DeSantis, in derisive showing at politically battered campus, enacts measure that also ends diversity hiring

Death of a lower-caste student prompts calls to focus on how students may experience ‘subtle segregation’ on campuses

New chancellor of Oxford Brookes University on overcoming racism at school, ‘tedious’ drama school politics and ‘nonsense’ claims of ‘wokery’ over decolonisation of curricula

UGC move meant to make higher education less English-centric ‘could backfire’ without more support for institutions, academics say

In rare victory for parents, federal appeals court overturns convictions, criticising their alleged bribery but agreeing that USC wasn’t cheated

Elizabeth Hoover faces calls to quit after failing to check family stories about her heritage

Australian universities push responsibility for casualisation onto Canberra’s funding arrangements

Policy of setting aside a fifth of places unlikely to be transformative in country that ranks bottom in OECD for female STEM students, scholars say

In ongoing awakening, several large universities act on evidence that marginalised students fare better with greater feelings of community

Rearranged event causes more controversy as activists block entrance to lecture theatre 

New College of Florida governing board assembled by governor refuses faculty-backed professor candidates

Farah Karim-Cooper – one of the UK’s few ethnic minority Shakespeare professors – reflects on being an outsider in a discipline not known for its non-white faces and ponders how diversity can be improved

Elite universities could be doing far more to help disadvantaged students, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides on affirmative action, say makers of Exclusion U documentary

Aiming to deny routine extension of federal debt limit, House conservatives hope to force lower Pell grant upon millions of borrowers

Parental income should not influence eligibility for living allowances, Australian academics argue

Document disappoints campaigners with lack of detail or targets after major funder promised overhaul during Black Lives Matter protests

With nation’s top judicial body expected to outlaw efforts to consider race in admissions, student essays held out as alternative means of preserving equity

Governance strategy by Trump-backing Republican governor held up by national group of university trustees as model to be emulated

Even when speech is legally protected, the harm that it can cause must be addressed, say Neijma Celestine-Donnor and Lara Schwartz

Academics’ belief in merit-based promotion at odds with their experiences of discrimination, study finds

State Senate has already passed one of three bills that 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

Publishers, libraries and funders must do what they can to ensure that no one is priced out of open-access publishing, says Mandy Hill

The India-born, CUNY-based expert on light-matter interaction discusses his work to help school students share his sense of excitement

University of Pennsylvania’s pulling of legacy aid seen as sign of embarrassment and potential harbinger of change across US elite

Boosting disadvantaged Australians’ share of university places requires biggest contributions from institutions already pulling most weight, study finds

Fayneese Miller, university’s first black president, to retire after months of battling over propriety of Muhammad painting in art class

Jason Wingard agrees to leave after less than two years in charge

Australia’s underwhelming success in making university enrolments more equitable underlines the need to ‘address schooling’, forum hears

EDI claims should be treated with the same curiosity and scepticism as anything else in academic life, says Maximilian Werner

Amid nationwide campaign to restrict LGBTQ rights, head of public institution forbids fundraiser on grounds that drag is ‘misogyny’

Students at prominent all-female college vote to endorse admission of transgender male and non-binary students, but leadership refuses

Memorial University president apologises and takes paid break after questions on strength of her claims of indigenous ancestry

As states weigh hundreds of calls to cut gender-related rights, institutions are predicted to face relocations even more extensive than those tied to abortion

Data reveals that 48 universities in the top 200 have female presidents or vice-chancellors

Why should any faculty member have to make a political statement to be given a grant or job, asks Samuel Abrams

As NIH pushes for improvement on racial and gender measures, drag attributed to growing segment of non-diverse principal investigators

Scholars call for greater transparency on institutional hiring processes

Protest scheduled as university promises bigger and better replacement in its new Vienna home

State system’s regents comply with Republican governor’s edict as Florida students protest similar moves by DeSantis

Swansea University highest placed institution in list of LGBTQ+-friendly employers but some institutions choose not to take part

Eight per cent hit overall but smallest portfolios worst affected, while Harvard and Texas remain out in front

Colleges hope that disadvantaged students might do better if their school counselors are given a chance to come along with them

Answering congressional call after George Floyd killing, National Academies’ expert panel sees value in pressuring those controlling resources

US Supreme Court widely expected to rule against Harvard and UNC in landmark cases, leading many institutions to start the process for considering what happens next

Not all women face the same barriers. Universities need to create structures that support them as whole people, says Natalia Kucirkova

With AAU providing teamwork and guidance, leading subset of black-serving US institutions hopes that banding together will help overcome decades of public neglect

Black academic suing former institution after it alleged he had advocated for ‘killing white people’

As institutions attempt to make language more inclusive, scholars question whether changing language with negative connotations has the opposite effect

Government took away scheme ’hastily’ and ‘without convincing reason’, according to critics

Academic leader on equity and affordability sees many positives in Ann Arbor, but room for improvement in research and student experiences

Increase in tensions in Middle East led to highest ever number of incidents recorded by the Community Security Trust

Funders should review how interviews, eligibility criteria and internal selection policies work against marginalised groups, says study co-funded by Wellcome and Oxford

Divisive discrimination in favour of an Americanised, catch-all category that favours some cultures over others is not what UK HE needs, says Aymen Idris

BERA report indicates education departments tend to be older and more white, with men in most senior positions

Three months after CBC review finds no basis for claims of native ancestry, prominent figure in law and academia announces retirement and university promises further examination

Major equity win at elite campus held out as hopeful model for all of higher education, yet social scientist also takes heed of the forces that favour backsliding

Denying that people have the potential to succeed before offering them any training contradicts what education is all about, says Elisa Stephens

Daughter of Haitian immigrants, social scientist serving as dean of arts and sciences promises to bring new commitment to interdisciplinary achievement

Incident is ‘shameful and disappointing’ and ‘undermines’ inclusivity on campus, says academic

Outgoing president of LA campus ties success to institution’s longstanding diverse culture, even as he leaves under accusations of failing to protect it