Afternoon Update: Why encampments scare college presidents

Education Dept. official who oversaw FAFSA fiasco to step down; updates on our map of campus protests and our DEI Legislation Tracker; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. FREE-SPEECH DILEMMA [Why Encampments Scare College Presidents]( By David Jesse [STORY IMAGE]( In ordering demonstrators to disperse, leaders are motivated by concerns about safety, legal risk, and perception. But sending in the police can backfire. ADVERTISEMENT JUST UPDATED [Here’s Where Student Protesters Are Demanding Divestment From Israel]( By Sonel Cutler and Alecia Taylor [STORY IMAGE]( On Friday, activists put up a new encampment at Arizona State University, where some were quickly arrested. At UNC-Chapel Hill, students revived an encampment that first appeared last week. STUDENT AID [Head of Federal-Aid Office to Step Down Amid Continuing FAFSA Crisis]( By Eric Hoover [STORY IMAGE]( Richard A. Cordray will leave amid waves of criticism of the Education Department’s botched rollout of a new Free Application for Federal Student Aid, which has hurt students and colleges alike. JUST UPDATED [DEI Legislation Tracker]( By Chronicle Staff [STORY IMAGE]( We’ve updated the tracker with bills in Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Wisconsin that seek to dismantle colleges’ diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. CAMPUS UNREST [A Day After Dozens of Arrests at Indiana U., Faculty Members Criticize Violent Crackdown]( One professor who tried to de-escalate a [confrontation]( between student protesters and law enforcement (both campus police officers and Indiana state troopers) said he had been assaulted, restrained, and arrested. Another faculty member said she may have been banned from the Bloomington campus for a year. (Indiana Daily Student) ATTACK ON DEI [Iowa’s Public Universities Close DEI Offices After Regent Directives and Legislation]( As Iowa State University and the Universities of Iowa and of Northern Iowa announced [steps to comply]( with the Board of Regents’ directions against [diversity, equity, and inclusion]( efforts, state lawmakers passed [legislation]( that would [codify anti-DEI policies](. The measure is on its way to the governor’s desk. (The Gazette, The Chronicle) GENDER EQUITY [DeSantis Says Florida ‘Will Not Comply’ With Biden’s New Title IX Rules]( The president last week [rolled out new regulations]( for, among other things, handling campus responses to sexual assault and harassment, LGBTQ discrimination, and other forms of mistreatment based on sex banned by the federal gender-equity law. The Florida governor said he would “fight back” against efforts to “inject men into women’s activities.” (The Hill, The Chronicle) SHARED GOVERNANCE [U. of Kentucky Board Votes to Dissolve University Senate and Strip Policymaking Role]( The Board of Trustees’ vote on Friday followed two months of debate and faculty objections, although student and staff groups supported the change. [Faculty members criticized]( the long-term implications of replacing the senate with a purely advisory body, and said it had been unfairly tagged as inefficient and unrepresentative. (Lexington Herald-Leader, The Chronicle) ENROLLMENT STRATEGY [U. of Phoenix Settles for $4.5 Million With California Over Illegal Recruiting Tactics]( The settlement resolves the state attorney general’s investigation into the for-profit university’s use a decade ago of what he called “aggressive and unlawful” means to recruit students in the military. 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