PURPOSE

CURRICULUM


1    Georgetown Law Puts to Trial Its Commitments to Free Expression
Sources
Ilya Shapiro Resigns Days After Suspension Is Lifted  (Inside Higher Ed)
Georgetown Reinstated Him After a Controversial Tweet. He Quit Anyway. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Why I Quit Georgetown (Wall Street Journal)Free Speech Can’t Trump Every Other Value on Campus (Washington Post)
Yes, Georgetown Should Fire an Academic for a Racist Tweet (Washington Post)
Georgetown Law Did the Right Thing on Ilya Shapiro (Washington Post)

Further Reading
Please, Georgetown. Don’t Fire an Academic over Tweets (Washington Post)
A Black Woman on the Bench, :Long Overdue” (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
Georgetown Law Official Cleared over Tweets on Supreme Court Pick (Washington Post)
Georgetown’s Cowardice on Free Speech (The Atlantic)Georgetown Won’t Punish Ilya Shapiro for High Court Comment (Inside Higher Ed)
The Georgetown Law School Purge (Wall Street Journal)
What are Georgetown Professors Forbidden to Say? (Reason)

Humanities majors are thriving at Grove City College, bucking trend of decline nationwide  (The College Fix)
What Do We Mean by Liberal Education?  (Public Discourse)  
Moral Education and the University  (Public Discourse)
‘Empires of Ideas’ Review: Strong Nations, Strong Education  (Wall Street Journal)
7 Hard-Earned Lessons From a Curriculum Makeover  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The most-regretted (and lowest-paying) college majors  (Washington Post)
Beyond Plymouth Rock: Global trends in the study of slavery  (University World News)
A Catholic University Hired a Dean With Ties to the Vatican. The Problem? He Faked His Credentials.  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Creep of History  (New York Times)
The Unmaking of American History by the Woke Mob  (Wall Street Journal)
Two Cheers for Presentism  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
History Is Always About Politics  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
History Hiring in the Pandemic  (Inside Higher Ed)
The Suicide of the American Historical Association  (AIER Daily Economy)
Nikole Hannah-Jones has taken over the history profession  (The Spectator USA)
One worldview has taken over the historical profession  (The Spectator USA)
The end of history  (The Spectator USA)
The Complicity of the Textbooks  (NY Review of Books)
Whatever Happened to MOOCs?  (City Journal)
That Fancy University Course? It Might Actually Come From an Education Company.  (Wall Street Journal)
Why State Universities Are Buying Up Online Colleges  (Ed Surge)
Public Universities Are Taking Back Control Over Their Online Programs From OPMs  (Ed Surge)
Campuses Are Going Back to Normal. This Group Has One Message: Stop.  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Virtual Exchanges Promote Equity in Global Learning  (Inside Higher Ed)
New Thinking on What to Outsource  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‘A Historic Moment’: New Guidance Requires Federally Funded Research to Be Open Access  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
US orders publicly funded research be made free to access immediately  (Times Higher Education)
No Paywall for Taxpayer-Funded Research, U.S. Declares  (Inside Higher Ed)
Federally Funded Research to Remove Paywalls, White House Says  (The College Post)
2    Princeton Firing Raises Serious Questions About  “Double Jeopardy” and Free Speech on Campus
SourcesThe Disgraceful Firing of Joshua T. Katz (Quillette)
Free Speech and Due Process at Princeton: The Case of Joshua Katz (Princetonians for Free Speech)
Princeton Board Fires Tenured Professor Joshua Katz, Citing Sexual Misconduct Investigation (Wall Street Journal)

Further Reading
Princeton’s Shame–and Ours (National Review)
Princeton Fires Professor Josh Katz–What’s at Stake (National Review)
Princeton Rejected Professor Joshua Katz’s Offer to Resign, Lawyer Confirms (National Review)
In defense of Joshua Katz (Spectator World)
In Princeton’s Contempt for Justice, Shades of Duke Lacrosse (James G. Martin Center)
In Defense of Joshua Katz (Academe Blog)
Solveig Gold Is Proud to Be the Wife of a ‘Canceled’ Princeton Professor (Princetonians for Free Speech)

Censorship at a Top College for Free Speech  (Wall Street Journal)
Addressing a Professor’s Use of the N-Word  (Inside Higher Ed)
Claremont McKenna Responds on Academic Freedom  (Wall Street Journal)
Columbia, UPenn among Worst Colleges for Free Speech, Report Finds  (National Review)
US students ‘becoming more tolerant’ of free speech  (Times Higher Education)

COMMUNITY

3   Two California Behemoths Join Big Ten, Citing “New World”
Sources
USC, UCLA to Join the Big Ten (Wall Street Journal)
USC, UCLA Will Move to the Big Ten (Inside Higher Ed)
U.C.L.A. and U.S.C. Poised to Join Big Ten, Rattling College Sports Anew (New York Times)
Big Ten reaches seven-year media rights deal with CBS, Fox and NBC for football, basketball through 2029-30 (CBS Sports)

Further Reading
UCLA and USC Have Moved On. What Happens to Everyone Else? (Wall Street Journal)
The Big Ten Toys With Athlete Unionization. Again. (Wall Street Journal)
College Football Can't Be Killed. But It Can Be Changed for the Worse (The Ringer)
Big Ten Stunner: USC, UCLA Joining in Seismic Shift for College Sports (Star Tribune)
‘There’s So Many Questions': Sports-Realignment Shocker Could Mean a Sea Change for Higher Ed (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Edmund Burke for College Football Czar (Powerline)
Newsom demands that UCLA publicly explain deal to leave the Pac-12 (Los Angeles Times)

College Football 2022: Alabama Is No. 1, but Everything Else Is Changing  (Wall Street Journal)
Football Playoffs to Expand From 4 to 12 Teams  (Inside Higher Education)  
Unionize College Football  (The American Conservative)
How College Is Changing under the New Athletics Rules  (National Review)
NIL Chaos Hits College Athletics  (The Martin Center)
College Football’s Twilight  (City Journal)
The Paradox of Compulsory Fandom  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
4    Battle Lines  Multiply Over Paying College Athletes
Sources
NCAA Targets Boosters With New NIL Guidelines (Washington Post)
NCAA Calls for Schools to Help Investigate NIL Investigations (Sports Illustrated/AP)
Nick Saban, Jimbo Fisher and the Comedy of College Football’s ‘Chaos’ (Wall Street Journal)
ACE, Higher Ed Groups Oppose Paying Student-Athletes as Employees (Higher Ed Dive)

Further Reading
California bill would create revenue-sharing agreement with college athletes (Higher Ed Dive)
Incomplete pass: California bill that would have changed college sports stalls in committee (Denver Post/ San Jose Mercury News)
The NCAA Approval of NIL Guidelines Signals a Crackdown on Boosters Could be Coming (Sports Illustrated)*
What is the future of college football? Over 200 coaches, players and administrators respond  (ESPN)    
5    More Colleges Require Diversity Statements For TenureSources
University of Washington rejects DEI statement proposal that threatened academic freedom (The Fire)
More Colleges Are Adding Diversity to Tenure Standards. But the Debate’s Not Settled. (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
Saving Academic Freedom From Free Speech (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Red State University Blued (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Academic Freedom’s Proxy Wars (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Academic Freedom and the Mission of the University (Reason.com)
Educating for Citizenship: The Arizona Case Study (National Association of Scholars)
National academic association censures Linfield University over firing of tenured English professor (Oregon Live)
Global Universities Call for Academic Freedom (Inside Higher Ed)
How UT-Austin Administrators Destroyed an Intellectual Diversity Initiative (James G. Martin Center)
The Pushback Against Classroom Indoctrination Begins (James G. Martin Center)
Hunting White Supremacists in the Academy (Law & Liberty)

Diversifying California’s Doctors  (Inside Higher Ed)
The Case for Gender-Diverse Research Teams  (Inside Higher Ed)
Top Med Schools Weed Out DEI-Skeptical Applicants, New Report Finds  (National Review)
Top-rated med school prioritizes DEI, anti-racism in curricula  (The College Fix)
Penn medical school expands minority candidate program that does not require MCAT  (The College Fix)
Catholic university releases ‘gender inclusive’ guide, calls it ‘fundamental’ to ‘mission’
 (The College Fix)
AFA Calls for An End to Required Diversity Statements  (Academic Freedom Alliance)
Academic Freedom Alliance Opposes Diversity Statements  (Inside Higher Ed)
Stop requiring diversity statements when hiring, academic freedom group says  (Higher Ed Dive)
Backlash to Dr. Leana Wen Talk on Backlash  (Inside Higher Ed)
What Does It Take to Have Civil Discourse in the Classroom?  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Bias hotlines at US colleges have led to a witch hunt culture on campus  (NY Post)
Delivery Driver Pulls Gun in Altercation With Student  (Inside Higher Ed)
The Safe Space That Became a Viral Nightmare  (New York Times)
US students ‘becoming more tolerant’ of free speech  (Times Higher Education)
Do University Diversity Statement Requirements Violate the Constitution?  (Reason)
Measuring the Spread of DEI  (The Martin Center)
Where did the Great Awokening come from?  (Unherd)
6   Historically Black Colleges on the Move 
SourcesWhy Students Are Choosing H.B.C.U.s: ‘4 Years Being Seen as Family’ (New York Times)
NCES Undergraduate Enrollment  (National Center for Education Statistics)
The Forgotten Predominantly Black Institutions of Higher Ed (Hechinger Report)
JPMorgan Chase Pledges $30M for HBCUs (College Post)
To recruit workers, big employers team with historically Black colleges (Washington Post)
Historically Black Colleges Should Not Be Exempt From Market Forces (The Federalist)

Further Reading
Air Force, DoD to Work With HBCUs for New Research Center (College Post)
Education Department Announces $5M in Completion Grants for HBCUs, Other Minority-serving Institutions (Higher Ed Dive)
An HBCU in Predominantly White Surroundings? (Inside Higher Ed)
Historically Black college in Illinois to close after 157 years (Los Angeles Times)
Colleges Serving Low-Income Students, HBCUs Get $198 Million in Covid-Relief Funds (Wall Street Journal)

White Minority in the Midwest  (Inside Higher Ed)
Black students in America need wholesale higher education reforms  (Times Higher Education)
Why Blacks Must Be Responsible for Closing the Racial Achievement Gap  (The Martin Center)
Why the Campus Housing Shortage Is a Racial-Equity Issue  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
How the richest university endowments exacerbate inequality  (Boston Globe)
7   Following Roe v. Wade Reversal, Colleges Scramble to Maintain Abortion Access for Students 
SourcesAbortion Ruling Prompts Legal Questions (Inside Higher Ed)
College Leaders Appear at White House To Discuss Dobbs Fallout (Higher Ed Dive)
New law ensures medication abortion access for public university students in Mass. (WGBH)
New Laws May Soon Require Some Public Universities to Offer Abortion Pills (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Colleges offer students counseling to cope with news of Roe v. Wade reversal (College Fix)
How are college campuses preparing for a post-Roe world? (Hechinger Report)
The Demise of ‘Roe’ Will Weaken American Colleges (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
Universities Lament Roe’s Overturning (National Review)
Supreme Court Ruling Will Upend reproductive Rights for College Students and Complicate Medical Training (Chronicle of Higher Education)
California Students Will Soon Have Access to Abortion Medication(College Post)
Crisis-Pregnancy Centers Have Been Orbiting Campuses for Years. What Are They? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
We Asked College Health Centers How They’ll Deal With Abortion Restrictions. They Aren’t Saying. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Colleges Rely on Outdated Consent Education. Experts Say They Need to Get With the Times. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The new task force idea from one big university that could be pivotal in 2022-23 (University Business)
Texas universities grapple with how to provide reproductive health care information to students amid new abortion laws (Texas Tribune)

Some Students Want Colleges to Provide the Abortion Pill. Schools Are Resisting  (New York Times)
Abortion pills will soon be available on California campuses (San Francisco Chronicle)

    GOVERNANCE

TRUSTEESHIP

8    Leadership Structures In the NewsSources‘Save the College’ (Inside Higher Ed)
The University of New Haven and Thomas Jefferson University are embracing dual leadership models.    (University Business)

Further Reading
Last Coach Charged in Varsity Blues College Admissions Case Heads to Trial  (Wall Street Journal)
9   Campus Leaders in the News
SourcesTalking leadership 29: Christopher Eisgruber on free speech and widening access  (Times Higher Education)
LGBTQ presidents ‘finding their voice’, says long-serving campus leader (Times Higher Education)
Elizabeth Bradley: globalising the liberal arts model (Times Higher Ed)
New UW President Wants to Continue Tuition Freeze  (US News)
Freeman Hrabowski Looks Back—and Forward  (Inside Higher Ed)
Discussing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with College of the Holy Cross President Vincent Rougeau (Diverse Education)

Further Reading
Longtime University President’s Legacy: A Diverse New Generation in STEM  (New York Times)
‘A Critical Asset’: University of Colorado President Todd Saliman Discusses Future Goals To Strengthen Four-campus System (Denver Post)
UMass Global’s new chancellor wants to triple the university’s size  (Higher Ed Dive)
10    Getting the Search Process Right
Sources
Will a More Open Search Produce a Better President at Oregon State? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Confirming Faculty Fears, Purdues Board Chair Says Trustees Chose President Like a Business(Chronicle of Higher Education)
How the Hiring of a Campus President Landed Maine’s Chancellor—and a Search Firm—in Hot Water  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Questions Linger After Another Million-Dollar Payout for a College Presidents Exit  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Edge: Getting the Lowdown on a Campus (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
What's Behind the Surge in No-Confidence Votes? (Real Clear Education)
Faculty Condemn Secretive Search Process at Purdue  (Inside Higher Ed)
11    Notable Comings and Goings
Sources
Northwestern president appointee pulls out after cancer diagnosis (Times Higher Education)
Schill named Northwestern president after Blanks withdrawal (Times Higher Education)
Michigan hires Santa Ono as president (Times Higher Ed)
Sian Beilock to become first woman to lead Dartmouth College (Washington Post)
Eloy Oakley, former head of LBCC, to resign as head of state community colleges (Long Beach Post)

Further Reading
Cancer diagnosis forces Blank to step down before taking Northwestern presidency (University Business)
Northwestern Names New President After First Pick Steps Down (Inside Higher Ed)
Northwesterns Incoming President Has Cancer, Wont Serve (Inside Higher Ed)
Northwestern President-Elect Steps Down After Cancer Diagnosis (Wall Street Journal)
Northwestern Names University of Oregon Leader as New President(Chicago Tribune)
U of Michigan Hires New President (Inside Higher Ed )
Big Shoes to Fill (Inside Higher Ed)
UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Recognize New Campus Leaders and Affirm Freedom of Speech (News & Observer)

New Northwestern U. President Named  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The 4 Stages of a Presidential Life Cycle  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Not All College Presidents Are Straight White Men  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
A Policy Wonk’s Turn as President  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
12     Why are these College Presidents in Hot Water?
SourcesTeachers go to the ‘dumbest colleges’ — who said it and why it matters (Washington Post)
Hillsdale President Clarifies Criticism of Teachers  (Inside Higher Ed )
A President’s Response to Attacks on an Abortion Provider Widens a Rift With Faculty (Chronicle of Higher Education))

Further Reading
‘Uninformed, Misguided, Irresponsible’: Hillsdale President’s Remarks Roil Tennessee Educators (Chronicle of Higher Education)
The Fight for American Education: Betsy DeVos on Her Tenure as Secretary of Education (AEI)
Don’t Cancel the Classics, Broaden and Diversify Them (Wall Street Journal)
13   Princeton Fires Controversial Tenured Professor
SourcesPrinceton Fires Classics Professor Over Relationship With Student (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Princeton president recommends firing professor in sexual-misconduct probe (Washington Post)
Princeton President Asks Board to Fire Tenured Classics Professor, Citing Sexual-Misconduct Investigation (Wall Street Journal)

Further Reading
Princeton fires professor critical of racial equity efforts (Times Higher Education)
Princeton board fires professor in sexual-misconduct investigation (Washington Post)
Princeton University Professor Joshua Katz Fired (National Review)
Princeton’s warning to its campus community: Speak at your own risk (Princetonians For Free Speech)
Will Princeton Investigate a Progressive Professor for Plagiarism? (National Review)
Princeton Betrays Its Principles (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Academic Freedom on the Line at Princeton (City Journal)
Finding Refuge at the University of Dallas (First Things)Princeton Fires Professor for Misconduct (Inside Higher Ed)
Princeton fires tenured professor Katz for not being ‘straightforward’ in investigation
(University Business)
Princeton Fires Professor for Misleading School About Relationship With Student (College Post)
Princeton fires professor who opposed ‘anti-racist’ agenda (Spectator World)
Princeton Fed Me to the Cancel Culture Mob (Wall Street Journal) A Princeton Classics Professor Gets Railroaded (National Review)
Plus: the firing of a Princeton professor (The Atlantic)Inside the Investigation of Axed Princeton Prof Joshua Katz (Free Beacon)  
14   Harvard President Announces DepartureSourcesHarvard President Stepping Down Next June (The Wall Street Journal)
Harvard’s President Will Step Down After a Tumultuous 5 Years  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow to step down next year  (WGBH)

Further Reading
Lawrence Bacow to step down as Harvard president (Times Higher Education)
Bacow to Step Down as Harvard’s President (Inside Higher Ed)
For Harvard, Resignation of Its 29th President Comes at a Time of Many Challenges (New York Sun)
Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow to step down next year (Washington Post)
Finding Harvard's Next President (Harvard Magazine)
Views from the Top (Harvard Magazine)
15   Purdue University Leadership Change—Daniels to Chiang
Sources

After a Decade, Purdue’s Mitch Daniels Calls It Quits (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Nation's Best College President Is Calling It Quits (Forbes)
Why this 45-year-old is ready to replace one of higher ed’s top presidents (University Business)
Confirming Faculty Fears, Purdue’s Board Chair Says Trustees Chose President Like a Business (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Further Reading
Dr. Mung Chiang Appointed Purdue University President (Diverse Education)
Daniels to Retire at Purdue; Successor Already Named (Inside Higher Ed)
'Mitch envy' ... everyone wants to know what Daniels will do next – Courier & Press (Courier & Press)
Faculty Condemn Secretive Search Process at Purdue  (Inside Higher Ed)
Mitch Daniels’s Triumphant Tenure as Purdue President (AEI)  
The End of an Era: Mitch Daniels to Step Down from Purdue Presidency (AEI)  
One of Our Few Great College Presidents Retires (James G. Martin Center)
16    Broke Colleges Resort to Mergers and Partnerships for Survival—Some Don’t Survive SourcesBroke Colleges Resort to Mergers for Survival (Wall Street Journal)
Mills Becomes a Part of Northeastern
(Inside Higher Ed)
Consolidating Campuses, Reconceptualizing Workspaces (Inside Higher Ed)
The big merger of two Philadelphia universities is finally complete (University Business)
New Vermont State University secures accreditation, ensuring path to merger (Higher Ed Dive)
U.S. universities fight Senate innovation bill targeting foreign gifts to faculty (Science)
Illinois College to Close, Hurt by Pandemic and Ransomware Attack  (New York Times)

Further Reading
U of Arkansas is combining 2 online colleges to boost growth. Will it work? (Higher Ed Dive)
Two Universities Team Up to Stay Alive, But Stop Short of Merging  (EdSurge)
IUPUI to Split Into 2 Universities  (Inside Higher Ed)
AAUP and AFT Partner, Creating Sizable Higher Ed Faculty Alliance
(Diverse)

After a Legal Fight, Oberlin Says It Will Pay $36.59 Million to a Local Bakery
 (New York Times)
Oberlin Pays Out $36.6M in Long-Running Legal Case  (Inside Higher Ed)
Ohio Supreme Court rejects Oberlin College’s appeal of $36 million defamation verdict  (Cleveland.com)
Ohio Supreme Court Won’t Hear Oberlin Appeal  (Inside Higher Ed)
Defamed bakery finally seals $36M victory over Oberlin after court rejects college’s appeal  (The College Fix)
Gibson’s Bakery and Why I Quit Teaching at Oberlin  (Wall Street Journal)
Inflation Will Hit Universities Hard  (The Martin Center)
High Oil Prices Offer Endowment Boost
 (Inside Higher Ed)
New Bill Targets Endowments  (Inside Higher Ed)
Capital Campaign Watch: Louisiana State, Penn State Harrisburg (Inside Higher Ed)
Capital Campaign Watch: Cal State San Bernardino, Saint Louis University (Inside Higher Ed)
Duquesne Law School Receives $50M Gift  (Inside Higher Ed)
Duquesne University’s Law School To Get Record $50 Million Donation (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Is state disinvestment in higher ed a myth? The devil is in the details. (Higher Ed Dive)
How to start a university (The Spectator USA)
From 3 Struggling Public Colleges, a New University Emerges (Inside Higher Ed)
Antioch and Otterbein Tie the Knot (Chronicle of Higher Education)
How Partnerships Can Strengthen — Not Save — Your College  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Vermont’s Lone Law School Branches Out  (Inside Higher Education)
Did You Know? College Closures Are On the Rise (The Martin Center)  
College rankings war heats up as Washington Monthly releases lists, calls out U.S. News  (University Business)

ADMINISTRATION

17     A Surge in Ransomware Attacks Costs Colleges and Universities Millions
SourcesRansomware attacks on US schools and colleges cost $3.56bn in 2021 (Comparitech)
Ransomware Attacks Against Higher Ed Increase (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
Righting ‘Historical Wrongs’ (Inside Higher Ed)
US campuses quickly embracing online student services platforms (Times Higher Education)
More Flexible Title IX Regs Pose New Dilemmas (Inside Higher Ed)
Abortion pills will soon be available on California campuses (Cal Matters)
Email scammers bilked VCU out of nearly $470,000, U.S. officials say (Washington Post)

How Data Is Changing the College Experience (Wall Street Journal)
Is scanning students’ brains the next frontier in education? (Times Higher Education)
Cintana seeks million-strong global student network (Times Higher Education)  
Campuses Are Going Back to Normal. This Group Has One Message: Stop. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Students Vote for Remote (Employees) (Inside Higher Education)Virtual Exchanges Promote Equity in Global Learning (Inside Higher Ed)
Bursting at the Seams and Battling in Court, Berkeley Faces an ‘Urgent and Real’ Student-Housing Crisis (Chronicle of Higher Education) 
White Minority in the Midwest (Inside Higher Ed)Expanding access is not a priority for top schools – Study  (University World News)
A Stalled Campaign to Enroll Low-Income Students (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Princeton Ups What It Gives in Aid (Inside Higher Ed)
Princeton to cover all college bills for families making up to $100,000 (Washington Post)
Ibram Kendi denounces black linguist for defending standardized tests (The College Fix)
Virtual Exchanges Promote Equity in Global Learning (Inside Higher Ed)
Enrollment update: Clear winners are emerging from pack early this fall (University Business)
One state offers lessons in how to cope with the college enrollment crisis (The Hechinger Report)
It’s Time to End Higher Ed’s Gimmicky Sales Tactics (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Is state disinvestment in higher ed a myth? The devil is in the details. (Higher Ed Dive)
Survey of Parents: They Want to Be Involved in College Choices (Inside Higher Ed)
Anxious parents want to hear directly from colleges as students decide where to enroll (Higher Ed Dive)
18    Colleges Face a New Public Health Crisis as Monkeypox Cases Mount
SourcesColleges Brace for a New Viral Threat: Monkeypox (Inside Higher Ed)
How Colleges Are Preparing for a New Public Health Threat: Monkeypox (NPR)
Colleges warn students about monkeypox risk as fall term approaches (Washington Post)

Further Reading
As students return to campus, higher ed must build on what we learned during the pandemic (The Hechinger Report)
Remote working ‘led to missed collaborations and groupthink’ (Times Higher Education)  

Study shows how mitigation measures limited COVID in class (University World News)
Overzealous Covid Measures Are Hurting Education (Chronicle of Higher Education)
UC Berkeley to require, but not enforce, indoor masks for students who decline flu vaccine (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fall’s Mask Mandate Outlook (Inside Higher Ed) COVID Goes Back to School (Inside Higher Ed)
Why Some Colleges Are Removing Their Covid-19 Vaccination Mandates (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Jury Awards $48M to Baylor Medical College (Inside Higher Ed)
Outsourcing Reproductive Health (Inside Higher Ed)
How to Support Students in Anti-Abortion States (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Fielding Questions About Abortion, Colleges Turn to a Familiar Vehicle: the Working Group (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Sexual-Assault Survivors of Color Seek Healing Outside the Title IX Office (Chronicle of Higher Education)
SDSU president defends decision to defer rape allegation to San Diego police (Los Angeles Times)  

campus life

19   Since the Pandemic, College Students’ Mental Health Continues to Worsen

Sources
Supporting students: What’s next for mental health (Christian Science Monitor)
Congress is starting to tackle student mental health (Hechinger Report)
Bills to Address Mental Health, Addiction on Campus Pass House (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
Would a ‘Designated Advocate’ Help Students in Crisis? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Are Coke and Pepsi Campuses Bad for Public Health? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Sent Away: When students in crisis ask for help, will they be kicked off campus? Depends on the College. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
This Texas college’s focus on mental health helps students work through trauma, stay on track (Hechinger Report)
Three VA Universities Collaborate on Better Mental Health Support (College Post)
Hiring more college mental health counselors is not the only or the best answer for today’s struggling students (Hechinger Report)
House Bill Requires Campuses to Report Student Accidents (College Post)
Why Johnny Can’t Relax (James G. Martin Center)

Aiming for Excellence (Harvard Magazine)  
Why we need a different national conversation about mental health on college campuses  (The Hechinger Report)
A ‘Crisis’ of Student Anxiety?  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Color-Coded Mental Health  (City Journal)
Why Students Are Skipping Class So Often, and How to Bring Them Back  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
As More Stressed-Out Students Consider Dropping Out, Surgeon General Pushes College Leaders to Ramp Up Support  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
USC breakaway fraternities make own rules, defy campus ban  (Los Angeles Times)
USC fraternity battle spotlights academia’s failings on abuse  (Times Higher Education)
Greek life chapters are rejecting their colleges. Here’s what it means.  (Higher Ed Dive)
What to Know About Fraternities Cutting Ties With Their Colleges  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Is There a Place for LGBTQ+ Students in Greek Life?  (Inside Higher Ed)
Bonding Over the Trauma of Hazing  (Inside Higher Education)

     PUBLIC TRUST

REGULation

20    Biden Administration Proposes Sweeping Changes to Title IXSources
Biden Administration Expands Title IX Protections – But Sidesteps Trans Athlete Question (Time)
Biden’s Title IX Overhaul (Inside Higher Ed)
Biden Administration Moves to Expand Title IX to Eliminate Gender-Exclusive College Facilities, Sports Teams (National Review)
Proposed Title IX regulations would roll back essential free speech, due process protections for college students (The Fire)

Further Reading
Appeals Court Allows Ex-Professor’s Title IX Suit for Employment Bias (Inside Higher Ed)
Biden Administration Overhauls Title IX Rules on School Sexual Discrimination (Wall Street Journal)
Biden redraws US campus sexual misconduct rules (Times Higher Education)
U.S. Department of Education proposes revisions to regulations on managing Title IX cases (Stanford Report)
Here’s How Title IX Could Change Under Biden’s Proposed Rule (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Colleges Should Pay Up When They Mishandle Harassment, a Title IX Pioneer Says (Chronicle of Higher Education)
5 proposed Title IX rule changes colleges should know (Higher Ed Dive)
Biden’s draft Title IX rule would allow the single-investigator model. Should it? (Higher Ed Dive)
Biden officials prepare to blow up Trump’s rules on sexual misconduct in schools (Politico)
The unintended consequences of a Title IX rule delay (Weekly Education)
Sexual abuse prevention groups call for Education Department to investigate nondisclosure agreement use  (Higher Ed Dive)
Inside the Title IX Tribunal (Law & Liberty)
Remembering Title IX Abuses (James G. Martin Center)
U.S. Proposes New Title IX Rules on Sexual Assault, Discrimination (Diverse Education)
New Rules on Title IX (Inside Higher Ed)Title IX Proposal Would Add Protections for Pregnant Students (Inside Higher Ed)
More Flexible Title IX Regs Pose New Dilemmas (Inside Higher Ed)
Biden’s proposed Title IX rule almost certain to find itself in legal crosshairs (Higher Ed Dive)    
College Joe Meets Biden's Title IX
(Real Clear Education)
21   Legal Challenges May Hinder Expanded Title IX Protections for Transgender Students

Sources
New Title IX regulatory plan broadens sexual violence cases colleges must investigate, firms up LGBTQ protections (Higher Ed Dive)
For Transgender Students, Title IX Changes Could Reopen Doors Closed Under Trump (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Legal fights over pronouns may thwart Cardona’s plan to help trans students (Politico)

Further Reading
As Title IX turns 50, it plays a surprise role in transgender athlete access debate (Los Angeles Times)
Sweeping Title IX changes would shield trans students, abuse survivors (Washington Post)
Biden Administration Proposes Changing Title IX to Include Transgender Students (Daily Signal)
20 states again ask court to block Ed Dept’s policy that Title IX protects LGBTQ students (Higher Ed Dive)
Title IX reminds us that the cultural left will lose (Spectator World)
The ‘Social Justice Factory’ and Biden’s Title IX Regulations (Minding the Campus)
Federal Judge Blocks Title IX Guidance on Transgender Students (Inside Higher Ed)
Federal judge blocks Education Department’s Title IX guidance that protects transgender students (Politico)
Biden administration and conservatives dig in for Title IX fight (Washington Examiner)
22     The New Title IX Rules and the Future of Due ProcessSources Back to the Title IX Legal Steamroller (Wall Street Journal)
Expect the Title IX Inquisition (Tablet)
Biden’s Sex Police (Common Sense)

Further Reading
Is Title IX Creating a College Quasi Court? (Inside Higher Ed)
Notable & Quotable: Judge Jose Cabranes on Title IX (Wall Street Journal)
Education Department Proposes Title IX Regulation to Restrict Free Speech (Minding the Campus)
What Biden’s Title IX Rules Mean for Due Process (Inside Higher Ed)
Biden Renews Obama’s Attack on Campus Due Process (Wall Street Journal)

Biden’s Other Title IX Outrage
 (The Wall Street Journal)
In Tenn., a Lawmaker Tells Colleges to Scrub References to Gay and Transgender Rights Under Title IX (Chronicle of Higher Education)
University scientists criticize new ‘gender identity’ revision in federal law  (The College Fix)
Are Jewish Colleges Illegal in New York City?  (National Review)
University approaches Supreme Court in LGBTQ club case  (University World News)
23   The 50th Anniversary of Title IX 
SourcesFifty Years On, Title IX’s Legacy Includes Its Durability (New York Times)
Falling Short at Fifty (USA Today)
Former Education Sec. Betsy DeVos sounds off on rumored Biden Title IX changes: ‘A bridge too far’ (Fox News)


Further Reading
A Look at 11 Years of Title IX Policy (Higher Ed Dive)
24   Title IX’s Particular Sports Quandary
SourcesNCAA Issues Report to Mark 50th Anniversary of Title IX (Diverse Issues in Higher Education)
Female Athletes ‘Clear Losers’ in Biden’s Title IX Rule Change, Protesters Argue (Daily Signal)
Women’s rights groups call on Biden administration to update Title IX rules for transgender athletes (The Hill)
Title IX and the Rise and Fall of Women’s Sports (Wall Street Journal)

Further Reading
Growing Participation, Widening Funding Gap (Inside Higher Ed)
Oklahoma public colleges now require proof of sex to participate in sports (The College Fix)
Penn Nominates Lia Thomas for NCAA Woman of the Year Award (Inside Higher Ed)
Michigan State asks Supreme Court to take Title IX case caused by cut of swimming teams (USA Today)
Five U.S. senators re-introduce "College Athletes Bill of Rights" focused on compensation, Title IX compliance (USA Today)
25   Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: Control Freak? Or Savior of Higher Education? 
SourcesIn Florida, DeSantis’s plans for colleges rattle some academics (Washington Post)
A Grab for Power (Inside Higher Ed)
DeSantis seeks control over universities, targeting tenure, ‘politicized’ classes (United Faculty of Florida)
The Strategy Behind DeSantis’ Culture War (ChristopherRufo.com)
Ron DeSantis Can Save America’s Universities (National Review)

Further Reading
College Professors Drop Slavery Role-Playing Lesson Over Concerns It Upsets Students (Wall Street Journal)
Legislation to Limit Critical Race Theory at Colleges Has Reached Fever Pitch (Chronicle of Higher Education)
DeSantis ‘wants to put trustees in charge of faculty hiring’ (Times Higher Education)
Florida law limiting LGBTQ discussions takes effect — and rocks schools (Washington Post)
Professors in Florida Are Feeling the Chill From Desantis’ Education Legislation (Miami Herald)
Woke-up call: UF president sends video to faculty to deal with DeSantis-backed bill (University Business)
DeSantis’ ‘Stop WOKE Act’ faces court test as universities become targets. At issue: free speech (Tallahassee Democrat)

Florida ‘Stop Woke’ Law on Racial-Sensitivity Training Faces Legal Hurdles  (Wall Street Journal)
New Suit Against Florida’s Stop WOKE Act  (Inside Higher Ed)
Why a judge put the brakes on Florida’s Stop WOKE Act  (Higher Ed Dive)
Federal Court Rules Against Florida Law Banning "Woke" Workplace Training  (Reason)
Do Laws Against Workplace Harassment Violate Free Speech?  (Wall Street Journal)
UF faculty survey shows a desire to leave, low confidence in leadership  (Tampa Bay Times)
Inside the Academic-Freedom Crisis That Roiled Florida’s Flagship  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
DeSantis Ally Recommended for Florida System Chancellor Post  (Inside Higher Ed)
U.S. Tells Harvard It Could Be Liable for Retaliation by Professors  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Back to Work, Not Back to Normal  (Inside Higher Ed)
San Diego State Waited Months to Investigate Rape Accusations. Could the University Have Moved Faster?  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Affirmative Action’s Big Win Always Had an Asterisk  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
What to Know About Affirmative Action Today  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Harvard’s Affirmative Action Rationale Is Bogus  (City Journal)
Through Harvard’s Looking-Glass on Racial Preferences  (National Review)
How Affirmative Action Was Derailed by Diversity  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
After Affirmative Action  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
What Would the End of Race-Conscious Admissions Mean for Minority Enrollment?  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Enrolling Diverse Students When Race Is Off the Table  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Education Dept. ousts college accreditor from oversight role  (Washington Post)
Education Department Terminates Controversial Accreditor  (Inside Higher Ed)
Feds yank ACICS’ recognition, add strict requirements on colleges it accredited  (Higher Ed Dive)
What’s next for colleges accredited by ACICS?   (Higher Ed Dive)
ACICS, Controversial Accreditor, Gives Up the Fight  (Inside Higher Ed)  
Test proctoring room scans violated college student’s privacy, judge rules  (Higher Ed Dive)
Students Say Room Scans During Online Tests Are Invasive. Now a Judge Agrees.  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
University can’t scan students’ rooms during remote tests, judge rules  (The Verge)  

CRITIQUE

26   Blame Students—or Campus Leaders—for Campus Intellectual Conformity? 
SourcesA new political divide: Nearly Half of College Students Wouldn’t Room With Someone Who Votes Differently (NBC News)
Understanding the Campus Expression Climate (Heterodox Academy)
The Real Chill on Campus (The Atlantic)
Speaking Up About College Presidents Speaking Out (The Hill)
Did You Know? UNC-Chapel Hill Now Has Some of the Best Free-Speech Policies in the Nation (James G. Martin Center)
George Washington University Will Retain Clarence Thomas as a Professor Amid Protest  (CNN)
University Refuses to Fire Professor Accused of Saying Black Children Learn Better by Chanting, Singing (Chronicle of Higher Education)
UW System to survey all students about campus free speech (Wisconsin Public Radio)
Dissecting the Campus Speech Problem (Inside Higher Ed)
New AGB Resource Prepares Higher Education Board Members to Balance Freedom of Speech with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Association of Governing Boards)

Further Reading
How Well Does Your College Encourage Students to Freely Express Views? (University Business)
Afraid to Speak Up or Out (Inside Higher Ed)
The Liberal College Bubble Must Burst (Minding the Campus)
The New No. 1 Rule in Academia: Don’t Hurt Anyone’s Feelings (National Review)
An Affront to Open Discourse’ (Inside Higher Ed)
USC Faces Investigation Over Alleged Student Harassment (Inside Higher Ed)
Who’s Afraid of a Little Data? (James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal)
University of Wisconsin System Delays Controversial Survey (Inside Higher Ed)
America’s Censored Classrooms (PEN America)
Make Freedom of Speech Liberal Again (Wall Street Journal)
Laval Suspensions Fuel Canadian Free Speech Debates (Times Higher Education)
Using race in college admissions protected by First Amendment, groups say (Washington Post)
Weaponizing Title IX to Punish Speech (National Review)    
At Yale, Buckley’s Legacy Offers Intellectual Freedom (National Review)
American U Clears Law Student for Sharing Pro-Choice Views   (Inside Higher Ed)
UNC Chapel Hill student government commits to follow First Amendment after suggesting it wouldn’t fund pro-life student groups (Princetonians for Free Speech)
The Reopening of the American Mind (James G Martin Center)

The Future of the NEH: Q&A With Chair Shelly Lowe  (Inside Higher Ed)
Woke Ideologues Are Taking Over American Art Museums  (Wall Street Journal)
How Teachers Are Secretly Taught Critical Race Theory  (Wall Street Journal)  
27   If You Can’t Get ‘Em One Way… Proxy Prosecutions and Free Speech 
SourcesPrinceton’s Warning to its Campus community: Speak at Your Own Risk (Washington Post)
Princeton Fires Professor for Misconduct (Inside Higher Ed)
Penn Law Dean Asks Faculty Senate to Impose Major Sanctions on Controversial Law Professor (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)
Amy Wax Plans to Fight Penn (Inside Higher Ed)
Academic Freedom’s Proxy Wars (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Free Speech and Due Process at Princeton: The Case of Joshua Katz (Quillette)
Letter to the University of Pennsylvania (Academic Freedom Alliance)
My Amy Wax Problem (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
In Defense of Joshua Katz (Academe)
Is Penn Going to Punish Amy Wax? (Inside Higher Ed)
Penn Law Professor Amy Wax Should Be Fired (Philadelphia Tribune)
Dysfunction In The Ivy League (Forbes)
The Ivy League Scolds Come for Amy Wax (Spectator World)

The faulty towers of higher education  (The Spectator USA)
Does the American University Deserve to Survive?
 (Law & Liberty)
‘It’s propaganda’: Jordan Peterson and Hillsdale College president discuss college indoctrination  (The College Fix)
Why I Left Academia (Since You're Wondering)  (Quillette)
On Pre-Political English  (Athwart)
Yokel Wokeism in Western Pennsylvania  (The American Conservative)
The Unmaking of American History by the Woke Mob  (Wall Street Journal)
The Suicide of the American Historical Association  (AIER Daily Economy)
Nikole Hannah-Jones has taken over the history profession  (The Spectator USA)
Colleges Must Stop Trying to Appease the Right  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
No War but the Culture War?  (Chronicle of Higher Education)

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TERTIARY EDUCATION

28   Millions of Borrowers Have No Degree to Show for Their Debt 
SourcesThe Potential Dark Side of a White-Hot Labor Market (New York Times)
They Got the Debt, but Not the Degree (New York Times)

Further Reading
Yes, It’s Possible to Lower the Cost and Increase the Value of College (National Review)
Student Debt’s Impact on Perceived Value of College (Inside Higher Ed)
Decoding the price of college: Complexity of figuring out costs holds students back (Hechinger Report)
They overcame poverty to get to college. Then they saw the housing costs. (Washington Post)
Back to School? A Higher Ed Crisis  (AIER - Daily Economy)

Student-Loan Forgiveness Raises a Question About College  (Wall Street Journal)
Higher-Value Higher Ed  (National Review)
Compilation on Measuring the Value of Higher Education  (Inside Higher Education)
Some Colleges Don’t Produce Big Earners. Are They Worth It?  (New York Times)
Degrees do pay off, and this state university system is proof  (University Business)
Back to School? A Higher Ed Crisis  (AIER - Daily Economy)  

Politics

29   Changes Planned to Some Student Loans 
SourcesBiden to limit ways that interest can inflate student loan costs (Washington Post)
What’s Happening With Income-Share Agreements? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Purdue Backs Off Income-Share Agreements (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
Borrower-Defense Claims Could Be Paid by Colleges (Inside Higher Ed)
New Proposed Rule Could Transform Student Loan Interest (The Hill)
When an Idea to Expand Access Backfires (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Biden proposals would help overhaul student loan system. Some say it isn’t enough.(Washington Post)
The next inflation-driven worry: Rising college tuition (Washington Post)
Why competition isn’t always the answer to high college costs (Hechinger Report)
Twilight of income-share agreements to pay for college? (Hechinger Report)    
Biden Revives the Title IX Menace (National Review Online)  
Mandatory Reporting Is Exactly Not What Victims Need (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Will Biden’s debt cancellation jump-start talks to rewrite federal student aid policy?  (Higher Ed Dive)  
Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Makes Reform Urgent  (Wall Street Journal)
To Fix Student Debt, We Must Destroy Its Source  (The Federalist)
President Biden’s targeted student debt cancellation helps, but the next generation needs a path to a debt-free degree  (The Hechinger Report)
When Debating Student Loan Debt, Keep College Access in Mind as the End Goal  (The Hechinger Report)
Did You Know? Both Parties Agree that College Needs to Change  (The Martin Center)
Higher Education Is About to Get Even More Political  (Washington Post)
30   Debt Déjà Vu All Over Again 
SourceInside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Chief Academic Officers (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
When Building a Diverse Leadership, Emphasize Culture, Not Quotas (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Fired Georgetown College President Files Lawsuit (Insider Higher Ed)
Colorado Board Censures Regent for Mistreating Colleagues (Inside Higher ED)

How Higher Ed Can Help Remedy K-12 Learning Losses  (Inside Higher Ed)
U.S. high schools must take note and take action after dismal NAEP score report  (The Hechinger Report)
Corey DeAngelis Explains Why America’s Students Are Failing  (National Review)
New NAEP Test Scores Are a Disaster. Blame Teachers Unions.  (Daily Signal)
The Pandemic Generation Goes to College. It Has Not Been Easy.  (New York Times)
Catholic schools outperformed public schools across the nation. Here’s why  (The Lion)
31   Student Debt, C’est Moi  
SourcesBiden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan to Cancel Up to $20,000 in Debt for Millions (Wall Street Journal)
Biden to Cancel $10,000 in Student Loan Debt for Borrowers Earning Less Than $125,000 (New York Times)
Forgiving Student Loans: Budgetary Costs and Distributional Impact
(Penn Wharton)
Joe Biden’s student debt cancellation move triggers fears of ‘inflationary fire’  (Financial Times)

Further Reading
Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Makes Reform Urgent (Wall Street Journal)
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan: What to Know  (Wall Street Journal)
Biden’s Half-Trillion-Dollar Student-Loan Executive Coup  (Wall Street Journal
Here’s everything you need to know about Biden’s latest student loan system changes  (Higher Ed Dive)
Inside Biden’s Debt Relief Plan  (Inside Higher Ed)
Biden’s Next Bad Idea for Higher Education (Education Next)

Biden to cancel up to $10,000 in student loans, $20K for Pell recipients  (Washington Post)
Biden Cancels Student Loan Debt for Millions  (Inside Higher Ed)
Biden cancels $10,000 in student loan debt for those earning up to $125,000 a year  (Higher Ed Dive)
Biden slashes $300 billion in student debt  (Times Higher Education)
Who qualifies for Biden’s plan to cancel $10,000 in student debt?  (Washington Post)
What to know about Pell Grants  (Washington Post)
Black Colleges Gauge Student-Loan Relief  (Wall Street Journal)
Here’s everything you need to know about Biden’s latest student loan system changes  (Higher Ed Dive)
Who has student loan debt in America?  (Washington Post)
Biden Just Forgave Some Student-Loan Debt. Now What?
 (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Student loan forgiveness application coming in October, White House says
 (Washington Post)
People with student loans from defunct federal program seek relief  (Washington Post)  
32   $5.8 Billion in Student Loans Wiped Out For Corinthian College Students
SourcesEducation Dept. to clear $5.8B in debt of Corinthian Colleges students (Washington Post)
Ed Dept to Cancel $5.8B in Loans for Corinthian College Students (College Post)
$5.8 Billion in Loans Will Be Forgiven for Corinthian Colleges Students (New York Times)
Americans support student loan forgiveness, but would rather rein in college costs (NPR)
Debt Relief Has Public Support (Inside Higher Ed)

Further Reading
U.S. forgives nearly $6 billion in loans to former students of Corinthian Colleges (San Francisco Chronicle)
U.S. Cancels $5.8 Billion in Student Loans, the Most Ever (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Education Dept. to cancel $6 billion in debt for defrauded borrowers (Washington Post)
$6 billion student loan settlement gets preliminary approval (Washington Post)