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Allegations filed in the first five months of the new ombudsman's work challenged course content, DEI, academic freedom and employment disputes.
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Many college educators fear the recent mandates will mean broad censorship of classroom discussions involving race, gender or sexuality.
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Experts worry graduate students will learn too late about university's ban on research work related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Office of the Ombudsman has no written policies on how to investigate allegations that education laws are being broken, even though it's been accepting complaints for three months.
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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt reaffirmed calls to limit tribal sovereignty during his final State of the State address on Monday, dismaying tribal leaders in attendance.
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The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board office of the Ombudsman has opened a new website where people can report alleged violations of state law in colleges and universities.
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Curricula at Kansas universities have been exempt from state and federal efforts to stifle DEI principles, but some Republican legislators are eager to change that.
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Texas removes women, minorities from Historically Underutilized Business program for state contractsThe program will now only be eligible for service-disabled veterans. It will be called Veteran Heroes United in Business.
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Conservative activists argue they're protecting women and rebalancing the law that Democrats tilted in favor of LGBTQ+ people.
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The new race and gender policy has garnered condemnation from educational rights advocates, including the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which sent a letter to the board of regents earlier this week arguing that the policy amounted to censorship.