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Federal Court Blocks Education Department's Diversity Directive, Marking Victory for Academic Freedom Advocates

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The court determined the directive potentially contradicts established legal protections for academic freedom and may violate constitutional rights by imposing vague restrictions on curriculum and programming. Gilles Bissonnette, legal director of the ACLU of New Hampshire, emphasized the importance of the ruling for educational inclusivity.

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70 Years Later: Black Students with Disabilities Post-Brown v. Board of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The attitudes of educators and administrators were often shaped by prejudices and low expectations, leading to a failure to recognize and support the potential of these students. Many predominantly white schools, which these students were integrated into, lacked the expertise and willingness to provide appropriate accommodations.

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Harvard Faculty, AAUP Challenge Trump Administration's $8.7 Billion Funding Threat

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In what legal experts are calling a landmark case for academic freedom, Harvard faculty and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging unconstitutional attempts to control campus speech and governance through threatened funding cuts. Nikolas Bowie, Louis D.

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The New McCarthyism is Here. Will Higher Ed Say No?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That student protests against war, colonialism, or genocide are threats to campus life, while administrative compliance with authoritarian demands is somehow neutral. It repurposes it, using the language of civil rights to enforce compliance and remake the university in the image of political control.

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When Supporting Black Boys Is Called Racist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Most recently, the Trump administration issued an executive order framing efforts to address racial disparities in school disciplineincluding disproportionate suspensions of Black boysas themselves racist, arguing that such measures constitute discrimination against white students. The goal isnt compliance. Its consciousness.

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Trump's Executive Order on Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schools: A Legal and Educational Misstep

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Code is unambiguous: No provision of any applicable program shall be construed to authorize any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over curriculum. Yet, under this administration, we are witnessing a blatant disregard for this clear legal framework.