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University of Minnesota police cut down a sign reading "ICE OFF CAMPUS" after detaining students who chained themselves to the door of Morrill Hall on Feb. 6, 2026, in Minneapolis
Faculty Curriculum

Immigration Historians Compile Syllabus for Faculty to Combat Misinformation

Leaders at the University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center say they want to put immigration enforcement policy debates into context and share accurate information with anyone who wants to learn more.

A book of collected plays open to the first page of William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
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What Can One English Course Actually Teach?

The rise of AI should force my profession to be honest.

By Anne Lovering Rounds

A photo illustration of headshots of Toni Morrison, Plato, William Shakespeare and Karl Marx.
Faculty Curriculum

UT Approves List of 50 Authors for Gen Ed Course

Jane Austen, Frederick Douglass, Adam Smith and Søren Kierkegaard made the cut.

A group of theater students review their scripts during a rehearsal.
Opinion
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The Performing Arts Are the New Civics

Everyone’s talking about civics education. But the way we’re conceptualizing it is far too narrow—not to mention ideologically aligned.

By Charlotte M. Canning and Michael Sy Uy

The University of Texas at Austin campus on a cloudy day.
Quick Takes

UT Austin Cuts Women’s and Gender Studies Courses From Core Curriculum

The University of Texas at Austin will no longer count women’s, gender and sexuality courses toward core curriculum requirements, the...
Students walk through the University of Texas campus on the first day of classes for the 2026-27 school year Monday, Aug. 24, 2026.
Faculty Curriculum

UT Austin Axes Several Ethnic, Gender Studies Majors

Some faculty members consider the decision the next step in a broader effort to gut what remains of ethnic and gender studies at the university.

The Ezekiel W. Cullen building with the UH logo on the front on the University of Houston campus.
Quick Takes

University of Houston Cuts 40% of Core Courses

The University of Houston System Board of Regents has approved removing about 40 percent of the courses that counted toward...
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Faculty Curriculum

Under UT’s New Core Curriculum, Humanities Benefit but Faculty Are Limited

The new core will include a list of approved authors that faculty must select from to build their syllabi for certain courses, including Great Questions of Human Life and Masterworks of Literature.