Insight Into Academia

Proposed Title IX Regulations Seek to Strengthen LGBTQ+ Rights, Maintain Due Process Protections

Southern University Law Center Receives Grant to Support Trauma Recovery From HBCU Bomb Threats

Education Department Creates New Fund to Help Underrepresented Students Reach Graduation

Judge Rules Michigan State University is Not in Compliance with Title IX

Civil Rights Groups Demand Investigation Into Fake University Used to Detain Immigrant Students

UC San Diego to Expand Medical School Diversity Through Community College Partnerships

Kamala Harris Meets with Higher Education Leaders to Discuss Abortion Care, Access

Pennsylvania Launches Hunger-Free Campus Initiative

UCLA Law Creates Database to Track Measures Against Critical Race Theory

Seattle Pacific University Suing State Over LGBTQ Discrimination Investigation

Massachusetts Law Protects Medication Abortion Access for Public College Students

Nearly 70 Leading Corporations Back Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill in Affirmative Action Case

Clarence Thomas Will No Longer Teach George Washington University Law Seminar

University of Utah to Waive Tuition for Indigenous Students

Education Department Calls for Better College Access for Incarcerated Individuals, Protections for Student Veterans

Michigan Medical Students Stage Walk-Out in Protest of Anti-Abortion Speaker

Portland State University Offers Tuition Discount to Out-of-State Native American Students

Students Demand Action Against UT Dallas Professor Who Made Homophobic Comments

Mental Health of Black Borrowers Harmed by Student Debt, Report Finds

UNC Chapel Hill Settles Tenure Lawsuit with Nikole Hannah-Jones

Fresno State Removes Name of Nazi Sympathizer from Library

University of Washington Professor Sues School Over Land Acknowledgement Statement

City College of New York Receives NSF Grants to Improve STEM PhD Diversity

History Organizations Lambaste Supreme Court Over Dobbs Decision

National Parks Service Awards Nearly $10 Million to Help HBCUs Preserve Historic Sites

Illinois Law School, Minority-Serving Institution Create Undergrad JD-Pathway Degree to Increase Diversity in Law

Justice Department Weighs in on Antitrust Lawsuit Against Elite Universities

UIdaho Must Rescind No-Contact Order Against Christian Students Accused of Harassing LGBTQ Student

Illinois Governor Signs Three Bills into Law Aimed at Improving Equity in Higher Education

Syracuse University to Open Center in D.C. to Promote Civil Discourse and Combat Disinformation

Education Department Proposes Changes to Student Loan Interest, Debt Forgiveness Programs

Disney Launches ‘Storyteller Fund’ at Howard University to Promote Media Representation

University of Texas System Invests $16.5M in Student Mental Health, Safety Services

Florida’s Stop WOKE Act Set to Take Effect on July 1

Descendant of Enslaved People Can Sue Harvard Over Ancestors’ Photos, Massachusetts Court Rules

Three Professors of Color Depart from University of Denver, Citing Systemic Inequities

Student Petition to Fire Clarence Thomas Rejected by George Washington University

The University of Arizona Announces Tuition-Free Education for Native American Undergraduates

NCAA Title IX Report Finds Increased Participation from Women, But Gender Inequities Persist

Anderson University Students, Alumni Protest Nonrenewal of Queer Professor’s Contract

UW-Madison Issues Statement Following Assault of Asian Students Near Campus

Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade

Biden Administration Releases New Title IX Rules on Law’s 50th Anniversary

The Ohio State University Successfully Trademarks the Word ‘THE’ for Product Use

New AAUP Report Shows Largest One-Year Faculty Wage Decline on Record

Virginia Lawmakers Divert Funds for Undocumented Students to State HBCUs

The University of Texas at Austin to Face Renewed Lawsuit Over Race-Conscious Admissions

Dartmouth College Eliminates Undergraduate Student Loans

University System of Maryland Will No Longer Require Standardized Test Scores

AAUP Rebukes UNC System for Alleged Academic Freedom Violations, Climate of Institutional Racism

More Than 200 Groups Call on Education Department to Release Proposed Title IX Rule

George Washington University to End Use of Colonial Moniker After Student Pushback

Judge Orders Yeshiva University to Recognize LGBTQ Student Group

United Negro College Fund, Steve Fund Partner to Advance Mental Health Support at HBCUs

Virginia Tech Partners with Boeing to Create Workforce Development Center for Veterans

Mitchell Hamline Welcomes First Incarcerated Law Student

SUNY Introduces Chosen Name and Pronoun Policy

Hispanic-Serving Research Universities Form Alliance to Increase Opportunities for Latinx Doctoral Students, Faculty

Carnegie Mellon to Provide Bonus Employee Payment to Help with Cost-of-Living Increases

Georgetown Law Lecturer Resigns Following Probe into Controversial Tweet

Notre Dame Changes Lyrics to ‘Most Recognizable’ Fight Song to Include Women

Loyola University Chicago Alum Donates $100 Million to Fund Scholarships for Diverse Students

Parent PLUS Loan Worsens Racial Debt Inequities, Study Finds

Report Reveals College Equity Gaps Among California’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Students

University of Kentucky Initiative Aims to Bolster K-12 Holocaust Education

NFL to Increase Diversity in Sports Medicine with New HBCU Medical School Partnership

Seattle Pacific Students, Faculty Protest Board’s Decision to Uphold Anti-LGBTQ Hiring Policy

University of California System Joins Nationwide STEMM Diversity Initiative

Education Department Urges Colleges to Use HEERF Funding for Mental Health Support

Student Loan Equity Gap Continues to Grow, Report Finds

Universities Issue Statements and Offer Support in Wake of Buffalo Mass Shooting

Revised California Budget Proposal Requires State Higher Education Systems to Submit Equity Progress Reports

HBCU Seeks Legal Recourse Over ‘Racially Motivated’ Search of Women’s Lacrosse Team Bus

Students, Alumni Condemn Lee University’s Leaked Anti-LGBTQ Guidelines

Stanford Launches Hate Crime Investigation After Noose Found Near Residence Hall

Predominantly Black Institution to Permanently Close Due to Cyberattack and Pandemic Fallout

HBCU Medical School Coalition Focuses on Racial Disparities in Organ Transplants

UNC Journalism School Downgraded to Provisional Accreditation in the Wake of DEI Concerns

Dartmouth College Returns Historic Indigenous Documents to Mohegan Tribe

Education Department to Expand Second Chance Pell Grant Experiment for Incarcerated Individuals

Mississippi Higher Learning Board Puts University Presidents in Charge of Tenure

A Private North Carolina University is Investigating Anti-Semitism on Campus

First LGBTQ Student Organization Chartered at Baylor University

Florida Governor Signs Bill Requiring Colleges and Universities to Change Accreditors

INSIGHT Into Diversity’s Lenore Pearlstein Featured as Panelist on Women’s Roundtable at Clemson University

Middlebury College Investigating Anti-Muslism Incident During Ramadan

UW-Madison Student Government Seeks In-State Tuition Rates for Undocumented Students

Higher Education Access, Completion a Priority in the Biden Administration’s New Equity Action Plan

Concordia University Chicago Students Protest Against Racism and Homophobia

Study Shows Massachusetts Budget Cuts Have Reduced Access to Higher Education

Health Care Workers Strike at Howard University Hospital

Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes History as First Black Woman Appointed to the Supreme Court

University of Maryland to Provide Temporary Housing for Displaced Afghan Families

Biden Administration Extends Student Loan Pause

Savannah State Receives $830K for New Computer Science Program

Judge Allows Florida Colleges to Survey Students, Employees on ‘Intellectual Freedom’

Oklahoma is the Latest State to Enact Transgender Athlete Ban

Yale Law Dean Criticizes Students for Protesting Controversial Campus Speaker

TikTok Video Exposes Reed College Professor’s Racist Comments

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