Education
Red states tell colleges: Race and gender classes are out, civics in. By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Wash Post
Trump’s Attacks Threaten Much More Than Harvard. By Greg Lukianoff / The Atlantic
Marco Rubio Is Attacking American Education. International Students Are His Pawns. By Natasha Lennard / The Intercept
A Scholarship for Black Medical Students Honored His Father’s Legacy. The University Canceled It. By Katherine Mangan / Chronicle of Higher Ed.
The New Dark Age. By Adam Serwer / The Atlantic
As Trump targets elite schools, Harvard’s president says they should ‘stand firm.’ By Steve Inskeep, Obed Manuel and Reena Advani / NPR
Vice President JD Vance says universities are racially discriminating against whites and Asians. By Gerren Keith Gaynor / The Grio
The Gutting of the Department of Education Is Worse Than You Think. By Elsie Carson-Holt and Adelaide Parker / The Nation
Pete Hegseth Has Banned 3 of My Books From the US Naval Academy. By George Yancy / Truthout
Trump Is Holding International Students at Harvard Hostage. By Elie Mystal / The Nation
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
Trump’s dismantling of Education Department gives states ‘green light’ to pursue voucher programs. By Adam Edelman / NBC News
Trump and Harvard Both Want ‘Viewpoint Diversity.’ What Does It Mean? By Jennifer Schuessler / NYT
