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Sonel Cutler

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digital engagement @motherjones.com // previously @chronicle.com, @bostonglobe.com, @huntnewsnu.bsky.social // she/her

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Sonel Cutler@sonelcutler.bsky.social · 6d ago

Misery loves company, and for the past 19 months, American colleges have had plenty of both. They can thank Harmeet K. Dhillon for that. Now Dhillon is resigning, which means it's a great time to revisit some of the ways she turned the DOJ's Civil Rights Division into a weapon against DEI.

The DOJ official who spent 19 months terrorizing colleges is resigning

Harmeet Dhillon turned the Civil Rights Division into a weapon against DEI, and she’s leaving after the GOP’s midterm rout.

motherjones.com

The Huntington News@huntnewsnu.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING: Northeastern recorded a 5.6% acceptance rate for the Class of 2029, up from last year's record low of 5.2%. This is the first increase in the number of students accepted to the Boston campus since 2020. 📰: Zoe MacDiarmid huntnewsnu.com/87735/campus...

BREAKING: Northeastern acceptance rate rises to 5.6% for Class of 2029 - The Huntington News

Northeastern recorded a 5.6% acceptance rate for the Class of 2029, up from last year’s record low of 5.2%.

huntnewsnu.com

Chronicle of Higher Education@chronicle.com · last yr.

More than 600 Hispanic-serving institutions are at risk of losing millions of dollars in annual support after the Justice Department late last month declined to defend a federal grant program against a lawsuit.

Hispanic-Serving Institutions May Lose Federal Funds After Justice Dept. Refuses to Defend Grant Program

The department has indicated that it agrees with a lawsuit calling the program’s eligibility standard “unconstitutional.” More than 600 colleges could be affected.

chronicle.com

Sonel Cutler@sonelcutler.bsky.social · last yr.

The nation’s most selective colleges might have just snatched away your students. Duke, Harvard, Rice, and Stanford have deviated from their typical admissions processes in an eleventh-hour bid to boost enrollment. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

The Nation’s Most Selective Colleges Might Have Just Snatched Away Your Students

Duke, Harvard, Rice, and Stanford Universities have deviated from their typical admissions processes in an eleventh-hour effort to boost enrollment.

chronicle.com

Sonel Cutler@sonelcutler.bsky.social · last yr.

As part of its deal with the Trump administration, Columbia will spend $21 million making direct payments to Jewish employees who "may have experienced antisemitism." Not all of them are happy about it. Read more in @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/article/colu...

Columbia Will Make Direct Payments to Jewish Employees. Not All of Them Are Happy About It.

A planned $21-million fund for victims of campus antisemitism raises a host of questions — such as who is eligible for a slice of the money.

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Stephanie M. Lee@stephaniemlee.bsky.social · last yr.

SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

Gender Data Would Be Off-Limits Under Proposed NIH Policy

A draft rule would bar scientists funded by the agency from collecting data about gender identity, following other steps the administration has taken to restrict research on LGBT topics.

chronicle.com