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Opinion
The End of the Academy?
Mark A. Boyer argues that a silent center must respond to threats to academic freedom from the right and left alike.
Proud Boys Founder, Yiannopoulos to Mock Harris at U of S.C.
This article contains explicit and potentially offensive terms that are essential to reporting on this situation. Student groups, the NAACP...
Cornell Professor ‘Exhilarated’ by Hamas Attack Is Back Teaching
The Cornell University faculty member who said, roughly a week after Oct. 7, that Hamas’s attack “exhilarated” him is back...
Opinion
Boycotts Cannot Become the New Normal
Ronald R. Krebs argues that the new AAUP statement on academic boycotts undermines scholarly values and opens the door to further politicization of the academy.
Penn Embraces Institutional Neutrality
The University of Pennsylvania announced Tuesday it will embrace a policy of institutional neutrality going forward, refraining from issuing public...
Claremont Institute, Home of ‘Stop the Steal’ Lawyer, Returns to Political Science Conference
Some American Political Science Association members are criticizing their organization for welcoming back a pro-Trump think tank that has been absent from annual meetings since 2021. But the association says it was never banned.
Opinion
What Is at Stake in an Academic Boycott?
The movement to boycott Israeli universities puts academic freedom at risk, Cary Nelson writes.
Harvard Professors Protest Restrictions on Protests—With Chalk
Five Harvard University professors wielded chalk on campus Tuesday in protest of the institution’s new policy banning chalking and other...