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The Kentucky Senate passed a bill to allow colleges to cut faculty for financial reasons.

waseemmehar2026@gmail.com1 month ago03 mins

Lawmakers approve HB 490, sparking debate over educational freedom in Kentucky Kentucky’s Senate on Friday passed HB 490, a controversial bill that would give public college governing boards the authority to fire faculty members for broadly defined financial reasons, including low enrollment in programs or majors and “misalignment of income and expenses,” according to the…

An Iowa Senate panel blocked a bill linking DEI offices to student aid at private colleges.

waseemmehar2026@gmail.com2 months ago04 mins

A DEI-linked funding bill stalled in the Iowa Senate over concerns about the impact on students. A proposed bill in Iowa that would have limited diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives at private colleges has been blocked at the Senate level, marking a significant break in the state’s broader push to regulate such programs in…