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A photo illustration of a person holding a smartphone displaying the email the author received from Academia.edu: "Hi Joelle, Your paper "A hstorian's [sic] take on Charlottesville:..." can now be shared as a Spotify podcast. Reach new audiences and make your research heard."
Opinion

No, I Don’t Want My Article Turned Into a Podcast

Scholars who don’t want Academia.edu to use AI to generate adaptations of their work should delete their accounts.

Paleontologist Jack Horner, 2018. Harvard math professor Martin A. Nowak, 2007. Mark Tramo, 2011.

Latest Epstein Exits Include UCLA’s Tramo, Chapman’s Horner

Meanwhile, Harvard’s Martin Nowak was placed on leave for a second time over his connections to the sex offender.

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Presidents Pressured in Trump’s Second Term

The latest Inside Higher Ed Survey of College and University Presidents reveals leaders’ concerns about Trump 2.0, public trust, finances and AI.

Echoes in the Quad
Opinion

The Danger of Silence When Academic Freedom Is Under Threat

Inaction from rank-and-file workers enabled government censorship during the Red Scares.

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Opinion

AI Is Not Replacing Learning—It’s Exposing Where Learning Was Thin to Begin With

Have we been assessing learning all this time, or just outputs?

Opinion

Book Review: ‘The Opinionated University’

Soucek has a better and more nuanced approach to allowing departmental speech without infringing upon individual rights.

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Opinion

The Rawlsian Argument for Institutional Neutrality

A principled argument for neutrality ultimately comes down to questions of institutional legitimacy.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth looks on as President Donald Trump hosts a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2026.

Hegseth Is Waging War on University Partnerships. His Targets Are Unclear.

The defense secretary’s memos and X videos have left a muddied picture of which programs are being canceled at which institutions and for what reasons.