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The AAUP’s New President Is Not Staying Neutral

Todd Wolfson is pushing the century-old American Association of University Professors to fight higher ed’s detractors and “organize every campus.” But critics say the venerable organization is straying from its roots.

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A Clash Over Core Curriculum at New College of Florida

Faculty say administrators at the public liberal arts institution are changing core course offerings in a way that is ideologically driven and harmful to students.

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Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Must Leave Harvard After 8 Years. They’re Calling for That to End.

The university’s contingent teachers unionized in the spring. Before they sign their first agreement, they want administrators to stop limiting their contract renewals.

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Opinion

Professors Should Discuss Elections in Class

Survey results showing that most professors don’t plan to discuss the upcoming election in the classroom are troubling, Clarissa Unger writes.

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Harvard Faculty Suspended From Library Over Protest

Roughly two dozen faculty members will temporarily lose access to Harvard’s main library following a silent protest in support of students punished for the same reason.

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Students Under More Surveillance Than Ever

A new book from a Purdue University professor outlines how universities’ embrace of some digital technology tools is reinforcing racial and economic inequities.

Penn State Cancer Researcher Faces Retractions, Research Ban

Pennsylvania State University has barred a biomedical engineering professor from conducting further research following an investigation that found “unreliable data”...
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Beyond Masculine and Feminine: Teaching Romance Languages in a Nonbinary World

Nicholas Henriksen outlines steps for making Romance language classrooms more gender inclusive.