Academe Today: Harvard to Spend $100 Million to Atone for ‘Immoral’ Ties to Slavery

Education professors and divisive-concept laws; anti-CRT laws aim at colleges; more colleges get Pell Grants for prisoners; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Academe Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. THE SHADOW OF THE PAST [‘Disturbing and Even Shocking’: Harvard to Spend $100 Million to Atone for ‘Immoral’ Ties to Slavery]( By Katherine Mangan [STORY IMAGE]( The university profited from slavery for centuries, a new report says, and provided intellectual underpinnings for racial bias, while members of its community themselves enslaved people. ADVERTISEMENT POLITICS IN THE CLASSROOM [Education Professors React to Divisive-Concept Laws]( By Adrienne Lu [STORY IMAGE]( The actions typically apply to elementary and secondary schools. But at least one group of faculty members has felt a direct impact. RACE ON CAMPUS [Anti-CRT Laws Take Aim at Colleges]( By Sarah Brown [STORY IMAGE]( Public universities in three states have changed course on diversity trainings, curricula, and policies. SPONSOR CONTENT | New York Institute of Technology [Space for Innovation]( EQUITY IN SPORTS [U.S. Is Investigating Whether This University’s Athletic Cuts Harmed Black Students]( By Sahalie Donaldson [STORY IMAGE]( Did Central Michigan University discriminate by cutting the men’s track-and-field team and later replacing it with golf? PRISON EDUCATION [Dozens More Colleges Can Now Enroll Incarcerated Students With Pell Grants]( By Oyin Adedoyin [STORY IMAGE]( The U.S. Department of Education added 73 colleges to its Second Chance Pell Experiment, bringing the program to nearly all 50 states. Virtual Events: Tune In Live COMMUNITY COLLEGES [Higher Ed’s Digital Future: Community Colleges]( [STORY IMAGE]( UPCOMING: April 28 at 2 p.m., ET. Two-year colleges are looking to a digital future when hybrid and online learning are the norm. How will they navigate their way? Higher-ed leaders discuss it in this virtual forum. With Support From Verizon. [Register here.]( UPCOMING EVENT [Join us June 7-24]( for a virtual professional development program on overcoming the challenges of the department chair role and creating a strategic vision for individual and departmental growth. [Reserve your spot now](. Space is limited. Views ADVICE [How a Former Academic Reinvented Herself as a Novelist]( By Rachel Toor [STORY IMAGE]( A Ph.D. in English who “tumbled off” the tenure track shares how she forged a new career writing fiction. SPONSOR CONTENT | University of Oregon [Tackling Children's Behavioral and Mental Health]( Transformational gift establishes institute and a new model of delivering critical behavioral healthcare services. ADVERTISEMENT FROM THE CHRONICLE STORE [Managing the 21st Century Parent]( [Managing the 21st Century Parents]( Engaging with parents has become a major challenge for many colleges. [Order your copy]( to explore how colleges are partnering with families to boost student success. JOB OPPORTUNITIES [Dean, Faculty of Education, Universite de Montreal]( Universite de Montreal [Associate Dean/Director, OSU School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences]( The Ohio State University [Department Chair, Advanced Studies and Innovation]( Augusta University [Search other jobs.]( NEWSLETTER FEEDBACK What did you think of today’s newsletter? [Strongly disliked]( | [It was ok]( | [Loved it]( This newsletter was sent to {EMAIL}. [Read this newsletter on the web](. [Manage]( your newsletter preferences, [stop receiving]( this email, or [view]( our privacy policy. © 2022 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037