Academe Today: Higher Ed’s Hiring Challenges Are Getting Worse

The maintenance backlog that could sink higher ed; the right-wing war on accreditation; DEI-legislation tracker; "inclusion" as a bad word; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Academe Today Logo]( Did someone forward you this newsletter? [Sign up free]( to receive your own copy. You can now read The Chronicle on [Apple News]( [Flipboard]( and [Google News](. ACADEMIC RECRUITING [Higher Ed’s Hiring Challenges Are Getting Worse]( By Megan Zahneis [STORY IMAGE]( Sixty-two percent of college leaders say that staff and administrative hiring in the first three months of the year has been harder than it was in 2022, according to a new survey from The Chronicle. ADVERTISEMENT BACKGROUNDER [How Colleges Can Compete in a Candidates’ Job Market]( By Megan Zahneis [STORY IMAGE]( Administrators and experts offer ideas for recruiting and retaining talent. AGING FACILITIES [The Backlog That Could Threaten Higher Ed’s Viability]( By Scott Carlson [STORY IMAGE]( Campuses went on a decades-long building boom. The bill for maintaining them, which has rarely been fully met, is coming due. SPONSOR CONTENT | University of Auckland [How University of Auckland Puts Sustainability Strategy Into Action]( THE REVIEW | OPINION [The Right-Wing War on Accreditation]( By Jarrod Kelly [STORY IMAGE]( Republicans are irate that their plans to remake higher education are being stymied. NEWLY UPDATED [DEI Legislation Tracker]( By Adrienne Lu, Jacquelyn Elias, Audrey Williams June, Kate Marijolovic, Julian Roberts-Grmela, and Eva Surovell [STORY IMAGE]( We’ve included in our tracker, which follows legislation banning diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, updates to bills in Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. TALK TO US [Is Your Campus Responding to Anti-DEI Legislation?]( Administrators, faculty, staff, and students: We want to hear from you. Has the debate over DEI had an impact on your campus? Tell us about your experience in this form. 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