Lawmakers want to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, which for three decades has rewarded companies that hire people with barriers to employment. New research shows it doesn’t work.
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Posted inMississippi
Elayne Hayes-Anthony, Jackson State educator and trailblazing TV journalist, dies
Hayes-Anthony was the first Black woman news anchor on WJTV Channel 12 and an unwavering mentor to her students.
Posted inSan Antonio
UTSA faculty warn dissolving race and gender department reflects ‘troubling’ UT System trend
Faculty are speaking out against the College of Education and Human Development’s plan to merge the Department of Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality Studies with its Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies.
Posted inTampa Bay
Florida approves temporary ban on H-1B visas in university system
The hiring pause will be in effect until next year.
Posted inLocal Story Partnerships
An Albemarle County farm joined over 100 others in a multimillion project to study how to stabilize farm labor — then the USDA cut research funding
After the Trump administration canceled a UVA research project, farmers and experts say a rare chance to evaluate farm labor reforms may be lost.
Posted inPittsburgh
Here’s how Pittsburgh colleges are responding to the immigration crackdown.
Federal immigration agencies are recruiting at colleges nationwide, raising concerns about school policies on their presence. Here’s what Pitt and other local institutions are saying.
Posted inCharlottesville
Federal ruling ends Trump’s anti-DEI directive aimed at universities, but future of diversity programs at UVA remains unclear
The legal decision will not lead to policy changes at the University of Virginia without intervention from its Board of Visitors.
Posted inNorth Carolina
How the UNC System’s syllabus policy is seen as the latest weapon against academia
Faculty across the UNC System are expressing increased concerns that their safety – and that of their family – is at even more risk following the new system-wide policy that all class syllabi be posted in an online database.
Posted inBerkeley
UC Berkeley cuts ties with nonprofit focused on diversity amid Trump administration pressure
It is one of 31 colleges that the Education Department says have ended relationships with The PhD Project, a nonprofit that for decades has helped Black, Latino and Native American students get business doctorates.
Posted inTexas
University of Texas regents approve limits on teaching “unnecessary controversial subjects”
Opponents warned the policy’s vagueness could push professors to self-censor and leave students less prepared for the workplace.