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• FRED HOLMES

  Fred Holmes has been appointed associate athletic director for compliance & student success in the athletic department at Lincoln...

• Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Winner Goes First Round to the Arizona Cardinals

  The 2024 Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year has been selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.

• Cordray to Step Down from Federal Student Aid Post

  Richard Cordray is expected to leave his post as chief operating officer of the U.S. Department of Education Office of Federal...

• Retired Navy Vice Admiral to Lead Texas Southern

  The Texas Southern University Board of Regents has selected James W. Crawford III as the sole finalist for president of Texas...

• SUMMER DEAVER

  Summer Deaver has been appointed director of the Caroline Huber Holistic Wellness Center at Brookdale Community College.

• Faith, Family and Community, Darius Robinson, 2024 Male Winner

  As the NFL Draft approached this spring, football pundits noted not only Darius Robinson’s athletic prowess, but his versatility...

• Charlie Baker Goes to the NCAA

  Former Massachusetts governor reflects on his first year of leading the organization.

• Campus Free Expression, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can — and Must — Coexist

  It is critical to remember that one of the most essential missions of higher education is building civic bridges and educating...

• LYDIA SERMONS

  Lydia Sermons has been named vice president and chief communications officer at Howard University.

• Transfer Students Need Support from Both Two and Four Year Institutions

  While some transfer statistics have improved, overall, progress has remained stagnant, according to new reports from the CCRC.

The New York Times: College and Education News

• The Congresswoman Going After Elite Universities on Antisemitism

  Representative Virginia Foxx is a blunt partisan. But her life in rural North Carolina informs her attacks against these schools, starting with whether Harvard is truly “elite.”

• With States Banning DEI, Some Universities Find a Workaround

  Welcome to the new “Office of Access and Engagement.” Schools are renaming departments and job titles to try to preserve diversity programs.

• USC Cancels Valedictorian’s Speech After Claims of Antisemitism

  The university cited security concerns at the graduation. But the student, who is Muslim, said the school was “succumbing to a campaign of hate meant to silence my voice.”

• At UC Berkeley, a Pro-Palestinian Protest Disrupts Dinner at a Dean’s Home

  Pro-Palestinian supporters disrupted a dinner for law students. There was a tussle over the microphone and conflicting claims of harm.

• Harvard and Caltech Will Require Test Scores for Admission

  The universities are the latest highly selective schools to end their policies that made submitting SAT or ACT scores optional.

• Stanford’s New President Is Jonathan Levin, Dean of Business School

  Dr. Levin faces the challenge of guiding the university through politically fraught times.

• Science Teachers Are Having a Moment Thanks to the Solar Eclipse

  Rick Crosslin, a science teacher in Indianapolis, paired up with school maintenance employees to build a giant model of the eclipse.

• U.C. Berkeley Parents Hired Private Security to Patrol Near Campus

  The parents were worried about crime, but the university said that the move raised concerns about training and experience, and that security was better left to its own police force.

• Birmingham-Southern College to Close After Failing to Secure State Loan

  After decades of financial mismanagement, the nearly 170-year-old private liberal arts school is set to close at the end of May.

• The Man Who Helped Redefine Campus Antisemitism

  In government and as an outsider, Kenneth Marcus has tried to douse what he says is rising bias against Jews. Some see a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech.

• Birmingham-Southern College to Close After Failing to Secure State Loan

  After decades of financial mismanagement, the nearly 170-year-old private liberal arts school is set to close at the end of May.

• The SAT Is Now Fully Digital for the Remote-Learning Generation

  The new format cuts nearly an hour out of the exam and has shorter reading passages.

• U. of Texas at Austin Will Return to Standardized Test Requirement

  The university said SAT and ACT scores help it place students in programs that fit them best.

• Dartmouth Players Detail How Union Plan Came Together

  On Tuesday, the historic 13-2 vote by the men’s basketball team to unionize took a significant step toward classifying student-athletes as employees.

• Liberty University Fined $14 Million for Mishandling Sex Assaults and Other Crimes

  The penalty is the largest ever imposed by the Education Department, which found that the school had punished sexual assault victims but not their assailants and created a “culture of silence.”