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Professor Let Go After Officiating LGBTQ+ Wedding Sues
A professor who says Calvin University denied him tenure for his LGBTQ+ rights advocacy and then didn’t reappoint him for...
Tennessee Again Targets ‘Divisive Concepts’
While other Southern states advance legislation targeting what they define as DEI, Tennessee has passed legislation inviting complaints about professors.
A Texas Trilogy of Anti-DEI, Tenure Bills
Three Texas bills would end tenure, force universities to fire professors who “attempt to compel” certain beliefs and ban what the legislation defines as diversity, equity and inclusion programming. The State Senate has already passed one.
Opinion
Why We Need Better Data on Faculty Diversity
Institutions need better data on faculty backgrounds, their experiences and working conditions, and (in)equities in measures of success, Laura W. Perna writes.
Faculty Diversification Must Accelerate, Report Says
New study finds that U.S. academe can reach true faculty diversity within a generation, but that colleges and universities have to think bigger—and work together.
Faculties So White
A new report underscores how faculty diversity and student success go “hand-in-hand” and asks, “Why are university faculties so white?”
Ford Foundation Ends Fellowship Program
The Ford Fellowship program for diverse scholars is ending after nearly six decades. Experts worry it will leave a big hole in the funding landscape for underrepresented would-be professors.
Diversifying Faculty Requires Departmental Change
Focusing on the immediate contexts underrepresented minority scholars must navigate is the best way to make academe a welcoming place, write Amalia Pallares, Angela L. Walden, Bernard D. Santarsiero and Aisha El-Amin.