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Alabama

As Ala. GOP targets DEI, it proposes a professor “gag order” | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

State lawmakers have been targeting diversity, equity and inclusion efforts for years now. Bills from different states that seek to curtail DEI programs or the spread of arguably DEI-related, so-called divisive concepts—such as the idea that meritocracy is racist—can all seem to blend together. But Alabama’s Senate Bill 129, which suddenly appeared Feb. 20 and passed […]

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Mayor

Mayor Bowser orders DC employees to cut back on telework

Like many federal government employees, public servants in Washington, D.C., working for Mayor Muriel Bowser will be reporting to work in-person more often as lingering vestiges of the pandemic disappear. According to updated guidance posted by the district government and confirmed by a spokesperson, employees of the district will be shifting from two telework days […]

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Arkansas

State college group hires Arkansas State system leader as president

Charles L. Welch, president of the Arkansas State University System, will become the new president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Welch succeeds Mildred García, who left the state-college group to become the new chancellor of the California State University system. As president of the Arkansas State system since 2011, Welch has […]

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Arkansas

Arkansas Tech fires president while she’s on medical leave

Arkansas Tech University fired its president, Robin E. Bowen, without cause Saturday three months into a medical leave she began after a scheduled surgery. “The board is grateful for the services Dr. Bowen has provided to Arkansas Tech during her tenure,” Jim Smith, chairman of the university’s Board of Trustees, said in a prepared statement. […]

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Arkansas

University of Arkansas dissolves DEI office

The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville will eliminate its diversity, equity and inclusion division and reallocate its staff and resources to other offices starting in the fall, Chancellor Charles Robinson announced in an email Tuesday. UA’s Office of Equal Opportunity and Compliance will also be realigned, moving formally under Human Resources. Republican lawmakers in Arkansas […]

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Alabama

Alabama provides a public lifeline for a private college | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

For months Birmingham-Southern College officials warned that financial pressures might force the institution to close, pleading with the state to step in and help. Last month the Alabama Legislature did just that, creating a loan program to support struggling private colleges in the state. The legislation establishing the loan program, which awaits the signature of […]

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Alabama

Professors, others hold 24-hour teach-in on race in Florida | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Yohuru Williams was in Selma, Ala., with leaders of a voter justice and education organization when he had the idea. Williams, a history and law professor at the University of St. Thomas, a Catholic institution in Minnesota, and the group Common Power were there for the March 7 anniversary of Bloody Sunday. On that date in 1965, […]

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Mayor

Former mayor publishes book reflecting on 35 years in government | Merrimack Valley

METHUEN — Former Mayor Dennis DiZoglio recently published “The Value of Political Capit$l,” a book looking back on more than three decades of his life that were dedicated to public service. “I had a great career in my mind and I wanted to share that experience,” he said. DiZoglio said serving three terms as mayor […]

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