Tag: higher education

Accuracy in Media has released video footage of Shemaiah Kenon, assistant director of the Intercultural Center at the University of Alabama, bragging that she has found "holes" in the state's legislation banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and other divisive concepts at the state's colleges and universities. 

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon weighed in on the recommendation of former University of Alabama President Stuart Bell to take the helm of the University of Florida starting a chain reaction of responses from U.S. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and the university itself.

Former University of Alabama President Stuart Ray Bell is up for the top post of University of Florida but his strong support of DEI is raising questions.

The University of Alabama Young Americans for Freedom (UA YAF) chapter released a statement on Friday calling on the university to take action against a professor. 

At the University of Alabama (UA), students can now earn honors credit studying the “racial politics of Black hair.” 

University of Alabama political science professor Terry Hughston appears to be flouting state law by including a DEI-based statement in his class syllabus.

Big changes are expected for the ever-troubled, radically progressive School of Social Work at the University of Alabama, as Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill removing the language in state statute that gave the school autonomy from university administration.

A campus theater honor society with a long-standing presence at the University of Alabama is facing allegations of hazing, according to an exclusive interview with a member. 

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education released a statement pertaining to the successful efforts by the Trump administration to root out Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives in institutions of higher education.

The University of Alabama continues to adapt and improve its campus programs, shifting focus from race- and gender-based initiatives to those aimed at serving its broader student population, as part of its compliance with state and federal law. Continuing a clear move away from diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts (DEI).

The AEA sends out a weekly legislative alert to their members last week the group failed to alert their members of a HB666 impacting education unions but while AEA has declined the opportunity to comment, others have come out in support of the legislation.

Dr. Schnavia Smith Hatcher, the embattled dean of the University of Alabama School of Social Work, is stepping down.

During a recent Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee hearing, U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) addressed the increasing involvement of "foreign adversaries" in colleges and universities across America.

If Alabama wants stronger families, churches, and civic life, it will need stronger institutions of higher learning, including private colleges. 

State Rep. Susan DuBose (R-Hoover) said the legislature is poised to reevaluate how Alabama’s colleges and universities train teachers during the 2026 legislative session

During Friday's broadcast of WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) spoke about the need to improve graduation rates at a handful of Alabama's public colleges and universities.

Last year, the University of Alabama School of Social Work celebrated its 60th Anniversary. In March 2025, a year after the state's divisive concepts bill went into effect, the school hosted national training through its doctor of social work program featuring numerous sessions that were identity-based and promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, or antiracism.

Lawmakers began a series of meetings on Wednesday to consider changing how universities and colleges are funded in Alabama. 

On the heels of an ongoing 1819 News investigative series into potential violations of state law and federal guidance, Auburn University has started taking additional steps to ensure teaching staff across departments comply with the state’s divisive concepts law.

It’s my belief that the dark, beating-heart center – the motivation of the violence we have seen lately against Christians – has its origin in higher learning institutions, particularly in their liberal arts departments.

True academic freedom requires not only the absence of formal censorship but also the presence of structural safeguards against soft totalitarianism at the commanding heights of higher education.

While I think President Trump’s pressure campaign can begin to tame the Woke Wild West at Harvard and other colleges, we must begin fighting a two-front war with conservative alumni placing pressure from the inside by withholding financial contributions, capital campaign funding, and other gifts until changes are made.

If you don’t want your donations to be used to perpetuate this “woke” agenda, pull your funding. Let universities know that you are no longer willing to support an education system that prioritizes identity politics over academic excellence.

Alabama’s next governor must understand that a state’s universities shape more than classroom syllabi: they influence the intellectual atmosphere in which citizens breathe, businesses operate, and culture evolves.

Higher education, which once enjoyed wide favor, is increasingly viewed skeptically.

If it comes to picking an honorable, morally conscientious college over a hateful, prestigious university – it’s time to choose honor. What kind of people do we want our children to become in this world?

Only 13 states have promised more taxpayer money for public higher education than Alabama so far for this fiscal year.