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IU Professor Investigated for Graphic About White Supremacy Loses Job
A lecturer at Indiana University who was investigated last year over a graphic about white supremacy learned this week that...
AAUP Investigating Academic Freedom, Shared Governance Across Texas Colleges
An American Association of University Professors committee is investigating academic freedom and shared governance violations across Texas, where public university...
Professor Put on Leave for Assigning Case Study That Mentions Palestinians
The provost claims that the professor’s actions “threaten immediate harm” to students or the School of the Art Institute of Chicago community.
Following Law, Louisiana Colleges Post Ten Commandments in Classrooms
Louisiana higher ed systems say their institutions are posting the Ten Commandments in classrooms, following orders from Republican lawmakers. A...
Science: HHS Asking for Changes in NIH-Funded Research
The Department of Health and Human Services is now reviewing all grants approved by its National Institutes of Health, and...
Judge Overturns West Point Restriction on Civilian Faculty Speech
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point can’t enforce against its civilian faculty a policy requiring preapproval for their speech...
Opinion
There Seems to Be Some Confusion Over Who Speaks for the University
The next critical step for institutional neutrality policies is to set clear, written rules on who is—and isn’t—permitted to speak on behalf of the institution.