Economics and Change in Higher Education

APRIL 27, 2024

Kirk Haskins denounced conservative political attacks on diversity, equity and inclusion programs on college campuses in Kansas, but despaired at willingness of House and Senate colleagues to leverage a $36 million appropriation to state universities in an attempt to coerce the governor into signing an anti-DEI bill.

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HEPI

MARCH 21, 2024

Political pressures appear to be driving the agenda So how have we got here, and why is the government wanting to examine the Graduate visa so quickly? The short answer is politics. The third and final fact lies within any of the recent voting intention polls which shows the Conservatives lagging behind.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

DeSantis’ conservative agenda for Florida’s New College of Florida made its first major move Tuesday by ousting sitting president Patricia Okker, replacing her with former education commissioner and GOP Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 17, 2024

Through a new bill proposed this week, conservative lawmakers in Utah are targeting DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) efforts at public universities and K-12 schools. The post Conservative Utah Lawmakers Target DEI Efforts in Education appeared first on Insight Into Diversity.

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Higher Ed Data Stories

JUNE 28, 2022

And I, like a lot of people, live in an echo chamber and mostly listen to people who share my political beliefs (which is also why I haven't heard from my brother since November, 2020. Finally, not everyone is political, and not everyone disagrees with the SCOTUS ruling. But that's another story.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2023

Ron DeSantis has appointed six new board members to the New College of Florida, a step towards turning the school into a more conservative institution, the Herald-Tribune reported. "It said in a statement, referring to conservative Hillsdale College. We are recapturing higher education.” The members will serve five-year terms.

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Insight Into Diversity

JANUARY 2, 2024

Faculty members have expressed disappointment with what they deem a political campaign against Dr. Gay, criticizing the Harvard Corporation’s handling of the situation. The situation highlights broader concerns about the intersection of politics, academia, and leadership at prestigious institutions like Harvard.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and conservative radio host Dennis Prager were met with protest, and the talk fed political fires about campus free speech. Turning Point USA officials did not make Kirk available to The Arizona Republic for questions.

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University Business

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Among the questions Niche asks students is to report on their own personal political preferences and their perceptions of the political leanings of other students on campus. No standard definition of “conservative” is given in the survey. The post What are the most ‘conservative’ colleges and universities in America?

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Insight Into Diversity

MAY 2, 2024

House Republicans are rallying their diverse majority behind a longstanding conservative issue, aiming to address the recent surge of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses nationwide. This initiative involves implementing a robust response to what they perceive as a rise in anti-Semitic sentiment.

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University Business

JANUARY 29, 2024

Ever since West Texas A&M University President Walter Wendler started developing a new institute on campus to champion “Panhandle values,” he has publicly steered away from any political labels. Wendler even asked employees not to use the word “conservative” when describing the upcoming Hill Institute.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Image: Nathaniel Greve launched an alternative student newspaper at the Georgia Institute of Technology as a way to help heal what he saw as the flawed political speech environment on campus. colleges that trains young people to become conservative leaders.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

While he hasn’t declared his candidacy yet, political observers say DeSantis is clearly seeking to energize the Republican base by throwing them red meat on pressing social issues—particularly education, at both the K-12 and postsecondary levels. Higher education has been central to that agenda. law and systemic issues.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

MARCH 29, 2023

of California at Berkeley in 2017, where protesters gathered to oppose the cancellation of a planned talk by conservative speaker. Here are three takeaways from Wednesday's discussion of whether colleges suppress particular political views. By Eva Surovell Philip Pacheco, Anadolu Agency, Getty Images A rally at U.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Johnson’s complaint alleges that the new DEIA policies violate the First Amendment by penalizing professors for expressing conservative viewpoints. Magistrate Judge Christopher Baker issued the injunction in response to a June lawsuit filed by Daymon Johnson, a history professor at Bakersfield College.

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University Business

APRIL 18, 2024

The Trump-Biden showdown is bound to crescendo campuses already fraught with political tension. When you use those words, you just silenced every conservative kid in the room.”

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The Guardian - Higher Education

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Shadi Hamid is a columnist and editorial board member at the Washington Post and a research professor of Islamic studies at Fuller Seminary.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Blog: Leadership in Higher Education As the nation heads to the polls today, one trend in American politics is very clear. Because college-educated voters are no longer included in the Republican base, these voters – and the institutions that educate them – can be attacked without fear of political consequences.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

(CNN) – The proposal is a top priority for DeSantis’ higher education agenda this year, which also includes giving politically appointed presidents and university boards of trustees more power over hiring and firing at universities and urging schools to focus their missions on Florida’s future workforce needs.

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Higher Education Inquirer

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

However, these proposals face legal and political hurdles. Litigation and activism: Borrowers have filed lawsuits against loan servicers for alleged misleading practices, while student loan debt remains a key issue in social and political movements. It is important to note that not all conservatives oppose student loan forgiveness.

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The PIE News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Universities UK unveiled its manifesto on February 23, urging the incoming government to recognise the contribution that universities make to improving the economy and creating opportunities that matter to voters of all political parties.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2024

We have to be more effective,” said Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, a Black think tank focused on the future of work and the quality of life in minoritized communities. We need to wake up right now and use our political power.” Tillery said it was ironic that Gov.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Lindsay Hoffman , an associate professor of communication at the University of Delaware, has embraced this approach in her communication and political science courses. In her Media & Politics course, Hoffman has seen how Perspectives can “enhance student-to-student interaction in a larger lecture.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 21, 2023

Katherine Banks resigned from her post on Friday amid conflicts over the school’s shifting job offers to Dr. Kathleen McElroy, a journalism school director candidate who ultimately declined the position after political pushback about her diversity work, The New York Times reported.

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University Business

JUNE 5, 2023

Conservative lawmakers have accelerated efforts to try to rein in what they see as liberal indoctrination on college campuses, with dozens of state bills igniting debates in recent months over academic priorities and how public universities should operate. Read more from The Washington Post.

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Economics and Change in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

A Republican state senator wants to give students at Arizona’s public universities a new way to challenge grades that they believe were handed down due to a professor’s political bias. The Board of Regents governs University of Arizona, Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Blog: Leadership in Higher Education In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis and his allies in the Florida legislature have launched a major effort to create a more conservative state higher education system. These efforts are inspired, in part, by hope of political gain. These efforts are inspired, in part, by hope of political gain.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Harvey The steady drumbeat of criticism of higher education that political conservatives have generated over the last several decades has clearly had an impact. The headline is then followed by this intriguing subtitle: Why do more and more Americans think college isn’t even worth it? Dr. William B.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Image: Even as conservative lawmakers have ratcheted up attacks on DEI—diversity, equity and inclusion—in higher education, another acronym has begun to attract their attention: ESG. Notably, some conservative politicians were for ESG before they were against it. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

When Reagan ran for governor of California in 1966, his first electoral campaign, it was already apparent that he had political ambitions on a national scale. He needed an issue that would appeal not just to Orange County conservatives but to moderate voters across the country. These are (or were) smart men.

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University Business

MAY 30, 2023

Contrary to the rise in political polarization in higher education , NORC found minimal differences across party lines. adults, regardless of political preference, are against banning race-based admissions practices, Students for Fair Admissions, which sued the University of North Carolina in 2014 , is primarily a conservative-based group.

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HEPI

JANUARY 29, 2023

Hitchens’s real point, and one with which I find it impossible to disagree, is that these changes were not educational but political. They were intended to ‘generate a different and less conservative form of education’. His evidence is not just anecdotal on this point; for example, ‘The Gurney-Dixon Report (of 1954) records that 64.6

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University Business

MAY 16, 2023

Referring to DEI as a concept that “promote(s) dangerous political and social activism,” DeSantis believes it espouses censorship and disproportionately antagonizes conservative voices on campus. Moreover, the bill places higher accountability on university presidents to fire faculty.

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The PIE News

APRIL 9, 2024

Ireland’s leadership became vacant after former taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced his surprise resignation for “personal and political” reasons last month. After a vote in the Irish parliament in which Harris, 37, was backed by 88 votes to 69, he travelled to meet the president to be officially installed as taoiseach (prime minister).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 16, 2023

Students from the recently embattled liberal arts school are preparing for an alternative commencement this year, a “Commencement On Our Terms," given the conservative shift of the school set into motion by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. The graduates will celebrate in a private gathering at an undisclosed location in downtown Sarasota.

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The PIE News

APRIL 29, 2024

” The report by Conservative think tank, Onward , proposed that only the best-performing universities should be allowed to issue student visas. Titled A Conservative Economy, the report went on to suggest the complete abolishment of graduate visas and only allowing the best-performing institutions to sponsor visas for PhD students.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Chris Rufo, an anti-DEI activist whom DeSantis appointed a trustee in a conservative takeover of the New College of Florida, cheered the move on Twitter last week. DeSantis is channeling the sentiment of the voters, who have demanded that taxpayer dollars stop subsidizing left-wing racialist ideology and partisan political activism.

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