13    Coronavirus Pandemic Brings Big Changes to the College-Applications Process
SourcesThe College Board Is Eliminating the SAT Essay and Subject Tests and Reviving Plans to Offer the SAT Online (Forbes)
‍The Faux Righteousness of Test-Optional Admissions (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍UC Numbers Soar, CSU’s Drop as Pandemic Upends College Application Season (Los Angeles Times)
Further ReadingBeyond ‘Test-Optional’: Some ‘Test-Free’ Colleges Drop the SAT And ACT Entirely (Washington Post)
‍The College-Entrance Exam Is 9 Hours Long. Covid-19 Made It Harder. (New York Times)
‍College Acceleration for All? Mapping Racial Gaps in Advanced Placement and Dual Enrollment Participation (American Enterprise Institute)
‍Community Colleges Dropped Test Scores For Class Placements Amid Pandemic: Report (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Performance Matters Most (City Journal)
‍Scholars: Replace the College Board with New Providers of Standardized Tests (National Association of Scholars)
‍A Progressive Assault on Selective High Schools (Wall Street Journal)

College Board’s own research at odds with its decision to axe the essay portion of the SAT  (The Hechinger Report)
‍AP tests will be offered at home or in school as virus crisis persists, but this time exams will be of normal length  (Washington Post)
‍States Weigh Making College-Aid Forms a Graduation Requirement  (Wall Street Journal)

14   A Lost Generation? The Pandemic Is Causing Steep Enrollment Declines, Especially Among First-Year Students

Sources 
Undergraduate-Enrollment Picture Worsens as Pandemic Drags On (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Plummeting Community-College Enrollments: Inside the Numbers (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The Real Covid-19 Enrollment Crisis: Fewer Low-Income Students Went Straight to College (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Fewer High School Seniors Seek College Aid (Wall Street Journal)
‍Enrollment Still Down With Three-Quarters of Colleges Reporting (Higher Ed Dive)
COVID-19 Gender Gap: Female Enrollment Rises at Four-Year Public Colleges, Male Enrollment Drops (College Fix)
‍Further Reading
Cal State Schools See Enrollments Surge During COVID-19 Pandemic (Los Angeles Times)
‍How to raise Rural Enrollment in Higher Education? Go Local. (Washington Post)
‍UC Numbers Soar, CSU’s Drop as Pandemic Upends College Application Season (Los Angeles Times)
When the Community Can’t Go to College (Weekly Education)
‍Where Latino Student Enrollment Is Rising (Hechinger Report)
‍Progress in Getting Underrepresented People Into College and Skilled Jobs May Be Stalling Because of the Pandemic (Hechinger Report)
‍‘A Lost Generation’: Community Colleges Report Record Enrollment Declines (Route Fifty)
‍Number of Rural Students Planning on Going to College Plummets (Hechinger Report)
‍PROOF POINTS: Number of Students Enrolled in Job-Focused Degree Programs Dropping by Double Digits (Hechinger Report)
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Number of Undergraduate College Degrees, Certificates Stalls: Report  (Higher Ed Dive)
‍A steady stream of Latino students were arriving on college campuses. Then the pandemic hit.  (Washington Post)

The Heavy Cost of an Empty Campus  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Students Suing After Colleges Charged Them For Services That Were Shut Down During Pandemic  (Daily Wire)

15     Bye-bye Spring Break, Hello “Wellness Days”SourcesWhere Campuses Reopened, Covid-19 Cases Spiked. Where Colleges Went Remote, They Declined. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Colleges Are Canceling Spring Break. In Its Place: ‘Wellness Days’ (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Spring Break Cancellations Spark Mental Health Concerns for College Students (NBCNews.com)Further ReadingThe Pandemic May Have Changed International Recruiting Forever (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Princeton Will Allow Many More Students to Live on Campus in Spring Term Amid the Pandemic (Washington Post)
‍College Students Hit The Road After an Eerie Pandemic Semester. Will the Virus Go Home With Them? (Washington Post)
‍Harvard’s Spring Pandemic Plan Could Double the Number of Undergraduates on Campus (Washington Post)
‍Columbia University Bans 70 MBA Students From Classes After COVID-19 Travel Violation (Connect FM Radio)
‍The 5 Biggest Lessons We’ve Learned About How Coronavirus Spreads on Campus (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Students Aren’t Learning Life Skills; Colleges Need to Teach Them (James G. Martin Center)
‍Covid Is the Big Story on Campus. College Reporters Have the Scoop. (New York Times)
‍Young People Have Less Covid-19 Risk, but in College Towns, Deaths Rose Fast (New York Times)
‍Many Universities Preemptively Canceling Spring Break 2021 in Bid to Limit COVID Spread (CBS New York)
‍Barnes & Noble Education CFO Eyes More Cuts as Campuses Remain Closed (Wall Street Journal)
‍Covid Prompts Vacation-Resort Concept for Online Studying (Times Higher Education)

Some Colleges Revamped the Academic Calendar in Response to the Pandemic. Here’s What They Learned.  (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Even in a Pandemic, Campus Housing Restrictions Don’t Apply to Greek Life  (The James G. Martin Center)

16     Isolated and Depressed—A Mental-Health Crisis for College Students
SourcesMeet Covid-19’s Freshman Class (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Spring Break Cancellations Spark Mental Health Concerns (NBC News)
‍Suburban College Student Dies by Suicide After Struggling With Isolation (NBC News)Further ReadingWhy Some College Dorm Policies Are Driving Students Into Depression (Forbes)
‍Covid-19 Has Wreaked Havoc on Young People’s Lives. We Owe It to Them to See This Through. (Washington Post)
‍The First Semester of College Has Never Been Stranger (New York Times)
‍Mental Health Epidemic: Dark Shadow of the COVID Pandemic (Inside Higher Ed)
‍How the Pandemic Is Impacting College Students’ Mental Health (PBS)

Congress Made 3 Million College Students Newly Eligible for SNAP Food Aid. Here’s What Must Come Next  (The Century Foundation)
‍How the Pandemic Put More Strain on Students Last Fall  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Isolated in dorm rooms or stuck at home, some freshmen wonder if college is worth it  (The Hechinger Report)
‍Did You Know? Of Students Seeking Mental Health Help, 33% Cite the Pandemic  (The James G. Martin Center)

17     Testing Proves to be a Powerful Tool for Keeping Campuses OpenSources 
Nearly 70 UNC–Chapel Hill Faculty Members Call for Virtual Reopen for Spring Semester in Op-Ed (ABC news)
Colleges Learn How to Suppress Coronavirus: Extensive Testing (New York Times)
U-Md. Refers 150 Students to Conduct Office for Failing to Comply With Coronavirus Testing, Safety Requirements (Washington Post)
A Student Dies, and a Campus Gets Serious About Coronavirus (New York Times)
Further Reading
Colleges Are Sending Students Home for Thanksgiving at the Worst Possible Time (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍As the Pandemic Worsens, Colleges Prepare to Test Their Spring Plans (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Colleges Weigh Whether to Require Covid-19 Vaccines, or Just Urge Them (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Stanford Scraps Plans to Invite Students Back After Reaffirming Them Repeatedly (Stanford Daily)
‍UC San Diego Detects Coronavirus in Wastewater Samples From Five Areas of Campus (Los Angeles Times)
‍Some Colleges Plan to Bring Back More Students in the Spring (New York Times)

Biden Wants Colleges to Be ‘Partners’ in Vaccine Delivery. Here’s What They’re Doing Already. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
A California University Tries to Shield an Entire City From Coronavirus  (The New York Times)
‍ACE, Other Associations Outline How Higher Education Can Help Combat COVID-19  (American Council on Education)

18     Pressure Builds for Spring Reopening, but Is It Safe? Sources 
Parents, Students Push Colleges to Open More in Spring: ‘I Wish I Was in a Dorm With My Friends’ (Washington Post)
‍The 5 Biggest Lessons We’ve Learned About How Coronavirus Spreads on Campus (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Princeton Will Allow Many More Students to Live on Campus in Spring Term Amid the Pandemic (Washington Post)
‍Where Campuses Reopened, Covid-19 Cases Spiked. Where Colleges Went Remote, They Declined. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
The Unsettled Semester (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Spring Semester at U-Md. Will Bring More In-Person Classes, Introduce Coronavirus Vaccine Task Force (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍As the Pandemic Worsens, Colleges Prepare to Test Their Spring Plans (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍With Covid Cases High, U. of Florida Expands In-Person Classes Sixfold (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍US Campuses Tied by Data Analysis to Major Community Covid Spreads (Times Higher Education)
‍How Colleges Can Spring Forward (Inside Higher Ed)

Swift Vaccinations, a ‘Normal’ Spring, and Other Wishful Thinking  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Mandatory vaccinations for students would be a mistake  (Times Higher Education)
‍Tracking Colleges’ Spring-Reopening Plans  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Georgetown University staff resist after being asked to take new public health roles or unpaid leave  (Washington Post)
‍Live Coronavirus Updates: Here’s the Latest  (Chronicle of Higher Education)

19    California Voters Once Again Reject Lifting Affirmative Action BanSources
The Duo That Defeated the ‘Diversity Industry’ (Wall Street Journal)
‍Why California Rejected Racial Preferences, Again (The Atlantic)
Further Reading
Justice Department Drops Yale University Admissions Lawsuit (Wall Street Journal)
‍Justice Department drops lawsuit accusing Yale University of discriminating against Asian and White applicants (Washington Post)
‍Justice Department’s Withdrawal Of Yale Admissions Discrimination Suit Doesn’t End Affirmative Action Fight (Forbes)
‍US ends lawsuit challenging Yale’s use of race in admissions (Times Higher Education)
‍Biden DOJ dismisses discrimination suit against Yale  (Power Line)

Va. House votes to force public colleges to reckon with ties to slavery, create scholarships or other programs (Washington Post)
‍In Iowa, Public Colleges Scramble to Ward Off Claims of Bias and Threat to Tenure (Chronicle of Higher Education)

20   Harvard vs. Asian American Discrimination Case Inches Closer to the Supreme Court 
SourcesHarvard Didn’t Violate Federal Civil-Rights Law, Appellate Court Determines (Wall Street Journal)
‍Harvard vs. Asian-Americans (Wall Street Journal)
‍Harvard Admissions ‘Is Not Biased Against Asian Americans,’ Appeals Court Rules (The College Fix) Further Reading
Appeals Court Upholds Ruling That Harvard Admissions Process Does Not Discriminate Against Asian Americans (Washington Post)
‍UNC Trial Opens With Dispute Over Its ‘Holistic’ Admissions Policies (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Harvard Doesn’t Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants, U.S. Appeals Court Rules (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Federal Appeals Court Sides With Harvard in Race Discrimination Lawsuit (Daily Signal)
‍Appeals Court Rules in Harvard’s Favor in Admissions Lawsuit (Harvard Magazine) 

21   Ed Department Stands By Its Foreign Funding Investigation 
SourceEducation Department Disputes Georgetown’s Claim That Foreign Funding Investigation Is Winding Down (College Fix)
Further Reading
Europe ‘Set to Gain’ on Research From US-China Falling Out (Times Higher Education)

Scrutiny of Chinese researchers threatens innovation  (The Conversation)
‍MIT funds defence of scientist accused of undisclosed China ties  (Times Higher Education)
‍Charges Against MIT Professor Underscore Geopolitical Risks of International Collaborations  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍DOJ Weighs Amnesty for Academics to Disclose Foreign Funding  (Wall Street Journal)

22   Supreme Court to Hear College Athletic-Pay Arguments 
SourcesSupreme Court to Hear NCAA Antitrust Case on College-Athlete Compensation (Wall Street Journal)
‍Supreme Court Takes on College Athlete Pay (Inside Higher Education)
‍The College Athletes Who Are Allowed to Make Big Bucks: Cheerleaders (New York Times)

23   Will the Ed Dept. Continue to Investigate Princeton for Systemic Racism? 
SourceEd Dept. Confirms It Is Still Investigating Princeton For Systemic Racism (College Fix)

24     What Will Be the Legacy of Washington Outsider Betsy DeVos?SourceBetsy DeVos Leaves a Controversial Legacy That Could Soon Be Reversed (Washington Post)
‍How Betsy DeVos Bent the Nation’s Education Debate in Four Tense Years (Ed Week)
‍Betsy DeVos Resigns as Education Secretary, Citing Trump’s Role in Riot (Washington Post)
‍DeVos Finally Found Something to Protest. It Wasn’t Trump’s Higher-Ed Policy. (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Little Legacy on Higher Ed—Except Controversy (Inside Higher Ed)  
‘Potential Grizzlies’ and Betsy DeVos’s Other Greatest Hits (Washington Post)
Further ReadingWhat Biden Actually Promised About Replacing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (Washington Post)  
‍‘Good Riddance’ and Other Reactions to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s Resignation (Washington Post)
‍DeVos Vows to Withhold Desegregation Aid to Schools Over Transgender Athletes (New York Times)
‍How DeVos May Have Started a Counterrevolution in Education (New York Times)
‍An Exit Interview with Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (American Enterprise Institute)
‍Betsy DeVos Speaks Out on 4 Years of ‘Truly Disheartening’ Attacks (National Review)
‍Betsy DeVos’s Education Record (Wall Street Journal)
‍Betsy DeVos’s Higher Ed Legacy (Forbes)

25     A Case of “Reverse Canceling”… Doing Away With Campus Cops… and Is an Equitable Campus Even Possible?SourcesA “Reverse Canceling” and Its Critics (Minding the Campus)  
‍Cops Under Fire: 43 Protests Since June at Colleges Nationwide Target Campus Police (College Fix)
‍‘Is Inclusion Even Possible?’ (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Further Reading
For Teacher Training, Drop Critical Theory and Add Character (James G. Martin Center)
‍Critical Race Training Can’t Work with Civil Rights Law  (Law & Liberty)
‍The Outrage Peddlers Are Here to Stay (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍UVA and the Dangerous Politicization of Our College Campuses (James G. Martin Center)
‍The Moral Contortions of the New University (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Dear Humanists: You Have Done That Yourself (James G. Martin Center)
‍‘The Theory and Practice of Anarcho-Tyranny’ (Stream.org)
‍At Wharton, a New Leader Confronts the Culture Wars (New York Times)
‍‘The Tyranny of Merit’ Review: The Cream Also Rises (Wall Street Journal)
‍The 2020 Election (National Association of Scholars)  
‍Respect the University (Minding the Campus)
‍Higher Education Needs to Share the Blame for National Disunity (Minding the Campus)
‍The Political Unfolding of California’s Racial Reckoning: From Affirmative Action to Critical Race Theory (Minding the Campus)
‍Prejudice Under the Microscope: The Implicit Association Test (Part II) (Minding the Campus)  
‍The Purge of Conservative Voices Proceeds Apace (Powerline)

UCLA faculty collective demands campus policing be defunded, abolished  (College Fix)

University of Illinois just learned a very important First Amendment lesson  (Campus Reform)
‍Resisting Cancel Culture  (ACTA)
‍Scholarship Versus Racial Identity in Anthropology  (NAS Minding the Campus)
‍Say What You Please, Even If You Don’t Back it with Reasons  (NAS Minding the Campus)
‍The Campaign to Stamp Out Academic Heresy  (The James G. Martin Center)
‍The Office of Free Speech: A Not-So-Modest Proposal for Academia  (Econlib)
‍Ethnic Studies Curriculum Promotes Divisiveness and Indoctrination  (The Lighthouse)
‍Why Civil Discourse Should Be the Fruit of a Liberal Arts Education  (The Daily Signal)
‍What's in a Syllabus? The Keys to Undoing Academic Freedom, If We're Not Careful  (The James G. Martin Center)
‍How to Save the Humanities Ph.D.? Kill the Doctoral Seminar  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The War on Military History (Bloomberg)
‍In Defense of Free Expression  (NAS Minding the Campus)
‍We Love Diversity, But Hate Differences (NAS Minding the Campus)

1776 - On the 1776 Commission.  (The New Criterion)
‍What’s Next for 1776 Commission and the Fight to Preserve US History  (The Daily Signal)
‍Did You Know? The 1776 Report—a Half-Done Project  (The James G. Martin Center)
‍Georgia lawmaker questions how state colleges teach American history  (Statesboro Herald)

Trump and the Failure of the Expert Class  (Wall Street Journal)

26     The New Vice President Puts HBCUs in the National SpotlightSourceKamala Harris, BLM Protests Put a New Spotlight on HBCUs. Many Now Hope for a Financial Reckoning. (Washington Post)‍
Further Reading
Howard University Receives $1 Million to Open Women’s Center (Washington Post)
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Morehouse College to launch online program aimed at helping Black men with some credits finish degree  (Washington Post)

27     Is a Four-Year Degree Still Worth It?SourcesThe Flight To Quality In Colleges Grows: Harvard Applications Up 57% (Forbes)
‍A Reason To Be Skeptical Of College For All (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Blueprints for Reform (The James G. Martin Center)
‍Is This The End Of College As We Know It? (Wall Street Journal)
‍Howard Gardner: teach students how to ‘synthesise’, not memorise (Times Higher Education)‍
Further Reading
Can a College’s ‘Culture’ Actually Build Its Resilience? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Community Colleges Can Be Engines of Economic Recovery (New York Times)
‍Biden And Trump: “Higher Education: What’s That?” (Forbes)
‍How to raise rural enrollment in higher education? Go local. (The Hechinger Report)
100 colleges with the best ROI (Stacker)

28     Former ITT Technical Institute Students off the Hook for $330 Million in Predatory LoansSourcesSettlement Cancels $330 Million in Private Loans to ITT Students (New York Times)
‍What Biden’s Election Could Mean for Student Loans (New York Times)‍
Further Reading
US auditors warn of deception in non-profit college conversions  (Times Higher Education)
‍Dubious Conversions of For-Profit Colleges: Decoding the GAO Report  (The Century Foundation)
‍Voters Overwhelmingly Support Guardrails on For-Profit Colleges, Finds TCF and Data for Progress Poll  (The Century Foundation)‍

29     A Doctor in the White House? Opinions Differ.
SourcesIs There a Doctor in the White House? Not if You Need an M.D. (Wall Street Journal)
‍That Op-Ed About Jill Biden Is Awful. Northwestern’s Response Might Be Worse (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍That Op-Ed About Jill Biden Was Sexist. But the Real Problem Lies Deeper (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Is Jill Biden US Higher Education’s Secret Weapon? (Times Higher Education)‍
Further Reading
The Biden Team Strikes Back (Wall Street Journal)
‍The Making of a Misogynist (Commentary)
‍Joseph Epstein Is Not a Fan of the Modern University  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Academic Freedom in Chicagoland (Law and Liberty)

30     What Can Higher Ed Expect from the New Administration
SourcesWith DeVos Out, Biden Plans Series of Reversals on Education (Washington Post)
‍In Biden administration reversal, Justice Dept. drops discrimination suit against Yale (NBC News)
Biden’s Preposterous Plans for Education Policy (American Spectator)‍
Further Reading
What Biden’s New Education Transition Team Tells Us About His Agenda—And What It Doesn’t (Washington Post)
‍Duke Profs Suggest Biden Pursue ‘New Laws’ to Combat ‘Misinformation’ (Campus Reform)

Higher Ed Under Biden-Harris: Live Updates  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The Problem With Biden’s Higher-Education Plan  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍The quickest and most effective way Biden can help millions of Americans go to college  (Washington Post)
‍Advocates of Black Colleges Are Optimistic. Here’s What They Want From the Biden Administration.  (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍US scholars expect people-oriented research focus under Biden  (Times Higher Education)
‍Higher Ed Groups Ask for $97 Billion More in COVID-19 Aid  (Inside Higher Ed)

Cass Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule’s Technocratic Despotism  (Chronicle of Higher Education)

Rural Counties Would be Economically Devastated if Their Public Colleges Closed: Report  (Higher Ed Dive)

31     Biden Selects Public School Teacher for Top Education Job
SourcesWhat Biden Actually Promised About Replacing Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (Washington Post)
‍Biden to Nominate Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary (Wall Street Journal)
‍Two Outsiders Emerge as Top Contenders for Biden’s Education Secretary (Washington Post)
‍Biden Touts Miguel Cardona as Education Secretary ‘for This Moment’ (Washington Post)
‍What Higher Ed Needs to Know About Miguel Cardona, Biden’s Pick for Education Secretary (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Biden Picks Miguel Cardona, Connecticut Schools Chief, as Education Secretary (Washington Post)‍
Further Reading
‘He Is the Secretary of Education for This Moment’: Biden Officially Announces CT Commissioner of Education Cardona as Education Secretary (WTNH.com)
‍Will Biden’s Education Nominee Stand for Students or for Unions? (Wall Street Journal)
‍Biden Picks Equity-Focused Hispanic as Education Secretary (Times Higher Education)
‍Biden’s Pick for Ed. Secretary: U.S. Must Help Schools ‘Forge Opportunity out of Crisis’ (Education Week)

In Connecticut, Miguel Cardona led a full-court press for schools to reopen  (Washington Post)
‍Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona says He’ll Prioritize Student Loan Debt Relief if He’s Confirmed as U.S. Education Secretary  (Hartford Courant)
‍Miguel Cardona Pressed by Lawmakers on Tests, Reopening Schools, and Transgender Students  (EducationWeek)
‍Incoming US education chief seeks clearer student pathways from grade school to college  (Times Higher Education)
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How ya gonna keep ‘em back in that old school?  (Gadfly Newsletter)

32     Dreamer Nightmare May End
SourcesHow Many DACA Recipients Are There in the United States (USA Facts)
‍DACA Is Restored After Court Rules DHS Head Served Illegally (The Wall Street Journal)
‍‘They Are Americans Now’ (Inside Higher Ed)‍
Further Reading
‍‘They’re Playing With Our Lives’: What Happens Next for DACA’s ‘Dreamers’ (New York Times)
‍Judge Orders Government to Fully Reinstate DACA Program (New York Times)

For Dreamers, Action Will Speak Louder Than Words  (The New York Times)
‍Higher Ed Groups Ask Biden's ED to Give Aid to Undocumented Students  (Inside Higher Ed)

33     Biden Under Pressure to Cancel Student Debt. But Can the Country Afford It?
SourcesBiden Promised to Forgive Student Debt, but Don’t Expect Relief Anytime Soon (CNBC)
‍Biden Shouldn’t Listen to Schumer and Warren on Student Loans (Washington Post)
‍For Millions Deep in Student Loan Debt, Bankruptcy Is No Easy Fix (New York Times)
‍How the Biden Administration Can Free Americans from Student Debt (New Yorker)
‍Cancel the Student Debt? Kiss the Working Class Goodbye (Bacon’s Rebellion)
‍Taxpayers Stand to Lose $435 Billion on Student Loans Not Repaid: Education Department (College Fix)‍
Further Reading
Calls for Biden to Cancel Student Debt Grow, Alongside Tensions Surrounding the Policy (Washington Post)
‍Did You Know? For Some Post-Graduate Plans, Employer Tuition Reimbursements Is the Way (James G. Martin Center)
‍Senate Democrats Want Biden to Unilaterally Forgive Billions of Dollars in Student Loans (Reason)
‍After Biden Is Sworn In, Does Student-Debt Relief Come Next? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
‍Looming End to Student Loan Payment Moratorium Raises Fears Among Defaulted Borrowers (Washington Post)
‍Can the President Cancel Student Debt? Should He? (James G. Martin Center)
‍Forgive Student Loans, but Only a Little (Wall Street Journal)
‍Student Loan Losses Seen Costing U.S. More Than $400 Billion (Wall Street Journal)
‍On Student Debt, Biden Must Decide Whose Loans to Cancel (Wall Street Journal)
‍Biden Gets Firm Pushback on Student Loan Forgiveness Idea (Times Higher Education)
‍Cancelling Student Debt Benefits Top 20% Over Lower 20% (Catalyst)
‍PROOF POINTS: Is Forgiving College Debt the Best Way to Solve the Student Loan Crisis? (Hechinger Report)
‍A Conservative Plan to Help Student Loan Borrowers (Forbes)
‍Forgiving Student Debt by Executive Action Is Illegal, Trump Lawyers Say (Wall Street Journal)
‍How Biden Plans to Tackle the $1.6 Trillion Student Loan Debt (Wall Street Journal)

Biden Administration Weighs Forgiving Student Debt by Executive Action  (Wall Street Journal)
‍White House signals willingness to consider executive action on student debt cancellation  (Washington Post)
‍Student Debt: The Unique Circumstances of African American Students  (American Council on Education)

34     The Real Costs of Biden’s Free-College Reforms
SourcesWhat Does “Free College” Really Mean? (Forbes)
‍Memo to Joe Biden: There Is NO “Free” College (Forbes)
‍The Downsides to Biden’s Plan for Free College Tuition (American Thinker)‍
Further Reading
What Biden’s New Education Transition Team Tells Us About His Agenda—And What It Doesn’t (Washington Post)
‍Duke Profs Suggest Biden Pursue ‘New Laws’ to Combat ‘Misinformation’ (Campus Reform)

35     Biden Rescinds Trump Ban on Sensitivity Training. But Do These Programs Really Work?
SourcesBiden Revokes Trump Order Banning Some Diversity Training (Washington Post)
‍Diversity Is Important. Diversity-Related Training Is Terrible (Minding the Campus)‍
Further Reading
Stanford Apologizes for Telling Departments to Follow Trump Executive Order on Race and Sex Stereotyping (College Fix)
‍‘Wokeness’ Infiltrates College Music Departments (James G. Martin Center)
‍UChicago Refuses to Punish Professor Protested for Criticizing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Efforts (College Fix)
‍Why Do UNC Schools Spend Money on Diversity Training That Doesn’t Work? (James G. Martin Center)
‍Trump Attack on Diversity Training Has a Quick and Chilling Effect (New York Times)
‍Over 50 Liberal Arts Colleges Team Up to Fight Systemic Racism on Campus (Higher Ed Dive)
‍Diversity Training and Moral Education (Minding the Campus)
‍Figuring Out Our Fourth Estate (American Scholar)
‍Why the Wokerati Are Cultural Marxists (Minding the Campus)

What Will Biden's Anti-Systemic Racism Executive Order Mean?  (Inside Higher Ed)

The Biden Plan For Title IX Must Protect Due Process  (ACTA)
Judge orders UConn to pay $63,000 to victim of Title IX kangaroo court  (The College Fix)