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Researcher Support Consortium Launched to Fight Intimidation

To help scholars and their employers prepare for and respond to intimidation and harassment from outside their institutions, two professors...
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Need Advice on Campus Conflict? Call the Help Desk.

The American Association of Colleges and Universities has launched a resource to advise educators on how to tone down vitriol and foster constructive dialogue.

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Opinion

Pictures at a (Cancelled) Exhibition

Alex Lichtenstein writes that the cancellation of an art exhibit at Indiana University was but a prelude to further insults to academic freedom.

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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.

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The Prestige Factor Propping Up Academic Publishers

A federal antitrust lawsuit against a group of megapublishers highlights how academia’s system of rewarding researchers for publishing in certain journals has undermined their leverage.

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U of Maryland President Accused of Plagiarism

College Park president Darryll Pines has requested an independent review into allegations that he lifted a portion of a tutorial website for two papers.

Interim Columbia President Apologizes to Those NYPD ‘Hurt’

Columbia University’s interim president, Dr. Katrina Armstrong, in an interview with The Columbia Spectator published Thursday, apologized to those “hurt”...
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Opinion

The End of the Academy?

Mark A. Boyer argues that a silent center must respond to threats to academic freedom from the right and left alike.