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Texas State Capitol Building in Austin.
Governance State Oversight

Texas’s Higher Ed Overseer Dismisses Dozens of Complaints

Republicans created the ombudsman position to investigate alleged violations of their ban on DEI and their gutting of faculty governance bodies.

The Texas Capitol building looms behind a statue of a man on a horse with a gun.
Quick Takes

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...
The gold dome of the Iowa State Capitol, or the Iowa Statehouse, against a sunny blue sky.
Quick Takes

Iowa Undergrads Will Have to Take History Courses Picked by Civics Centers

Future undergraduates at Iowa’s three public universities must take a “comprehensive survey of all American history” course, plus a second...
University of Texas students walk through campus on the first day of classes Monday, Aug. 25, 2025.
Faculty Shared Governance

U of Texas Board Makes It Easier to Fire Faculty, Close Programs

One faculty member is concerned that the policy changes anticipate a 2027 legislative session that could further encroach on academic freedom at the state university system.

Low Memorial Library at Columbia University.
Opinion
Views

Rethinking Shared Governance

These systems can shield leaders from accountability.

By Ron Liebowitz

A yellow arrow, drawn on a blackboard, points in one direction, while white arrows all around it point in varying directions.
Opinion
Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

On Leading People Who Don’t Want to Be Led

Many faculty say this is not the job they signed up for. They need leaders who see this and who are looking out for them.

By Gillian R. Hayes

A color-blocked layering of state capitol buildings of Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Utah.
Government State Policy

New State Laws Land Blows Against Shared Governance, Tenure

Many legislatures have wrapped up their regular sessions. Inside Higher Ed provides a rundown of major legislation that passed in nine of these states.

A photo illustration of Lee Roberts, chancellor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Jed Atkins, director and dean of the School of Civic Life and Leadership, in front of a shot of the campus. They are both white men wearing suits.
Faculty Shared Governance

Chapel Hill Refuses to Release $1.2M Report on Controversial Civics School

Students, faculty and media outlets have demanded the university release information from an investigation into the School of Civic Life and Leadership. News organizations are suing to make the document public.