions Sail On  
SourcesMerger Watch: Size matters for surviving the enrollment drop (Higher Ed Dive)
‍How Vermont is winning the fight against falling enrollment (University Business) 
‍Merger Watch: Mergers in higher education are about the students (Higher Ed Dive)

Further Reading
Is a Merger a Closure by Another Name? (Inside Higher Ed)
‍This is how small colleges die (The Spectator) 

19   Restructuring Mental Health Centers in Response to a Crisis
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Sources
Restructuring Counseling Centers—and Ousting Directors (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Student Mental Health Worsens, but More Are Seeking Help (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Student Efforts Put a Spotlight on Mental Health Strategies, Reduce Stigma (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Wellness Tip: Boost Campus Confidence in Face of Mental Health Crisis (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Wellness Tip: Using Polls to Get a Pulse on Students’ Mental Health (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Student Athletes Get Mental Health Strength Training (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
Stress Prevents Students From Pursuing Higher Ed (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Parents Unaware of Students’ Mental Health Struggles (Inside Higher Ed)

Over 40% of college students said they considered stopping out in six-month period (Inside Higher Ed)
Stressed Out and Stopping Out: The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education (GALLUP)
‍Stress Prevents Students From Pursuing Higher Ed (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Emotional Stress Remains a Top Challenge to Keeping Students Enrolled (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍After confronting mental health struggles in college, I’m now helping others (The Hechinger Report)
‍The University as a Life Coach (Martin Center)

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Stanford students vote to Make College Fun Again (The Spectator)  
‍The Rise of the Sober College Student (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The Dining Hall Could Help Save Democracy (Heterodox Academy)  

20    Yet Another Campus Shooting—“Sadly, it’s a club.”Sources
‘Sadly, It’s a Club’: What Michigan State Leaders Learned Responding to a Mass Shooting (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Michigan State Students Grew up With School Shootings (New York Times)
‍Michigan State University Shooting Spotlights Campus Security Efforts (The Wall Street Journal)
‍In the Wake of Tragedy, Balancing Freedom and Safety at Michigan State (New York Times)
‍Virginia bills aim to refine how colleges assess threats after U-Va. shooting  (Washington Post)
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‍Further Reading
3 Dead, 5 Hospitalized in Shooting at Michigan State U., Police Say (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍After a Tragedy, Michigan State Will Resume In-Person Classes. Some Students Say They Aren’t Ready. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Deadly Shooting at Michigan State (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Students resist returning to campus after Michigan State shooting  (Times Higher Education)
‍Suspect Identified in Michigan State University Shooting: 3 Dead, 5 in Critical Condition (Detroit Free Press)
‍Colleges want open doors. MSU shooting shows the risk. (Washington Post)
‍‘We Have a National Crisis’: How Michigan State Responded to a Mass Shooting (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Requiem for the Spartans (The Atlantic)

21     Anticipating De-activation of Affirmative ActionSources Diversity vs. Fairness (New York Times)
‍Why Is Affirmative Action in Peril? One Man’s Decision. (New York Times)
‍A Middle Ground on Race and College (National Affairs) 
‍Most Americans think college admissions should not consider race (Reuters) 
‍Red Arkansas Can and Must Align with the Growing National Consensus Against Racial Preferences (NAS - Minding the Campus) 

Further Reading
Colleges quietly begin planning for end of affirmative action (Inside Higher Education)
‍Law-School “Mismatch” Is Worse Than We Thought (Martin Center) 
‍How colleges can work toward diverse classes if the Supreme Court rules against race-conscious admissions (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Affirmative Reaction (Sanity Clause) 
‍The Liberal Maverick Fighting Race-Based Affirmative Action (New York Times) 
‍Over 6 in 10 Americans favor leaving race out of college admissions, Post-Schar School poll finds (Washington Post).

The Affirmative Action of the Future (Law & Liberty)
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Larry Arnn Reveals Secret of Hillsdale College's Success (Daily Signal)  
‍Catholic College Fundraises To Cut Ties With 'Intrusive,' 'Hostile' Federal Government (Daily Caller)
‍Just Do It: A Plan to Close the Federal Department of Education (National Review)
Comments on the Education Department's Plan to Rescind Religious Freedom (National Association of Scholars)
Under Waiver Plan, Colleges With Confucius Institutes May Be Able to Get Defense Dept. Grants (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍In Safeguarding Science, U.S. Must Not 'Throw the Innovation Baby Out With the Bathwater' (Chronicle of Higher Education)  
A Title VI Complaint at George Washington University (The Martin Center)  

22   Accreditor Aligned with Governor Attracts Attention of Regulator 
SourcesGov. Cooper's UNC "Commission" Shows Its Hand (Martin Center) 
‍Opinion: The University of North Carolina Fight Escalates (Wall Street Journal)
‍UNC trustees’ push for ‘School of Civic Life and Leadership’ alarms some faculty (Washington Post)

Further Reading
Opinion: The College Accreditation System Must Evolve (Wall Street Journal)
‍Former Senior U.S. Department of Education Appointees Defend UNC-Chapel Hill Board, Chastise Accreditors (Independent Institute) 
‍Questions for UNC’s Accreditor (Wall Street Journal)
‍Is College Accreditation Constitutional? (Wall Street Journal) 
‍The Arbitrary Monopoly Crushing Higher Education (National Review) 

23   Other Accreditation News: What’s in a Name?
SourcesAccreditor Ratchets Up Pressure on North Idaho College With ‘Show Cause’ Order (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The MAGA-fication of North Idaho College (New York Times) 
‍Education Department questions whether accreditor did enough to review University of Arizona Global Campus (Higher Ed Dive)
‍‘Obstacle Course of Bureaucracy’ (Inside Higher Ed)
‍What the Accreditation Naysayers Don’t Understand (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
Accreditors in firing line as US political temperature rises (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Should the ‘New’ New College Lose Its Accreditation? (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Woke Accreditors Are Coming for Medical Schools (National Review) 

Accreditors as Referees (Inside Higher Education)
‍Accreditation Reform Is Alive in North Carolina (The Martin Center)
‍States Can Reform College Accreditation (National Review)

24   DEI Messes in Texas 
SourcesUniversity of Texas System to halt new diversity, equity and inclusion policies on campuses (Austin American Statesman) 
University of Texas System suspends new DEI policies, launches probe into current ones (College Fix)
‍An Open Letter to Texas Governor Abbott on Illegal DEI Practices: Where’s the Beef? (Minding the Campus)
‍At Texas A&M, a Different Kind of “Climate Change” (Martin Center)
Tenured University of Texas professor sues college for 'making threats to his job' after he criticized critical race theory as having 'no scientific basis' (Daily Mail)

Further Reading
Texas Governor Warns Against DEI in Hiring Practices (Inside Higher Ed) 

Senate passes critical race theory ban at Texas' public universities (Dallas Morning News)  
‍Texas Senate approves bill that would end faculty tenure at public universities (Texas Tribune)   
‍Ban on Tenure for New Faculty Hires Passes Texas Senate (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Texas lawmakers move forward with proposed bans on faculty tenure, diversity offices in public colleges (Higher Ed Dive)  
Could Texas Senate's bill to thwart DEI hurt sports recruiting at Texas, A&M, others? (Dallas Morning News)

25   DEI Pushback From All Over 
SourcesUNC–Chapel Hill Drops DEI Hiring Requirement amid Growing Backlash (National Review)
‍Half of professors believe diversity statements ‘violate academic freedom,’ survey finds (The Lion)
‍Lawmakers Expand Their Assault on Colleges’ DEI Efforts (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍American universities are hiring based on devotion to diversity (The Economist)
‍At U.Va., an Alumnus Attacked Diversity Programs. Now He Is on the Board (New York Times)

Further Reading
Oklahoma’s public college system was ordered to detail diversity spending. Here’s its response. (Higher Ed Dive)
‍The Sudden Dominance of the Diversity Industrial Complex (Real Clear Investigations)
‍A Black DEI Director Canceled by DEI (Compact)
‍University Movement Any Match for the DEI Juggernaut? (RealClearInvestigations)
‍Do Campus Diversity Offices (DEI) Help Or Harm Diversity? (Forbes)

State Legislation: An Academic Scalpel (NAS Minding the Campus)  
‍GOP states targeting diversity, equity efforts in higher ed (AP)  
The Gravest Threats to Campus Speech Come From States, Not Students (NY Times)  
‍Some States Want to Ban DEI in Higher Ed. These States Want to Require It. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Harvard's Bacow urges pushback against political threats (Times Higher Education)
‍Over 140 and counting former leaders push back on legislative threats to higher ed (University Business) 
‍Newsom goes to Florida to meet students from college targeted by DeSantis (Washington Post)
‍Hundreds of UNC Professors Oppose 'Overreach' (Inside Higher Ed)
‍UNC-Chapel Hill faculty criticize boards, state lawmakers over infringements on academic freedom (Higher Ed Dive)  
‍Another state is going after tenure — this time, it's North Carolina (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Another Posttenure Review Change Criticized (Inside Higher Education)  
Radical, State-Directed Higher Education Reform ... In Ohio? (Inside Higher Ed)
‍NAS Statement on Ohio Higher Education Bill (National Association of Scholars)
‍Hundreds of Students, Faculty, and Administrators Speak Out Against Ohio's Proposal to Reform Public Colleges (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Tennessee Again Targets 'Divisive Concepts' (Inside Higher Ed)
North Dakota Just Enacted a 'Specified Concepts' Bill. Here's What It Says. (Chronicle of Higher Education)

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At U.Va., an Alumnus Attacked Diversity Programs. Now He Is on the Board. (NY Times)Virginia aims to force hiring of conservative professors (Times Higher Education)

26   New Guidelines for OPMs 
SourcesU.S. Education Department Increases Oversight of How Colleges Work With Outside Companies (Ed Surge) 
‍Online Classes Surge at Virginia Tech. But What About Outcomes? (Inside Higher Ed)
‍Education Department to Review Deals Between Colleges and Online Degree Programs (Wall Street Journal)
‍Why private companies are crucial to innovations in online education (Higher Ed Dive)
‍University of California System Bans Fully Online Degrees (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
Some 2U workers are weighing in on new federal revenue-sharing guidance. But they aren’t disclosing the OPM employs them. (Higher Ed Dive)
‍2U’s edtech ethics submission criticised (Times Higher Education)
‍2U sues Education Department over third-party guidance (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Education Department to review guidance allowing revenue-share agreements with OPMs (Higher Ed Dive)

Online program manager 2U sues Education Dept. over new regulation (Washington Post)
2U Lawsuit Claims Looming Education Dept. Guidance Breaks the Law (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Education Dept. delays rule on third-party vendors amid lawsuit (Washington Post)  
‍Education Department further delays start date of third-party servicer guidance (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Biden administration will further delay, revise college outsourcing guidance amid pushback (Politico)  
‍US halts plan to block foreign companies  (Times Higher Education)

27   New Title IX Rule will Force Sports Policies to Reflect Rainbow Spectrum  
SourcesBiden Plan Allows Limits on Trans Athletes’ Participation in School Sports (New York Times)
‍North Dakota Bars Trans Girls and Women From Female Sports Teams (New York Times)
‍Biden Seeks To Block States From Banning Transgender Athletes with New Title IX Rule (NY Sun) 
‍Wellesley Students Demand Trans Inclusivity (Inside Higher Ed)
‍First-of-its-kind court ruling says college esports don’t fall under Title IX (Higher Ed Dive)

Further Reading
Title IX and the New Rule on Transgender Athletes Explained (New York Times)
‍Education Department proposes regulation that would block explicit bans on transgender athletes (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Gov. Greg Abbott says he favors ban on transgender women competing in collegiate women’s sports (Texas Tribune)
‍Wellesley College students vote to admit transgender men (Washington Post)
‍Wellesley rejects student demand on gender (Times Higher Education)
‍Amid Uproar Over Trans Men, Wellesley Stands by Its Mission (NY Sun) 
‍Wellesley College Students Vote to Open Admissions to All Nonbinary, Transgender Applicants (National Review) 
‍How trans ideology took over our schools (The Spectator)
‍The Anti-Normative Society (Chritopher Rufo/Substack)

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Title IX athletic rule could be finalized in May (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Trans, nonbinary state lawmakers criticize Education Department's Title IX athletic proposal (Higher Ed Dive)    
‍House passes bill banning transgender students from women's teams (Politico)  
‍Backlash Builds Against Biden's Plan To Override States, Allow Transgender Athletes in Schools (NY Sun)
‍The Foul Trans-Governing of School Sports (Newsweek)
‍A look at 11 years of Title IX policy (Higher Ed Dive)  
‍Executive Aggrandizement vs. Women's Sports  (National Review)
‍Biden's Pretzel Logic on Men in Women's Sports (National Review)  
‍Here's How You Can Fight Biden's Crusade to Put 'Transgender' Males in Women's Sports, From the Comfort of Your Own Home (Daily Signal)  
The Other Stanford DEI Scandal (Wall Street Journal)
‍Defund the Sex Police on College Campuses (National Review)‍

28   Are Colleges Committing Suicide?   
SourcesAn American Tragedy: On the Suicide of Liberal Education (Public Discourse)
‍American Colleges Are Committing Suicide (Martin Center)
‍Why English Departments Died (American Conservative)
‍A Message for Humanities PhDs (First Things) 

Further Reading
Ownership, Control, and Reform: Market-Based Approaches to Universities (The American Spectator) 
‍From Tenured Professor to Lumpenproletariat: The State of Higher Ed Faculty in America (NAS Minding the Campus)
‍Colleges Should Be More Than Just Vocational Schools (New York Times)
‍Some see liberal arts education as elitist. Why it’s really pragmatic (Washington Post)

Elite Schools are Leading the Illiberal Charge (NAS Minding the Campus)  
‍The American University's Path to Illiberalism (AEI)  
‍A Brutal Critique of AP Courses (Inside Higher Ed)  
‍Here's the Campus Left-Wing Brainwash (The Martin Center)  
‍Concern over academic research fraud grows after scholar cooked data on racism (The College Fix)
‍Poll: Americans Want Students to Hear Multiple Views (Inside Higher Education) 
‍Poll: Americans want college students to hear different points of view (Deseret News)
  
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Is it too late to save America? (The Spectator) 
‍American Crisis (The Tablet)  
‍Understanding Ex-Christian America (Public Discourse) 
‍The Anti-Normative Society (Christopher F. Rufo)

29   Revolving Doors in Online Education Space  
SourcesNonprofit formed by sale of edX announces next steps (Ed Surge) 
‍2U says reorienting around edX is putting it on a path to profitability (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Pearson to sell online services, including OPM business (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Transportation Spending Could Rev Up Opportunities for Higher Ed (Chronicle of Higher Education) 

Further Reading
Education Department to review guidance allowing revenue-share agreements with OPMs (Higher Ed Dive)
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Online program manager 2U sues Education Dept. over new regulation (Washington Post)
2U Lawsuit Claims Looming Education Dept. Guidance Breaks the Law (Chronicle of Higher Education)

30   DeSantis Watch: The AP Front 
SourcesDeSantis threatens to rid Florida of Advanced Placement classes (Washington Post)
‍The College Board’s Rocky Path, Through Florida, to the A.P. Black Studies Course (New York Times) 
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‍Further Reading
Florida Officials Were in Frequent Contact With College Board (Inside Higher Ed)
(New York Times)
‍Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies (New York Times)
Was DeSantis right about the A.P. African American studies class? (New York Times)
A Pro-Trump Group Files an Ethics Complaint Against DeSantis (New York Times)

DeSantis's plan to starve college diversity efforts advances in Florida (Washington Post)
‍'War on Woke': DeSantis Says Florida Will Teach Truth, American Exceptionalism (Daily Signal)   
‍Florida proposal to fight "indoctrination" at universities clears major hurdle (Tampa Bay Times)  
'Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion' Is Stripped Out of Florida's Higher-Ed Reform Bill (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Florida bill targeting college diversity programs no longer mentions them (Tampa Bay Times)  
‍Florida is slimming down its plan to take on "woke" colleges — but not by much (VOX)  
DeSantis had beef with the College Board. Now Florida wants its own tests. (Politico)  
‍TikTok banned from school-owned devices at all Florida state universities (CNN) 
'Deeply frustrated': Florida legislators worn out by DeSantis (Politico)
‍'Washing Dirty Linen in Public': Florida International U.'s Faculty Senate Votes No Confidence in Its Chair (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Federal judge throws out Florida faculty's challenge to 'viewpoint diversity' surveys (Higher Ed Dive)
How Did America's Weirdest, Most Freedom-Obsessed State Fall for an Authoritarian Governor? (The Atlantic)
‍The Media's War on Florida Heats Up (City Journal)

31   The DeSantis Watch: Could He Be Running for President?   
SourcesThe Christian Liberal-Arts School at the Heart of the Culture Wars (New Yorker)
‍The Commissars Will See You Now (City Journal)
‍DEI Is an Ideological Test (The Atlantic)

Further Reading
Ron DeSantis wants to take over a small liberal arts college. Students are fighting back (Los Angeles Times)
‍Ron DeSantis and the Specter of Lynne Cheney (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Seeking asylum from Florida politics? A progressive college in Massachusetts offers ‘a sanctuary.’ (WGBH)
‍DeSantis’s Higher-Education Strategy Needs Adjustment (National Review)
‍The DeSantis Policy Is Woke Rollback, Not Woke Containment (National Review) 
‍New College of Florida's purge claims top DEI officer: “I am the first casualty” (University Business)

'Shame on You': Over Fiery Protests, Florida's New College Trustees Deny 5 Tenure Bids (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍"Burn the College's Buildings to the Ground" (City Journal)
‍New College Board Denies Tenure for 5 Professors (Inside Higher Education)  
‍New College of Florida denies five professors tenure, defying student, faculty critics (Higher Ed Dive)
‍DeSantis trustees begin denying tenure (Times Higher Education)
New College urges 7 faculty members to stop seeking tenure as changes build (Tampa Bay Times)

32   Student Debt… Relief Plan Debates Continue  
SourcesStudent Loan Case Could Redefine Limits of Presidential Power (New York Times)
The Media’s Slanted Coverage of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan (American Enterprise Institute)
He took out a student loan in ’77. Today, he’s barely cracked the principal (Washington Post)
‍Supreme Court Won’t Block Student Loan Class-Action Settlement (New York Times)

Further Reading
Supreme Court rejects bid to block major class-action settlement on student debt relief (Politico)
‍Supreme Court justices question student loan forgiveness plan (Washington Post)
‍Supreme Court justices sceptical of Biden loan forgiveness plan (Times Higher Education)
‍Reports of the Death of Biden’s Student Debt Cancellation Program Are Premature (The Nation)
‍Curtailing Financial Competition in Higher Education (NAS Minding the Campus)

Republicans target US student subsidies (Times Higher Education)
‍It's Time to End the Grad PLUS Loan Program (NAS Minding the Campus)

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Newsom goes to Florida to meet students from college targeted by DeSantis (Washington Post)
The shuttering of a rural university reveals a surprising source of its financing (Hechinger Report)