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Report: Attempts at Educational Gag Orders Continue to Proliferate in 2023

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Race-focused gag orders still comprised half of the bills proposed in 2023, though few passed. 29 of them target higher education, and 17 additional bills attempt to restrict autonomy and governance in higher ed via DEI bans, tenure restrictions, curricular control bills, and accreditation restrictions, the report noted.

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Scholars Call on Educational Field to Protect LGBTQ+ Youth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This statement, he added, not only acknowledges how anti-LGBTQ+ bills are contributing to the further marginalization of the queer population, but it also serves as recognition of the power of education to address injustice. according to the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group for the LGBTQ+ community.

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Rallying Campus Allies

Insight Into Diversity

Anti-trans template bills produced by conservative Christian groups such as Alliance Defending Freedom and Family Research Council propel many of these efforts, Kean says. Cowden: What’s happening right now is alarming because more of these bills are starting to actually pass into law.

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ED’s New Proposed Regulations: Part 1, State Authorization Reciprocity

WCET Frontiers

For most states, its path to becoming a member of SARA required a bill to be passed by the legislature and signed by the governor. The Institute for College Access & Success (TICAS) is a consumer advocacy group) that reviewed California’s Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF).

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The Critical Race Theory Debate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

According to the PEN America Index of Educational Gag Orders, a weekly updated report that tracks anti-critical race theory legislation, 28 states have introduced 73 bills banning critical race theory in public colleges and universities since 2021. The percentage jumped to 57% in 2022 with significantly more bills introduced.

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Higher ed must confront threats to democracy (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Between January 2021 and June 2022, Pen America tracked 70 different bills “intended to impose restrictions on teaching and learning in colleges and universities”—mostly around issues of race, racism or gender—introduced in 28 states. Seven of these bills became law.

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Washington Update: Title IX, Student Debt, NC-SARA, and Debt Ceiling Negotiations: Changing Higher Education Podcast 158 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Tom Netting

The Change Leader, Inc.

The bill proposes that 60 days after June 30, the student loan repayment process begins anew, including the requirement for interest to start accruing, for collection agencies to connect, and for servicers to reconnect with the borrowers. This is a stepping stone to get to NIST 800-171.