Alabama governor signs law banning college DEI funding

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law on Tuesday that will ban public colleges from funding diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, continuing a nationwide push by conservatives to remove such programs from higher education. The … Read more

Liberty University fined record $14M over campus safety law violations

Dive Brief:  The U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office fined Liberty University, in Virginia, a record $14 million for violating a federal campus safety law, the agency announced Tuesday.  The fine is the largest ever imposed over violations of the 34-year-old Clery Act, which mandates that federally funded colleges provide notices about public … Read more

New Wisconsin law will guarantee admission into UW System for top high school students

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed legislation Tuesday that directs the state’s public university network to create a guaranteed admissions system. State high school students who rank within the top 10% of their class would be … Read more

Lincoln University hires law firm to investigate personnel issues following administrator’s suicide

Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Lincoln University, a historically Black institution in Missouri, announced Thursday that it hired the law firm of Lewis Rice to investigate allegations of improper management after an administrator died by suicide earlier this month.  Antoinette … Read more