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A screenshot of a meeting showing Mark Hagerott, chancellor of the North Dakota University System.
A screenshot of a meeting showing Mark Hagerott, chancellor of the North Dakota University System.

A Decade-Long State Chancellorship Is Ending. Board Members Won’t Say Why.

July 1, 2024

The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education met behind closed doors before voting unanimously to end Mark Hagerott’s time as chancellor. But he’s getting an extended, well-paid exit.

An illustration of multiple featureless black faces with red tape over where their mouths would be.
An illustration of multiple featureless black faces with red tape over where their mouths would be.

A Dean Called for Silencing Harvard’s Faculty Critics. He’s Been Roasted.

June 26, 2024

Lawrence D. Bobo’s argument that professors should face sanctions for inciting “external actors” to “intervene” at the university has been roundly lambasted. But it tapped into an ongoing debate: When is outside intervention warranted?

A photo illustration including a photograph of Charles J. (Chuck) Cooper with text from the Stop WOKE Act superimposed over his face.
A photo illustration including a photograph of Charles J. (Chuck) Cooper with text from the Stop WOKE Act superimposed over his face.

Florida Argues It Could Stop Professors From Criticizing Governor

June 21, 2024

A nationally prominent conservative lawyer, hired to defend the state’s Stop WOKE Act, asserted that what public university professors say in classrooms “is the government’s speech.” The national implications for academic freedom could be dire.