Preston Green

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John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education; Professor of Educational Leadership and Law; University of Connecticut Opinions expressed are my own. Website: https://www.drprestongreen.com/

Before chemotherapy became a lifeline, cancer was often a death sentence. A Black woman named Dr. Jane Cooke Wright helped change that. Her pioneering cancer research helped transform chemotherapy and reshape cancer treatment. “Nobody else has found the answer… maybe I will.” And she did #SheShed

Black-and-white image of Dr. Jane Cooke Wright seated beside a microscope. Text reads: “When you’re doing research in cancer, there is always this tremendous challenge: nobody else has found the answer… maybe I will.” Her name appears below.

I am expecting a wave of red-state public universities limiting the ability to employees to participate in professional associations that are deemed too "woke." This case out of Texas is just the beginning. Also, with budgets tightening, conference support is going to shrivel anyway.

North Texas Denies Faculty Conference Funding

The institution joins other universities that have worked to limit conference funds for professors due to anti-DEI pressures.

insidehighered.com

Coverage of a policy brief I co-authored explaining that states how states can address the religious charter school problem: District-governed charter schools. This approach will protect the constitutional rights of children attending charter schools. today.uconn.edu/2026/07/prev...

Preventing Religious Charter Schools is Simple. Let Local School Boards Govern Them - UConn Today

Getting buy-in to do that could be difficult, but UConn’s Preston Green warns that private school students might not have the same constitutional protection ...

today.uconn.edu

Coverage of a policy brief I co-authored explaining that states how states can address the religious charter school problem: District-governed charter schools. This approach will protect the constitutional rights of children attending charter schools. today.uconn.edu/2026/07/prev...

Preventing Religious Charter Schools is Simple. Let Local School Boards Govern Them - UConn Today

Getting buy-in to do that could be difficult, but UConn’s Preston Green warns that private school students might not have the same constitutional protection ...

today.uconn.edu