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DENVER, Aug. 14, 2024 — Political apparel is back in style at the Colorado State Capitol. After Capitol officials kicked Jeff Hunt out of the senate public gallery for wearing a pro-life sweatshirt, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression demanded in a July 16 letter that they stop playing fashion police. Faced with a potential First…

Pick a year in the last decade and you’re likely to find an open FIRE investigation into some kind of speech repression at Fordham University. We’ve sent the university numerous letters about their incursions into the expressive freedoms of students and faculty and even filed an amicus brief in court supporting a student we believed the university had wronged….

Bates College in Maine took a step in the right direction this summer when, following a letter from FIRE, it made DEI statements optional rather than required for faculty job-seekers. Required DEI statements can function as litmus tests to weed out applicants who may hold dissenting views on vital political issues, threatening academic freedom and…

How has 19th-century English philosopher John Stuart Mill influenced America’s conception of free speech and the First Amendment? In their new book, “The Supreme Court and the Philosopher: How John Stuart Mill Shaped U.S. Free Speech Protections,” co-authors Eric Kasper and Troy Kozma look at how the Supreme Court has increasingly aligned its interpretation of…

Classes at Saint Augustine’s University, the historically Black university in North Carolina, will be delayed by two weeks. Dr. Marcus H BurgessFall classes have been delayed until Sept. 3, which means new and returning student move-ins will be delayed until Aug. 27-28, according to a university notice. Officials noted that continued repairs to buildings damaged by…

Staff working in recruitment were the most likely to have a positive view of the range of English language tests on offer, according to researchers presenting their findings at IELTS’ open day at the British Council headquarters in London’s Stratford on July 16. The project – a joint undertaking between the University of Cambridge, the…

Dr. Tryan L. McMickens’s scholarship centers on historically marginalized and underserved populations that suffer from inequities, particularly in higher education. The research is rich and ever-manifesting on college campuses for McMickens, an associate professor of higher education and the director of the M.S.Ed. in Higher Education Administration Program at North Carolina Central University, an historically…

The American education system faces a persistent and troubling gap: the significant underrepresentation of Black male educators. With Black males making up only about 2% of all educators nationwide, this issue is more than a diversity problem. It is a systemic crisis that impacts student outcomes and educational equity. Research underscores the profound impact of…

Key Takeaways: Predictive analytics in higher education leverages data to identify at-risk students early, allowing for timely and tailored interventions that improve retention and success rates. By analyzing variables such as academic performance, attendance, and socioeconomic factors, predictive analytics provides a comprehensive view of student risk, enabling proactive support. Implementing predictive analytics for student success…

International education is and needs to be bipartisan in nature. While most practitioners in the field, as well as higher education administration, faculty and students, tend to be on the “liberal” side, it is important that we try to find some common ground to expand the field to allow more students from all income and…