Education
Colleges are canceling affinity graduations due to anti-DEI policies. Here is how students are preserving the traditions. By Nicquel Terry Ellis / CNN
How FAMU community plans to thwart Marva Johnson’s path to president. By Tarah Jean / Tallahassee Democrat
Yale University awards honorary degrees to five Black luminaries including Debbie Allen, Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr., and Ronald Carter. By Kay Wicker / The Grio
Judge blocks Trump’s plan to dismantle Education Department. By Zachary Schermele / USA Today
On Education, DeSantis’s Florida Paved the Way for Trump’s America. By Dana Goldstein / NYT
Harvard draws the legal blueprint for how to fight back Trump’s revenge campaign. By Austin Sarat / Salon
US launches unit to target DEI policies at colleges with civil fraud probes. By Mike Scarcella and David Thomas / Reuters
Students of Color Want Cops Out of Their Schools. By Marium Zahra / The Progressive
LSU’s William F. Tate named new Rutgers University President. By Nick Kosko / On3
Some Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past. By Sarah Mervosh / NYT
Black Harvard Scholars Fear Silencing Amid DEI Battle. by Alvin Buyinza / Capital B
FAMU Finalist Faces Backlash Over DeSantis Ties, Lack of Experience. By Brandon Tensley, Aallyah Wright and Ja’Caiya Y. Stephens / Capital B
Trump Is Destroying DEI With the Same Tools That Built It. The Pendulum Has Swung Away From Social Justice. By Noliwe M. Rooks / The Chronicle of Higher Ed.
Harvard president decries ‘unlawful’ Trump actions in letter to McMahon. By Lexi Lonas Cochran / The Hill
Morehouse College Names New President as H.B.C.U.s Size Up Trump’s Plans. By Alan Blinder / NYT
House Republicans propose $5 billion for private school vouchers. By Moriah Ballingit / ABC News
How cuts to DEI and a soft job market may affect new Black college grads. By Cela Migan / NBC News
The Pentagon’s Culture Wars Strike West Point. By Greg Jaffe / NYT
