Emma Pettit

1 month ago | chronicle.com | Emma Pettit

President Trump’s second administration has targeted higher education with funding cuts, charging that colleges — particularly prestigious ones — have let antisemitism go unchecked and progressive ideology run amok. The sector’s leaders have responded by weighing whether to give ground or fight back. Lingering inside that question is another uncomfortable one: Do Trump and his allies have a point? Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for as low as $10/month.

1 month ago | chronicle.com | Emma Pettit

A federal agency is claiming Harvard University may have violated antidiscrimination law through its faculty hiring and promotion decisions, citing the university’s own demographic data, The Washington Free Beacon first reported on Monday. Andrea R. Lucas, acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, issued what’s called a Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for as low as $10/month.

2 months ago | chronicle.com | Emma Pettit

On a muggy November morning at New College of Florida, Nathan March pointed to a road that didn’t exist just two years ago. “Before our new administration came in,” there was only one way in or out of this part of campus, which was “a serious security thing,” said March, the Sarasota college’s communications director, from the driver’s seat of a golf cart.

Mar 24, 2025 | chronicle.com | Emma Pettit

Alex Shieh thought the ask was simple enough: In so many words, justify your job. Last week, the Brown University sophomore emailed the more than 3,500 administrators and staff members who work for his institution, requesting that they explain “how Brown students would be impacted if your position was eliminated.” Or subscribe now to read with unlimited access for less than $10/month.

Mar 18, 2025 | chronicle.com | Jack Stripling |Emma Pettit

Public colleges and universities across Florida have scrambled to comply with a new law that supporters see as a bulwark against the liberal indoctrination of students.