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A Case Against Rubrics
Rubrics are not the path to intellectual liberation, Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera writes.
AAUP Faces Criticism for Reversal on Academic Boycotts
The American Association of University Professors announced Monday it had dropped its categorical opposition to the tactic. Critics say the organization has changed for the worse, but its new president isn’t backing down.
Judge Tosses Professors’ Suit Against Indiana’s ‘Intellectual Diversity’ Law
Indiana Argues Professors Lack First Amendment Rights in Public Classrooms
Defending a new law requiring “intellectual diversity” from professors, the Indiana attorney general echoes Florida and asserts that “curriculum of a public university is government speech.”
Lawmaker Claims Credit for Antisemitism Review at Florida Universities
State Representative Randy Fine says that after he repeatedly called the state university chancellor about a “Muslim terror textbook,” the system launched an evaluation of courses at all public universities.
Curiosity: From Forbidden Fruit to Catalyst of Progress
How and why curiosity shifted from vice to virtue—and what colleges can do to drive it.
A Big Chunk of Professors Flunked U of Florida Post-Tenure Review
After the state required post-tenure reviews, roughly one-fifth of the UF professors evaluated in the first round were either found lacking, decided to leave or chose to give up research—and likely their tenure with it. At Florida State, by contrast, all professors passed muster.
Rethinking Student Engagement
Students have changed, and instructors should reconsider their assumptions about what engagement means, Mary C. Kern and Terri R. Kurtzberg write.