Afternoon Update: How Many Black Women Have Tenure on Your Campus? Search Here

Academic freedom on the ropes; some colleges relax mask mandates; 432 college require vaccinations; how to fix diversity and equity; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( [logo] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up to receive your own copy.]( You’ll support our journalism and ensure that you continue to receive our emails. [Read this newsletter on the web](. DATA [How Many Black Women Have Tenure on Your Campus? Search Here]( By Audrey Williams June and Brian O’Leary [image] The denial of tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has shined a light on the anemic rates at which colleges award tenure to Black female professors. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( THE FACULTY [Academic Freedom Is on the Ropes]( By Alexander C. Kafka [image] Academics are caught in a pincer grip from the political right and left. LIVE CORONAVIRUS UPDATES [Some Colleges Are Loosening Their Mask Mandates: Here’s a List]( By Rachel Cieri Mull As Covid-case counts drop and more people are vaccinated, a growing number of colleges are relaxing their requirements to wear masks. NOW MORE THAN 430 [Here’s a List of Colleges That Will Require Students or Employees to Be Vaccinated Against Covid-19]( By Andy Thomason and Brian O’Leary [image] More colleges are mandating vaccinations. Here are the ones we know about. THE REVIEW [How to Fix Diversity and Equity]( By Amna Khalid and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder [image] Ritualized regimes of political expression must be rejected. TEACHING [Why an Active-Learning Evangelist Is Sold on Online Teaching]( By Beth McMurtrie Eric Mazur, a high-profile proponent of active learning, wonders if it’s even ethical to move his class back in person. ADVICE [How to Jump-Start Your Post-Pandemic Writing Life]( By Rachel Toor [image] The habit of not writing, it turns out, is sadly easy to acquire in a pandemic. EVENTS [Browse Upcoming and On-Demand Virtual Events]( [image] Join a discussion with national experts and leading practitioners on how to navigate an uncertain future and what new ideas your institution can pursue. Subscribe to The Chronicle The Chronicle’s award-winning journalism challenges conventional wisdom, holds academic leaders accountable, and empowers you to do your job better — and it’s your support that makes our work possible. [Subscribe Today]( Paid for and Created by University of Virginia [Sounding Out the Future of Focused Ultrasound]( Learn how University of Virginia physicians are utilizing focused ultrasound technology in treatments for essential tremor as well as aspects of Parkinson's disease. ADVERTISEMENT [Advertisement]( Job Announcement Vice President of Marketing and Communications, Chief Marketing Officer at Simmons University.[Visit jobs.chronicle.com]( for more details. Today's Global Campus Strategies for Reviving International Enrollments and Study Abroad Pandemic travel restrictions cut both ways, causing international enrollments to plummet and limiting study-abroad opportunities. This Chronicle report provides an in-depth look at how the global education experience has changed and offers strategies for assessing and adapting programs to ensure students' exposure to cultural and global diversity. [Order your copy today.]( Job Opportunities [Search the Chronicle's jobs database]( to view the latest jobs in higher education. What did you think of today’s newsletter? [Strongly disliked]( // [It was OK]( // [Loved it](. [logo]( This newsletter was sent to {EMAIL}. [Manage]( your newsletter preferences, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2021 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037