
NASPA Public Policy Division
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NASPA Public Policy Division
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NASPA’s Public Policy Division official account. Learn more about public policy issues and how they affect higher education. [email protected]


📆 How and when should college presidents issue statements on political and cultural controversies? Tune in this Thursday to hear how four college presidents approach this question and their strategies for communicating with their campus communities. bit.ly/3MGjuYP


📆 Next week, @JPfefferMerrill will join #HigherEd leaders to discuss how colleges and universities can navigate political polarization to uphold #FreeSpeech. Register to hear strategies for supporting a respectful and open exchange of ideas: bit.ly/40ax2kL



BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled today in favor of Students for Fair Admissions in two closely watched cases, ending race-conscious admissions at all colleges that use the practice nationwide. This is a developing story, and our paywall has been dropped: chroni.cl/3NSQ4re



California is getting special attention as #SCOTUS gears up to issue rulings on race in college admissions. @NewsHour visited a campus making a push to improve diversity without consideration of race or gender. What are the lessons? #AffirmativeAction pbs.org/newshour/show/…


YouTube's reversal of its prohibition on false claims about U.S. elections comes as the 2024 campaign is already underway, with Donald Trump continuing to claim, without evidence, that he lost to Joe Biden in 2020 because of widespread fraud. npr.org/2023/06/02/117…

Amid a larger conservative attack on higher education DEI programs, Florida Gov. DeSantis has signed a bill into law barring the state’s colleges and universities from spending money on DEI programs, and limiting how race can be discussed in many courses. washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

Under a new bill, Florida's public colleges would be required to have offices that oversee campus speaker events and ensure that “multiple, divergent, and opposing perspectives” are represented. chroni.cl/3O4BJZq






Attending #NASPA23? Be sure to review our recommendations for sessions from the @NASPAtweets Public Policy Division! naspa.org/blog/public-po… @NASPAavp





