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THE REVIEW | OPINION By Jennifer Ruth Right wingers like Dan Patrick and Christopher Rufo seek to erode academic power. BACKGROUNDER By Emma Pettit Florida’s designated honors college has been embroiled in controversy as conservative trustees attempt to reshape it. Now a board member has lobbed a new grenade. RACE ON CAMPUS By Daarel Burnette II The botched negotiations with Kathleen McElroy offer a peek at how administrators are responding to anti-DEI laws. THE EDGE By Goldie Blumenstyk In Maine, the community-college system’s “real skills for real jobs” push is fostering new partnerships with employers. But what comes next? LATITUDES By Karin Fischer How some two-year institutions have succeeded with study abroad. Plus, sex-discrimination complaints at an international branch campus.
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