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UT Board Policy Asks Faculty to Avoid ‘Controversial’ Topics in Class
The system board did not specify what topics are considered controversial or elaborate on how the policy will be enforced. The language echoes similar restrictions at the Texas A&M and Texas Tech systems.
Podcast: Robert Zemsky on How 3-Year Degrees Could Save Colleges
About That UCSD Math Report
Declining math skills are a real problem nationally, but UC San Diego is an unusual case—and other California colleges offer a range of promising models for rethinking calculus requirements.
Report: State Lawmakers Enacted a Record 21 Censorship Bills in 2025
The legislatures in all 15 states that passed higher education censorship bills are Republican-controlled. Measures range from curricular control to curtailing faculty governance.
Texas A&M Cancels Graduate Ethics Class in Ongoing Course Review
Administrators say the professor teaching the course did not specify when and how race, gender and sexuality might come up in class. The professor says that would be impossible.
Setting Plato Straight All Over Again
Efforts to censor Plato over his treatment of gender have a long history.
The Hidden Tax Students Are Paying for Your AI Strategy (or Lack Thereof)
Just buying an institutional subscription to ChatGPT or Claude won’t ensure students have all the different AI tools they need.
Plato Censored as Texas A&M Carries Out Course Review
A&M officials have also instructed English faculty not to teach books in core classes that have major plotlines concerning gay, lesbian or transgender identities.