Afternoon Update: Dissolution of university partnership in Indiana poses novel risk to tenure

A "new science of history"; adult-student groups merge; new Almanac data; Fla. suspends political-ideology surveys; HBCUs get $124 million; 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](. 'SHOVED ASIDE' [A 50-Year-Old Partnership Is Dissolving, Posing a Novel Risk to Tenure]( By Lee Gardner As Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis breaks into two institutions, some professors face an uncertain future. ADVERTISEMENT THE REVIEW | ESSAY [The ‘New Science of History’ Is Bunk]( By Jacob Mikanowski Two new books model radically different ways of studying the past. THE EDGE [Adult-Student Organizations’ Merger Aims to Expand Reach]( By Goldie Blumenstyk The Graduate Network and the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning are teaming up to support “comebackers.” LATITUDES [Among Chinese Students at U.S. Colleges, Political Pressures and Discrimination Grow More Acute]( By Karin Fischer A new survey tracks three decades of Chinese graduates. And a top U.S. official calls foreign interference on campus a “persistent” problem. DATA [Which Colleges Have Conferred the Most Bachelor’s Degrees?]( Statistical snapshots of bachelor’s degrees conferred by colleges in 32 disciplines over time, from 2018 to 2021. DATA [What Is the Share of Minority Instructors at Colleges With the Most Full-Time Faculty Members?]( A look at changes in average annual percentages of full-time instructors who were members of specific racial and ethnic groups in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021, by degree-granting college. FREE SPEECH [Florida Temporarily Suspends Political-Ideology Surveys on College Campuses]( After only one year, the state says the controversial surveys will not be conducted in 2023 but will take place next spring. The surveys were required under a state law that says public colleges must ask students and faculty members every year to identify political bias in classrooms. But the first time the surveys were conducted, they drew [a tiny response rate](. (Fresh Take Florida, The Chronicle) PHILANTHROPY [HBCUs Land $124-Million Donation to Raise Enrollment and Graduation Rates]( Blue Meridian Partners, a philanthropic group whose funders include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and MacKenzie Scott, aims to shore up and expand some 40 public and private historically Black colleges and universities that are financially strapped. (The Wall Street Journal) ATONEMENT [Jesuits and Georgetown U. Give $27 Million to Fund for Descendants of Enslaved People]( The money will go to a foundation set up to benefit the thousands of people whose ancestors were among 272 slaves that Maryland Jesuits [sold in 1838]( in order to pay off a university debt. Georgetown [apologized]( in [2016]( for its [role in the slave trade](. (The Washington Post, The Chronicle) IN THE COURTS [Former Employee Wins $2.46 Million in Discrimination Lawsuit Against Brandeis U.]( A Massachusetts jury awarded the money to a former vice president for human resources who said she had been demoted and then fired as a scapegoat for the university’s botched response to complaints about an abusive basketball coach. Brandeis said it would appeal the jury’s verdict. (The Justice) NEWSLETTER [Sign Up for the Teaching Newsletter]( Find insights to improve teaching and learning across your campus. Delivered on Thursdays. To read this newsletter as soon as it sends, [sign up]( to receive it in your email inbox. 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