We're tracking higher ed’s dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. So far, we've found changes at 148 college campuses in 16 states.

Here's the latest: chroni.cl/4b586Qf

Russia blacklists Fulbright, American and Chinese diplomats discuss student exchange, and international students face a complicated calculus when deciding whether to protest. Read the global higher-ed news in this week’s Latitudes: chroni.cl/4b586Qf

Violence erupted early Wednesday at UCLA as counterprotesters launched objects into an encampment before the police intervened. chroni.cl/4b1KT1g

Students at six colleges have rebuilt encampments after they were cleared by police officers, according to our analysis of 50 colleges with recent protests. chroni.cl/3JJgsRx

Student organizers and college leaders have reached agreements at several universities to end encampments that have sprung up on campuses nationwide. But not everyone is convinced the agreements are wins for either pro-Palestinian or Jewish students. chroni.cl/4aY4MpT

Opinion: What Helen Vendler knew about poetry. chroni.cl/4dopGR0

Opinion: Artificial intelligence is in your email and your search engine, and it’s also in your word processor and favorite photo-editing widget. Some argue we are living through another Gutenberg revolution. chroni.cl/4bn1eO5

The Russian government has blacklisted a nongovernmental organization that administers the Fulbright Program. What does that mean for Russian participants and alumni of the flagship U.S. exchange program? chroni.cl/4diFHrx

Students whose parents lack a Social Security number will now be able to complete the FAFSA, according to the U.S. Department of Education. The long-awaited fix was announced on Tuesday.
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No contact with colleagues. No representing the institution. Six professors have been put on leave over accusations that they helped set up a student encampment. chroni.cl/3WmC7Gz

You’ve got thoughts on ChatGPT and teaching. We want to hear them. Tell us in this week's Teaching newsletter: chroni.cl/4aWv6AP

A bill in Tennessee that sought to ban DEI offices, diversity statements, identity-based hiring and admissions, and diversity training, failed to pass the legislature. See DEI legislation tracker for more updates.
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Opinion: We shouldn't have to applaud student protesters' rhetoric or politics to know they deserve to be protected. chroni.cl/4bfajrT

Should colleges pay professors based on class enrollment? Administrators like the flexibility but labor advocates say the practice takes advantage of instructors with little control over class size. chroni.cl/4aXIEMn

Opinion: I am a professor at Indiana University at Bloomington, where I was arrested this past weekend. How did we get here? chroni.cl/3JHpYEG

We’ve updated the tracker with bills in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Tennessee that seeks to dismantle colleges’ diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. chroni.cl/44jg6KY

Service is one of the three pillars of an academic institution. Goldie Blumenstyk wonders: Is higher ed really ready to try generating income from it? chroni.cl/4bgpq4t

Opinion: What C.P. Snow understood is that humiliation is essential to the experience of academe. chroni.cl/4b7KyKo

ICYMI: Republican leaders recently called for the head of the federal-aid office to step down. Now, he is. chroni.cl/3JFLCt6

Some faculty members are facing punishments as colleges and police departments crack down on student encampments against the war in Gaza, which critics say has a chilling effect on academic freedom and freedom of speech. chroni.cl/3UhrdiV