Afternoon Update: six ways to perk up your first day of class

Where your state stands on key higher-ed data points; latest anti-DEI steps; more presses make AI deals; gender parity for Caltech frosh; 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](. ADVICE [6 Ideas to Perk Up Your First Day of Class]( By Kristi Rudenga [STORY IMAGE]( How to start the semester in ways that will pay off for the rest of the course. ADVERTISEMENT [6 Ideas to Perk Up Your First Day of Class]( JUST UPDATED [See Where Your State Stands on Key Higher-Education Data Points]( [STORY IMAGE]( Explore how each state compares with one another and with the nation on demographics, educational attainment, faculty pay, enrollment, diversity, graduation rates, tuition costs, and more. THE REVIEW [Laura Kipnis’s Title IX Inquisition, a Decade Later]( By Len Gutkin [STORY IMAGE]( Plus: A radical prof has her academic freedom attacked. What year is this? JUST UPDATED [Tracking Higher Ed’s Dismantling of DEI]( By Erin Gretzinger, Maggie Hicks, Christa Dutton, and Jasper Smith [STORY IMAGE]( This week’s update details how Auburn University and the Universities of Iowa, Missouri at Columbia, and Toledo are limiting their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. JUST UPDATED [Which Colleges Have Produced the Most Individual Olympic Medals in Paris?]( By Amelia Benavides-Colón and Nell Gluckman [STORY IMAGE]( Athletes who played at American colleges have won 65 medals, with Stanford, Arizona State, and Texas leading the pack. Check out The Chronicle’s list to see which others trained the most medalists. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [Oxford U. Press Confirms AI Partnership as Cambridge U. Press Offers ‘Opt-In’]( The prestigious academic publishers said they had made deals with or were considering such deals with artificial-intelligence companies, just a week after two big commercial publishers — Wiley and Taylor & Francis — [drew a faculty outcry]( after they announced similar agreements to allow AI businesses to mine their vast archives of content. (The Bookseller, The Chronicle) ENROLLMENT [For the First Time, Women Will Make Up 50% of Caltech’s First-Year Class]( The Class of 2028 will be the first to reach gender parity since the California Institute of Technology began admitting female undergraduates, in 1970. (News release) CAMPUS SPEECH [U.S. Judge Says 2-Year College in California Violated Students’ Free-Speech Rights]( The judge in Fresno, Calif., ruled on Friday that Clovis Community College had violated the First and 14th Amendments when it prevented conservative students from posting anti-communist and anti-abortion fliers in campus buildings. Under a settlement, the college will pay $330,000, most of which will go to the students’ lawyers, and will adopt a new poster policy. (GV Wire) CAMPUS SAFETY [6 California Colleges Struggle to Report Accurate Campus-Safety Data, Audit Finds]( The state auditor reported last month that the six institutions — California State University at Chico, Imperial Valley College, Mount Saint Mary’s University, Orange Coast College, the University of California at Santa Cruz, and the University of San Diego — did not fully comply with the federal Clery Act’s requirements for safety policies or the accurate reporting of crime statistics. (Audit report) UPCOMING WORKSHOP [The Chronicle's Leadership Transformation Collaborative | Starting in August 2024] Join The Chronicle’s Leadership Transformation Collaborative this fall to not only learn a new set of leadership skills, but to gain a structure for implementing them into your day-to-day work. 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