Johanna Alonso

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Student Life Reporter at Inside Higher Ed

@insidehighered student life reporter • previously @MDDailyRecord • johanna.alonso at insidehighered dot com • she/her

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Government Defends Itself Against Visa Revocations

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s agency has deleted thousands of international students’ records from the Student Exchange and Visitor Information System.
Students and Institutions in Limbo After Mass Layoffs at OCR

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Protesters gathered outside of the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., on March 13 to protest the announced reduction in force that included closing seven regional civil rights offices.
Key Takeaways From Higher Ed Free Speech Conference

1 week ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The conference comes almost a year after pro-Palestine encampments emerged on campuses nationwide, and panelists discussed the increased tension surrounding campus free speech that has emerged.
Controversial U of Cincinnati Bathroom Signs Cost $16K

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The University of Cincinnati has removed “biological male” and “biological female” bathroom signs that caused outrage when they were first put up in February. In total, posting, taking down and replacing the signs cost $16,000, according to public records acquired by The Cincinnati Enquirer.
Student Journalists Grapple With Publishing Protesters’ Names

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

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Vanderbilt’s Program for Neurodivergent Ph.D.s Loses Its Funding

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Those involved with the program and its planned expansion worry that the loss of the funds will have a negative impact on awareness of autistic people and research into their lives.
400 Books Removed From Naval Academy Library

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The U.S. Naval Academy has culled 400 books deemed to promote to diversity, equity and/or inclusion from its library at the insistence of the Trump administration, according to the Associated Press.
UF Launching Crypto, UNR Will Teach Students to Sleep

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The University of Florida is launching its own cryptocurrency—a meme coin emblazoned with interim president Kent Fuchs’s face and dubbed FoxyGator, or FXG for shot. “FXG is the first meme coin to be created by a university in the history of universities,” said Fuchs in a video posted on social media on April 1. “Most meme coins are based on celebrities or social media, but not FXG.
Wellesley Non-Tenure-Track Strike May Impact Class Credits

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Wellesley’s non-tenure-track faculty union began striking on March 27. Education Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Hours after Wellesley College’s non-tenure-track faculty went on strike last Thursday, students received word that they might receive only half credit for courses taught by the professors on strike.
Texas DEI Ban Negatively Impacts LGBTQ Students

3 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Johanna Alonso

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Students protested the drag ban at Texas A&M University earlier in March, which a federal judge temporarily blocked. Restrictions on drag performances have become more common in Texas following SB 17’s passage.