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Hundreds of UNC Professors Oppose ‘Overreach’
Faculty members are opposing what they consider encroachments from three sources: the state Legislature, the UNC Board of Governors and the Chapel Hill Board of Trustees itself.
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Research Finds No Gender Bias in Academic Science
Reviewing decades of studies, researchers with “adversarial” perspectives conclude that tenure-track women and men in STEM receive comparable grant funding, journal acceptances and recommendation letters—and that women have an edge over men in hiring.
Professor Let Go After Officiating LGBTQ+ Wedding Sues
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Tennessee Again Targets ‘Divisive Concepts’
While other Southern states advance legislation targeting what they define as DEI, Tennessee has passed legislation inviting complaints about professors.
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A Texas Trilogy of Anti-DEI, Tenure Bills
Three Texas bills would end tenure, force universities to fire professors who “attempt to compel” certain beliefs and ban what the legislation defines as diversity, equity and inclusion programming. The State Senate has already passed one.
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Why We Need Better Data on Faculty Diversity
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Faculty Diversification Must Accelerate, Report Says
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