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CEO Brian Cornell says doing what's right for employees and the company culture adds value for shareholders.

Rep. John Kuempel, R-Seguin, pledged to defend his legislation dialing back Senate bills that would eliminate tenure and ban diversity, equity and inclusion offices. But faculty and students say even the House versions will hurt higher education.

With conversations to advocate change, AVIXA heads to InfoComm with a slate of DEI sessions.

A new version of Senate Bill 17 expected to be considered by the House’s Higher Education Committee on Monday would still ban DEI offices and prohibit required diversity training, but it would open the door for university boards of regents to approve such programs in certain circumstances.

"Universities and faculties in particular should take decisive action to prevent future Steinbachs and Eldiks from subverting the core principles of academic inquiry."

The legislation heads to the Texas House, where members have been more muted about the proposal to disband offices, programs and training that foster diversity.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — At the University of South Carolina, the state’s flagship college is working to add Braille to nameplates outside professors’ offices after a number of blind and low-vision students said they were having trouble attending office hours.

At what point does a permissible protest turn into unlawful heckling?

American Jews are feeling the weight of rising discrimination–in society and at work, warns the Anti-Defamation League.

Florida’s House Bill 999 offers a terrifying preview of conservatives’ agenda for higher education. The bill, which was introduced in February, would grant Florida’s Board of Governors sweeping control over the state’s public universities and transform the state’s public education system into an incubator for far-right politics.