Academe Today: Pandemic Threatens Key Program for Migrant Students

Bomb threats hit six more HBCUs; yet another professor fired at Collin College; state support for higher ed is up; defining rural colleges; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Academe Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. IN FROM THE MARGINS [A U.S. Program for Migrant Students Is Unusually Successful. Now the Pandemic Threatens It.]( By Kelly Field [STORY IMAGE]( They get academic, social, emotional, and financial support, and persist at rates typically seen only at highly selective institutions. But it’s an uphill battle to recruit them right now. ADVERTISEMENT CAMPUS SAFETY [‘You’re Not Safe as a Black Person’: New Round of Bomb Threats Rattles HBCUs]( By Oyin Adedoyin [STORY IMAGE]( Twice in January, bomb threats targeted historically Black colleges. One expert said the threats communicate that “you’re not safe in the hallowed halls of the academy.” ACADEMIC FREEDOM [Days After Settling a Lawsuit, a Texas College Ousts Another Outspoken Professor]( By Michael Vasquez [STORY IMAGE]( Michael Phillips says he’s losing his job for suggesting to students they should wear masks to class. SPONSOR CONTENT | Salesforce.org [Learn how higher education is adopting new strategies in loyalty management.]( BACKGROUNDER [‘That Man Makes Me Crazy’]( By Michael Vasquez [STORY IMAGE]( How one college president shattered norms, played down the pandemic, and sent his faculty critics packing. DATA [States Show Recovery in Support for Higher Education]( By Audrey Williams June [STORY IMAGE]( State spending on higher education in the 2022 fiscal year increased from the previous year — fueled, in part, by some states’ reversal of the funding cuts they made during the pandemic-induced recession. 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