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Texas Professor Suspended for 16 Months Without Recourse
Clyde Barrow and his lawyer have repeatedly asked for updates and details on his case and have been met with silence and redirects at all levels.
DEI Ban Led to End of Minister Benefits and Call for Professor to Be ‘Fired or Worse’
After Kentucky Republicans banned DEI, a diversity, equity and inclusion defender used open records requests to reveal what public universities face behind the scenes.
UCLA Chancellor Criticizes Law School’s Sept. 11 Symposium
UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk last week denounced a Sept. 11 symposium at his institution’s law school, which promoted a panel...
Judge Declares West Point Faculty Gag Order Unconstitutional
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point cannot restrict what civilian faculty write or say publicly, a federal court judge...
After Kirk’s Death, a Third of Students Say Posting ‘MAGA’ Is a Fireable Offense
The Israel-Palestine conflict remains the most taboo topic on college campuses, according to FIRE’s latest free speech report.
Opinion
Reading the Rules for Rule Makers, Part 1
Conflating academic freedom with perceived viewpoint diversity: such a fundamental category error as to imply bad faith.
U of Washington Pays Professor $600K, Allows ‘Parody Land Acknowledgment’
The University of Washington has agreed to pay a computer science teaching professor $600,000 for damages and legal fees and...
Arday Accuser Nathan Cofnas Says He Will Not Be Fired
Nathan Cofnas, the American postdoctoral researcher at Ghent University in Belgium who accused the late Cambridge professor Jason Arday of...