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Turing funding comes “too late” to widen participation

The PIE News

So, all they can say is that there’s a possibility of funding but that doesn’t help,” said Gabriele Vosseberg, Newcastle University associate dean global. “My colleagues are getting increasingly nervous about saying anything about Turing because they don’t know if there’s enough money for students.

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Iran forces dissenters out of universities

Inside Higher Ed

Meanwhile, the government is taking steps to install regime loyalists in the top ranks of academia, recently appointing the ultra-conservative cleric Abdolhossein Khosrowpanah as secretary of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution—the body responsible for appointing university deans and heads of scholarly academies.

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UC Virtual Conference Centers Free Speech, Civil Rights Amid Ongoing Tensions on College Campuses

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Matters of freedom of expression and higher education’s federal responsibilities were at the forefront of the University of California’s Sixth Annual #SpeechMatters Conference. To that end, her office focuses on giving students proactive education about their rights and existing policies.

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Harvard backtracks after allegedly shunning Israel critic

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A Harvard University dean says he’s reversing course and offering a fellowship to Kenneth Roth, the former longtime Human Rights Watch executive director who said he was initially rejected over his criticism of Israel. Roth, whose Jewish father fled Nazi Germany as a boy, said Thursday he will accept the John F.

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TGIF time-saver: Leaders are still grappling with Israel-Gaza disruptions

University Business

As the summer season grows hotter and muggier, higher education leaders are clamping down on campus community members’ outspoken—and private—comments regarding the war in Gaza and heightened antisemitism , administering more aggressive measures and pushing policy in the process. ” University staff have not been spared either.

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Harvard Faces Federal Scrutiny Over Handling of Antisemitism

Insight Into Diversity

Meanwhile, Columbia University recently made policy changes after the Trump administration revoked $400 million in funding due to campus protests. The investigation is part of a broader federal effort to address antisemitism in higher education, following campus incidents linked to the Israel-Hamas war.