Filter & Sort
'Fake' Tenure?
U of Wisconsin System Board of Regents approves new tenure policies, rejecting a series of proposals that professors said would have protected some of their rights.
Changing Course on Anti-Semitic Remarks?
Oberlin releases statements that seem to contradict its earlier position defending the right of a controversial professor, Joy Karega, to say what she wants on social media.
Opinion
The Academy in Peril?
If politicians are allowed to dictate who works in our colleges and universities, and thus whose voices get heard when we discuss the world and its inhabitants, we can't expect the results to be positive, argues William Bradley.
Unacademic Freedom?
Academic freedom is supposed to protect unpopular views. A case involving an Oberlin professor who claimed that ISIS is really the CIA and Mossad asks whether that freedom extends to falsehoods.
Missouri Board Votes to Fire Melissa Click
Dismissal is linked to two incidents -- both videotaped -- in which the professor was involved in protests. Faculty leaders say that board violated due process and university procedures.
Don't 'Go There'
Is teaching under campus carry still teaching? New guidelines from the Faculty Senate at U of Houston ask the question, with suggestions such as dropping controversial course content for safety concerns.
Another Speaker Blocked
Cal State Los Angeles says conservative writer, who was scheduled to criticize trigger warnings and Black Lives Matter movement, can appear only with someone opposing his views.
Williams Blocks a Speaker
College says John Derbyshire's statements constitute hate speech, so student group is blocked from playing host to him on campus.