Lumina Foundation is committed to increasing the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials to 60 percent by 2025.
Utah’s House Bill 261, which took effect last July, has resulted in a complete overhaul of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at public colleges and government agencies in the state. Violators risk losing state funding if they fail to comply.
Now President Donald Trump is attempting to squelch DEI work across the federal government and in schools, colleges, and businesses everywhere. As more states decide to banish DEI, Utah's flagship campus may represent what’s to come nationwide.
Heading into his first semester this fall at Feather River College, Conor Robinson considered camping in a tent after struggling to find a one-bedroom apartment he could afford.
He's far from alone. Feather River College is still reeling from the 2021 Dixie Fire, which destroyed hundreds of homes in the surrounding community and warped the housing market. The college is one of many schools that tried—and failed—to secure state grants to build more student housing.
Bills in Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, and Texas are trying to crack down on tenure, either by effectively eliminating it, calling for a stricter system of post-tenure review, or some combination.
The proposed legislation is part of a larger effort by Republican-controlled statehouses to overhaul higher education, with provisions regarding tenure often found in bills that also target diversity, equity, and inclusion programming.
The recent U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down race-conscious admissions policies, followed by anti-equity legislation across more than 40 states and at the highest level of government, erodes decades of collective efforts to rectify a history of gross social and structural inequities.
If ever a time existed for “good trouble” in higher education, that time is now, say many people in and outside of the profession. But can higher education leadership muster the political will to stand firm for equity? These professors—Detris Honora Adelabu, Felicity Crawford, and Linda Banks-Santilli—are counting on it.
An Arizona bill that would cut all state funding for public colleges offering classroom instruction related to diversity, equity, and inclusion cleared a key legislative hurdle last week. State Senate lawmakers advanced the bill in a preliminary vote, and a final Senate vote on the measure could happen as soon as today.
The bill comes as Arizona colleges are already facing two powerful headwinds—a $96.9 million reduction in overall state funding for fiscal year 2025 and a wave of federal DEI restrictions.
During the first 30 days of the second Trump administration, President Donald Trump has unleashed a flurry of policies, directives, and surprises.
On this episode of The Key, two higher education insiders discuss which recent executive orders and actions could have the most impact on higher education—plus the pushback they are seeing from the sector.
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