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International University Leaders Convene to Discuss Threats to Academic Freedom
Speakers linked academic freedom and the future of democracy less than two weeks before the presidential election.
A Timetable for Navigating Your Tenure Journey
Ruth Monnier and Mark M. Diacopoulos provide advice to demystify the tenure process, especially at a teaching institution.
Black, Hispanic Faculty Far Less Likely to Get ‘Gold Standard’ Tenure Recommendations
A study published this month focusing on five unnamed universities adds to research on racial disparities in the professoriate.
A Year of Investigations, Punishments and Arrests of Scholars
Dozens of faculty members and grad student workers have faced discipline from colleges, universities and police since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Some have now returned to work. Others lost their jobs.
The U.S. Started Investigating a Professor’s Pro-Palestine Speech. Then She Was Fired.
The Office for Civil Rights said it didn’t ask for the firing as part of a probe into how Muhlenberg College handled complaints related to a professor who allegedly made “pro-Hamas statements."
Tenured Jewish Professor Says She’s Been Fired for Pro-Palestinian Speech
Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still receiving a salary.
Penn Professor Amy Wax Punished for ‘Derogatory’ Statements but Won’t Lose Job
After years of a disciplinary procedure, the lightning-rod law professor accused of “incessant racist, sexist, xenophobic and homophobic actions and statements” is now being punished.