As public colleges in several Republican-led states grapple with new bans on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, one private institution is making a pitch to their students: If you don’t like what you’re seeing, come here instead.

Colorado College announced plans last week to minimize barriers for transfer students from five states that have passed anti-DEI legislation. The new program, called Healing and Affirming Village and Empowerment Network, or Haven, is open to students from Florida, North Carolina, North Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas.

Extreme weather is bringing into focus the challenges of key jobs associated with natural disasters. Among them: electrical lineworkers. They are tasked with recovery work and restoring power, as well as installing and maintaining electrical power systems.

As with many trades, the workforce is aging, and there aren’t enough skilled workers entering the profession to replace those leaving. In many instances, community colleges are stepping up to help.

Yale Law School started the exodus last November: Dozens of law and medical schools vowed not to cooperate with the U.S. News & World Report rankings juggernaut. The publisher’s priority-skewing formula was flawed, administrators said, by placing an emphasis on a school's reputation instead of the quality of the education provided or how much it changes the lives of the students served.

Critics of the rankings dared to hope that undergraduate programs at the same universities would defect, too. But despite generations of private grousing about U.S. News, most of those colleges conspicuously skipped the uprising.