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Texas Tenure, Anti-DEI Bills Near Passage—or Death
As Texas’ legislative session comes to a close this weekend, bills that would affect tenure and ban what lawmakers consider diversity, equity and inclusion programs are still pending.
AAUP Calls to Fight ‘Tooth and Nail’ in Florida
“Florida’s public colleges and universities currently face a politically and ideologically driven assault unparalleled in U.S. history,” a preliminary report says.
A Teach-In on Race, in DeSantis’s Backyard
As Florida has become the epicenter of conservative pushback against certain teaching and programs surrounding race, faculty members and others traveled to St. Petersburg to raise awareness.
Professor on Leave for Distributing Anti-Trans Chocolate Bars
Astronomy Preprint Withdrawn Over a Co-Author’s Inclusion
A Revived Call to Boycott Israeli Universities
In 2016, American Anthropological Association members rejected, by a hair, a resolution “to boycott Israeli academic institutions.” The issue returns this summer.
From Ending Tenure to Enshrining It
Texas’s Senate has passed antitenure, anti-DEI and anti-transgender sports access bills. But they may face stronger opposition in the state’s House of Representatives.
Berkeley Professor Admits That She’s White
For her entire life and in her professional career, based on family members’ accounts, Elizabeth Hoover said she was a Native American.