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Eden: A comprehensive guide to overhauling higher education

National, Approved, Commentary, Washington Examiner / December 5, 2024 / DEI, Department of Education, Higher Education

Five years ago, President Donald Trump’s education secretary, Betsy DeVos, stood all but alone against the Democratic drive for student loan forgiveness. The conventional wisdom at the time was that free-college-for-all was a sure-fire winning issue for the Democrats. Why wouldn’t Trump’s education secretary simply allow a polite, quiet surrender?

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The University of Denver is joining the STARS College Network to recruit more rural students

Approved, Chalkbeat Colorado, State / August 5, 2024 / Higher Education

Rural students may graduate high school at higher rates than their peers, but they’re also less likely to end up on a college campus.

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Sloan: The DEI facade is showing cracks

Approved, Commentary, National / May 21, 2024 / DEI, Higher Education

Last week, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s board of trustees did what only a short time ago would have been considered an unthinkable act of social regression: they voted, unanimously, to not only cut the $2.3 million funding of the institution’s DEI program, but to reroute that money into public safety – yes, meaning campus police.

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