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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When my (former) husband, a university dean, would accompany me to meetings, I still felt outnumbered and on the defense. Department of Education created the “ National Parents and Families Engagement Council to Help Ensure recovery Efforts Meet Students’ Needs.” Ford’, I was never called such. Imagine that. In 2022, the U.S.

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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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Harvard Faces Federal Scrutiny Over Handling of Antisemitism

Insight Into Diversity

The federal government is reviewing nearly $9 billion in contracts and grants awarded to Harvard University, citing concerns over how the institution has responded to antisemitism on campus. The Departments of Education, Health and Human Services, and the General Services Administration announced the review on Monday, examining $8.7