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Trump Orders Disrupt Academic Research

As the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation review grants and programming for verboten topics—including DEI and “gender ideology”—many researchers aren’t sure if their projects will pass Trump’s nebulous, ideological tests.

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Opinion

Against the Assessment Regime

Our approach to assessment not only distracts from good teaching—it can even distort educational goals, Patrick J. Casey argues.

Judge Reinstates Professor LSU Suspended After Trump Remarks

A judge has ordered Louisiana State University to return to the classroom a tenured law professor who says the institution...

San Francisco State to Require Climate Justice Coursework

San Francisco State University will soon require all incoming students to take a climate justice course, KQED, San Francisco’s NPR...
A partial list of courses removed from general education offerings at Florida State University.

Florida Board Approves Extensive Gen Ed Overhaul

The Florida Board of Governors voted to remove hundreds of classes, many touching on race and gender, from general education offerings at all 12 state universities.

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Opinion

Post-it Pedagogy

Kate Nesbit explains why the humble sticky note is a terrific low-tech teaching tool.

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Déjà Vu: An LSU Law Professor Who Discussed Trump in Class Faces Blowback

A faculty member says the university suspended him from teaching for a lecture that mentioned President Trump and criticized Louisiana governor Jeff Landry’s public calls to punish a colleague over similar allegations.

U of Tennessee Pays Student Who Faced Expulsion $180K

The University of Tennessee is paying one of its pharmacy graduates $180,000 and giving the Foundation for Individual Rights and...