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When Beverly Daniel Tatum told a friend that she was writing a book about higher education, he replied: “I think being a college president has to be the hardest job in America.” Indeed, the academic year 2023-24 was an “annus horribilis for college presidents”, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. And that was before […]
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It’s become known as the Valentine’s Day massacre. On 14 February, tens of thousands of civil servants were fired, as the Trump administration hacked away indiscriminately at the federal government. Among them, roughly 3,400 from the US Forest Service, 2,300 at the Department of Interior, including 1,000 from the National Parks Service, and thousands more […]
Illustration by Haley Walton U.S. history is incomplete without Black history. The Shorthorn Editorial Board believes students should actively educate themselves. If this education is not sought out, people will have an incomplete or inaccurate understanding of our nation’s background. House and Senate bills and teacher shortages are affecting this learning process. Gov. Greg Abbott […]
A memorial service early this month for three Black victims of the Eaton fire was marked by simmering anger at Donald Trump’s choice not to visit Altadena, a suburb with a historic Black community disproportionately affected by the disaster. It’s one of many decisions that have left residents of Altadena, a racially and economically diverse […]
Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for past harms against people of color. This effort encompasses medical schools. Despite clear and persistent […]
Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for past harms against people of color. This effort encompasses medical schools. Despite clear and persistent […]
Fueled by the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling that bans affirmative action in higher education, conservative lawmakers across the country have advanced their own state bans on diversity initiatives, especially those that might make students feel shame or guilt for past harms against people of color. This effort encompasses medical schools. Despite clear and persistent […]
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