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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.
Peer Review Should Be a Dance, Not a Duel
Frank Argote-Freyre and Christopher M. Bellitto offer ideas to help authors avoid time-wasting situations.
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...
Opinion
We Need New Ways to Protect Academic Freedom
Protecting professors from university discipline for their extramural speech is necessary, but no longer sufficient, Austin Sarat writes.
100-Plus Tufts Lecturers Strike for Better Pay
Some classes at Tufts University were canceled Monday and Tuesday as dozens of full-time lecturers carried out a two-day strike...
Fired for Making Porn, Joe Gow Sues for Reinstatement
After being fired twice, first from his chancellor post and then from his tenured faculty role at the University of...
As Data Goes Off-Line Under Trump, Environmental Researchers Are Uploading Backups
A team of scholars has worked since November to archive resources that are valuable to themselves and the public—just in case they were taken down.
Planning the Sabbatical You Need
The sabbatical you need may not be the one you think you should take, Bethany Wilinski writes.