Nondiscrimination in Faculty and Administrative Hiring in the Higher Education Compact
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| Title: | Nondiscrimination in Faculty and Administrative Hiring in the Higher Education Compact |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Nicole Neily, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), Conservative Education Reform Network (CERN) |
| Source: | American Enterprise Institute. 2025. |
| Availability: | American Enterprise Institute. 1150 Seventeenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 202-862-5800; Fax: 202-862-7177; Web site: http://www.aei.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 4 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Personnel Selection, Higher Education, College Faculty, Racial Discrimination, College Administration, Federal Government, Government Role, Educational Change, Presidents, Gender Discrimination, Civil Rights Legislation, Federal Legislation, Government School Relationship, Politics of Education, Universities, Compliance (Legal) |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: | Civil Rights Act 1964 Title VII |
| Abstract: | The Trump administration's October 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education sparked an overdue conversation about the relationship between universities and the federal government. The administration identified issues that deserve to be addressed. But its approach provoked serious objections, even from sympathetic observers. That has created an opening for alternatives that are more workable and rooted in legislative authority. To that end, AEI's Conservative Education Reform Network commissioned contributions from several right-of-center higher education thinkers. Each tackles one of the compact's eight priorities, seeking to offer Congress, state lawmakers, and campus leaders a path forward. In this report, Nicole Neily takes on nondiscrimination in faculty and administrative hiring. Over the past 70 years, Supreme Court jurisprudence has clearly stated that discrimination on the basis of race is unconstitutional. Yet in the face of this precedent, universities have attempted to circumvent these rulings by, for instance, hiring faculty and administrators on the basis of race. The Trump administration's proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education sought to crack down on such activity by prohibiting signatories from considering factors such as race, sex, and national origin in hiring decisions. With many education officials attempting to evade scrutiny for these practices and simply wait out the Trump administration, reform efforts at the state and federal levels are necessary to close loopholes and strengthen enforcement. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED677981 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The Trump administration's October 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education sparked an overdue conversation about the relationship between universities and the federal government. The administration identified issues that deserve to be addressed. But its approach provoked serious objections, even from sympathetic observers. That has created an opening for alternatives that are more workable and rooted in legislative authority. To that end, AEI's Conservative Education Reform Network commissioned contributions from several right-of-center higher education thinkers. Each tackles one of the compact's eight priorities, seeking to offer Congress, state lawmakers, and campus leaders a path forward. In this report, Nicole Neily takes on nondiscrimination in faculty and administrative hiring. Over the past 70 years, Supreme Court jurisprudence has clearly stated that discrimination on the basis of race is unconstitutional. Yet in the face of this precedent, universities have attempted to circumvent these rulings by, for instance, hiring faculty and administrators on the basis of race. The Trump administration's proposed Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education sought to crack down on such activity by prohibiting signatories from considering factors such as race, sex, and national origin in hiring decisions. With many education officials attempting to evade scrutiny for these practices and simply wait out the Trump administration, reform efforts at the state and federal levels are necessary to close loopholes and strengthen enforcement. |
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