Jasper J. Smith

Opinion | Three GMU professors unravel the network of individuals and ideas that succeeded in removing the president of the University of Virginia and have their sights set on GMU next. chroni.cl/4f7oRx2

Colleges will decry elements of Republicans's just-passed sweeping policy bill, like the elimination of Grad PLUS loans and hikes to the tax on private-university endowments. But they may have dodged more damaging bullets. chroni.cl/45STEv5

The District’s only agency solely focused on homelessness will soon have just one staff member due to a city-wide government hiring freeze, leading the agency to scale back its work. Read more at streetsensemedia.org/article/dc-ich…

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Black colleges are pausing research, losing scholarships, and rethinking how they define their mission as federal agencies cut Black-focused grants More than $140 million in grants at HBCUs have been terminated due to Trump's policies targeting DEI shorturl.at/JEZpI

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Mothers are feeling the cost of inflation, tariffs, and the ongoing, persistent gender pay gap all at once. In my latest story for The Guardian, I talked w/moms from across the US about how they're making their paychecks stretch & their biggest concerns. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

New for @chronicle: Federal research grants increasingly require compliance with Trump’s orders. Researchers are unsure how the requirements will affect their work, and they say colleges don’t always give them guidance on how to proceed. chronicle.com/article/resear…

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The same group that sued to end affirmative action has a new target: federal funding for Hispanic-Serving Institutions. A lawsuit filed today argues that HSI programs are discriminatory and unconstitutional: chronicle.com/article/fundin…

This is happening.

There's a lot of leadership shake up in the HBCU world right now. Faculty, students, and alumni please reach me with tips/insights: [email protected] I want to hear from you!

FAMU's interim president said Monday that the vote was a strategic decision. It hasn't stopped alumni and students from voicing their concerns about the DeSantis-backed lobbyist who will soon lead the HBCU. chronicle.com/article/desant…

“I had been told by Rachel that the ‘work was too important,’ and that if I said anything it would cast doubt on the empirical study of racism overall,” Davis wrote. "She is not the field," Judson wrote. (please click link to actually read the story): insidehighered.com/news/faculty-i…

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Trump’s executive order just made it much harder to complain to the federal government about systemic discrimination. Civil rights lawyers say it’s a “vast overstep.” chronicle.com/article/trump-…

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The Education Dept. Wants to End DEI. Does It Have the Staff? by @JasperJSmith_ chronicle.com/article/ed-dep…

The agency responsible for investigating discrimination on college campuses received more than 22,000 complaints last year Now, with a fraction of the staff, civil rights lawyers and DEI opponents alike worry that OCR will be too overwhelmed to function shorturl.at/bmsLW

.@Chronicle is tracking Trump's impact on higher ed, from executive orders to agency actions. The tracker focuses on four areas: civil rights, research, policy, and immigration. chronicle.com/article/tracki…