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You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Institutions are wondering how to continue diversifying their faculties in the Trump era. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Jovanmandic/iStock/Getty Images Before Donald Trump retook office, advocates of a more demographically diverse U.S. professoriate were already criticizing existing hiring efforts as inadequate.

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You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. A University of Utah lawyer last week urged faculty to comply with the state’s new prohibition on the “prominent“ display of pride flags and other flags on campus, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. Deputy general counsel Robert Payne urged faculty in a meeting not to “be a lightning rod to the Legislature” and said state lawmakers “have a lot of power over us,” the newspaper reported.

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You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s provost is stepping down next month to return to the faculty there, a development that news articles last week suggested is tied to his disagreement with hiring practices at the School of Civic Life and Leadership, or SCiLL. In a statement Friday to Inside Higher Ed, Chris Clemens, the outgoing provost, said, “I made the decision to step down as provost.

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Josh Moody |Ryan Quinn

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. Columbia University was dealt another blow to research funding this week. DNY59/iStock/Getty Images The Trump administration has frozen all U.S. National Institutes of Health funding for research grants at Columbia University, Science reported, cutting off the flow of $250 million to the private institution mere weeks after it yielded to sweeping demands related to pro-Palestinian campus protests.

2 weeks ago | insidehighered.com | Ryan Quinn

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The Trump administration now looms over the Columbia and Harvard university campuses. Photo illustration by Justin Morrison/Inside Higher Ed | Andrew Harnik and Alex Kent/Getty Images | Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Image | APCortizasJr/iStock/Getty Images Last week, the Trump administration ordered Harvard University to take multiple steps to continue having a financial relationship with the federal government.