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Former Jackson State Faculty Senate President Sues University President

A former Jackson State University Faculty Senate president is suing the institution, its president and the statewide public university system...

Amy Wax Sues, Accuses Penn of Racial Double Standard for Speech About Black, Jewish People

University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax is suing her institution, asking a judge to overturn Penn’s sanctions against her...
A photograph of James Bowley next to one of a sign saying Millsaps College.

Professor Says College Fired Him for Telling 3 Students U.S. Is Fascist After Election

The tenured faculty member said Millsaps College argued that his email could be misconstrued as speaking on behalf of the institution. He’s appealing to the board. 

A photo illustration consisting of a photograph of Katherine Franke next to an image of Columbia University's campus.

Pro-Palestinian Columbia Professor Departs After Investigation

Katherine Franke, a law professor whose interview became the subject of a university investigation, says she’s effectively been terminated.

A photograph of Jim Grossman speaking into the mike at a lectern in front of a screen. Both the lectern and screen say "American Historical Association."

‘Historians Should Be Everywhere’: Questions for the AHA’s Retiring Leader

Jim Grossman, exiting after 15 years as executive director of the American Historical Association, discusses his efforts to multiply historians’ routes to tenure, The 1619 Project’s impact on history debates and why policymakers need historians.

KU Professor Fired Amid China Initiative Sues to Regain Job

The University of Kansas fired a professor whom a jury convicted in 2022 as part of the first Trump administration’s...
A photograph of Marshall Brain II, holding an award, standing next to North Carolina State University chancellor Randy Woodson.

N.C. State Employee Denounced University Before His Suicide

Marshall Brain II founded the popular website HowStuffWorks, hosted a TV show and taught aspiring entrepreneurs. But he ended his life hours after he accused higher-ups of forcing him to resign. 

A triptych of three headshots, from left to right, of Amy Wax, Maura Finkelstein and Joe Gow.

The Extraordinariness of Extramural Absolutism

The protection of extramural speech may be necessary, but academics should acknowledge the magnitude of the privilege they’re claiming, Deepa Das Acevedo writes.