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Citing Trump Order, UNC System Ends DEI Course Requirements
Making Space for Student ‘Sorrow’ Over AI
An art assignment using generative AI sparked fierce controversy, vandalism and the specter of Hitler at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, last fall—and then offered a lesson in navigating student anxiety about the technology.
‘Shortsighted’ and ‘Dangerous’: Colleges Warn of Budget Cuts After NIH Slashes Medical Research Funding
Federal officials said the change would save up to $4 billion. College leaders argue the cut will slow advances for millions of patients in need of critical breakthroughs.
The Ivy Advantage
Adam Szetela asks why Ivy League Ph.D. students like him should have an advantage on the academic job market.
As the DEI Crackdown Escalates, Faculty Choose Between Silence and Resistance
While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”
A Left, Not Libertarian, Defense of Free Speech
Joseph J. Fischel and Kyler Chittick argue that the academic left has ceded too much of the moral high ground when it comes to free speech.
Ruling Again Pulls Trump-Criticizing Professor From Classroom
Who’s Invisible in the Data?
Chad M. Topaz and Tyrone Bass suggest five steps researchers can take to make more inclusive choices when collecting and analyzing data.