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Williams College gets much more generous with aid. Students will not have to hold jobs, even in the summer bit.ly/37k1baf

Temple University hires outside counsel to investigate Sara Goldrick-Rab’s Hope Center. Numerous former and current employees say it’s about workplace climate complaints, but Goldrick-Rab says she requested the inquiry bit.ly/3xxOrrr Story by @ColleenFlahert1

Judy Sakaki, president of Sonoma State U, announced Monday that she is separating from her husband, Patrick McCallum, a lobbyist for higher education, who has been accused of harassing women bit.ly/3EppjEu

Sara Goldrick-Rab is on leave from the Hope Center at Temple University amid an inquiry into the work culture at the center bit.ly/3Et4kAT Story by @ColleenFlahert1

Education Department plans to forgive 40,000 student loans immediately and place 3.6 million borrowers three years closer to debt forgiveness. Reaction is mixed bit.ly/3OpqGYs

Though most presidential searches end with a candidate being hired, a small number fail in public and dramatic ways. Some experts blame search firms; other find fault with the institutional process bit.ly/3rDMHsV Story by Josh Moody

Grove City College says it hasn't changed, or become woke because a new education elective taught by one the campus’s only Black scholars, which included the book 'How to Be an Antiracist' on its syllabus bit.ly/3L3oioj Story by @ColleenFlahert1

Researcher says it’s time to study, then stop, child sex trafficking in higher education. Her new paper showing that predators skew white, male and academic is a start bit.ly/3EDaA91 Story by @ColleenFlahert1

Should colleges require all speakers at conferences to be approved by the president and cabinet? Saint Vincent College made such a rule--after a speech on campus that some felt was racist bit.ly/37t06x3

Plans to restructure the Office of Equity and Inclusion created confusion at Point Park University. Rather than close the office, officials say they plan to reshape it to better meet student needs bit.ly/36Bbgz9 Story by Josh Moody

Iowa State University says it has “concluded its membership in the Association of American Universities” and criticizes the way the group selects its members. Iowa State has been a member since 1958 bit.ly/3Otpa7I

Michael Olivas died Thursday. He was a strong defender of affirmative action and the rights of immigrant students, and was amazing in his knowledge of higher ed law. Links to some of his pieces for Inside Higher Ed are here: bit.ly/3KepV1d

Former graduate students in clinical counseling accuse Johns Hopkins of forcing them out of the program bit.ly/3k9TtCl Story by @ColleenFlahert1

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for 11th Circuit slams the speech policies of the University of Central Florida bit.ly/3KbNisc

For many graduates from the COVID classes of 2020 and 2021, commencement was virtual, students only or just no fun. This year they’re joining the Class of 2022 for the full-blown experience bit.ly/39jtMx9 Story by maria

The president of Paul Smith’s College resigned last week after a hybrid work arrangement didn’t pan out. Remote employment is catching on in higher ed—but probably not for top administrators bit.ly/3ERtEAv Story by Josh Moody

A researcher left Calvin University after officials questioned her same-sex marriage. Now the professor who officiated the ceremony has been denied reappointment for doing so bit.ly/3vkan7J Story by Josh Moody

University of California graduate assistants, postdocs and others stage a mass protest for better pay and benefits, while graduate workers in Illinois celebrate a win and those in Indiana continue striking bit.ly/3LnUVx2 Story by @ColleenFlahert1

Biden hints at student loan forgiveness, but many questions remain bit.ly/3a493gZ First story by our new federal policy reporter, @meghanbrinkk

Spring brings news of tenure decisions—not always the good kind. Stories of negative tenure bids at Penn State and Yale raise questions about whether the process is just bit.ly/3Lx61im Story by @ColleenFlahert1