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Yale Faculty Say Academic Freedom Has Decreased. Some Fear Dismissal or Arrest.

A majority of Yale University faculty members say their academic freedom has decreased in recent years, and half fear losing...
Opinion

The Rush to Trust Endangers Academic Freedom

Higher education cannot sacrifice its core values on the altar of trust.

A photo of a large group of graduates wearing graduation attire.
Opinion

Lessons for the Silly Season

Why do colleges get commencement speakers wrong every year?

Part of a statement from the Rutgers University Senate condemning Dean Alberto Cuitiño, superimposed over a picture of the campus engineering building. "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Rutgers University Senate finds Dean Alberto Cuitiño’s handling of this matter to have been one-sided, opaque, and harmful to students, faculty, alumni, and the reputation of Rutgers University" is in large text.

Rutgers Faculty Split Over Decision to Disinvite Commencement Speaker

The ongoing fight is complete with all the trappings of a campus divided over free speech—petitions, student rallies, faculty meetings, backchannel discussions and administrators’ attempts to quash it all.

Students walk on campus at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

Court Rules Texas State Must Reinstate Prof Fired for Israel-Palestine Talk

A federal court judge ruled Monday that Idris Robinson—a philosophy professor at Texas State University who was fired for an...
The word "trust" spelled out in wooden blocks against a neutral background.
Opinion

The Academic Value of Trust

There’s good reason much of the public has lost trust in higher education.

A photo of the ornate, Gothic-style Harkness Tower at Yale University.
Opinion

Trust Isn’t the Issue

What we actually have is a crisis of truth.

The Iowa State Capitol, commonly called the Iowa Statehouse, as seen in Des Moines, Iowa.

Iowa’s Higher Ed Overhaul Bills Mostly Fizzled. State Regents May Act Instead.

The House launched a wave of controversial legislation earlier this year that never made it through the Senate. But familiar-looking policy proposals emerged from the board overseeing public universities.