Vanessa A. Sansone

DOJ Deems Definition of HSIs Unconstitutional, Won’t Defend The Department of Justice said it won’t defend against a legal challenge to the law defining HSIs as having at least 25 percent Hispanic undergraduates. The program’s future is in jeopardy.

DOJ Deems Definition of Hispanic-Serving Institutions Unconstitutional

Fantastic news! Glad to have you in Texas @justinortagus.bsky.social. Let me know when you want to meet up and eat the best tacos in Texas. Because that’s going to be about 65 miles south of Austin, in San Antonio.

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@drandrewk.bsky.social and I had a wonderful time visiting Western Carolina University, a rural-serving Regional Public University, to help campus leaders think about how to tell their stories of impact and transformation. @arrc.bsky.social

Diversity officers and professors sue to block Trump's DEI orders.

A coalition of professors, diversity officers & restaurant worker advocates represented by Democracy Forward filed suit today to block Trump’s unlawful anti-DEIA actions. We'll continue using the power of the courts to challenge unlawful policies & fight to uphold decades of legal precedent. (1/3)

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Tariffs, you say?

How wealthy universities prioritized rich applicants Documents released in an antitrust lawsuit show how some elite colleges gave well-connected applicants a leg up in admissions. Are these practices ongoing?

A trove of court documents show how elite colleges gave wealthy, well-connected applicants an admissions advantage with the hopes of securing large donations.

@byjoshmoody.bsky.social and I dove into the evidence and asked, does this still happen?

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Really excited about this awarded work from the ECMC Foundation. Thank you for believing in @arrc.bsky.social, RSIs, and funding our project with Child Trends to further our knowledge about RSIs, rural students, and rural communities. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ choices shrink as colleges slash majors - The Hechinger Report Rural Americans already have less access to higher education than people in cities and suburbs. Now the comparatively few universities serving rural students are cutting large numbers of programs and ...

“We are asking rural folks to accept a set of options that folks in cities and suburbs would never accept,” said @drandrewk.bsky.social, Executive Director of @arrc.bsky.social. hechingerreport.org/easy-to-just...

Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors As enrollments fall, rural-serving universities are shedding degree programs ranging from music to chemistry.

Great insight in this Hechinger Report (& WaPo) news article from @arrc.bsky.social colleagues @drandrewk.bsky.social and @ceciliaorphan.bsky.social about #rural students and rural-serving institutions. #RSIs

Check out this start pack of rural higher ed researchers!

Teach me!