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Kansas Chemist Gets Final Acquittal in China Ties Case
Five years after arrest in Trump administration crackdown, Chinese-born Franklin Feng Tao gets vindication—and wants his job back
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The Academic Trumpists, Part 1
Scott McLemee reviews David L. Swartz’s study of the academics who support Donald Trump.
UC Board Bans Political Statements From Department Homepages
After months of delaying a planned vote on the issue, the University of California’s Board of Regents voted 13 to...
AFT Launches Push for Academic Freedom, Job Security, College Access
The American Federation of Teachers, of which the American Association of University Professors is an affiliate, is launching a $1...
Instructor Leaves Bellarmine After Post, Allegedly About Trump
An instructor is no longer employed at Bellarmine University after posting on Instagram, “if you’re gonna shoot, man, don’t miss,”...
Bridging the Campus Divide With ‘Dangerous Ideas’ and AI Debate Moderators
In this polarized time, one assistant professor is teaching students to argue more constructively about the most contentious topics: abortion, guns, transracial identities, moral obligations to animals—even the existence of God.
Faculty Panel Recommends Firing Joe Gow
The former University of Wisconsin at La Crosse chancellor was fired last year for making pornography with his wife. Now a panel has recommended he lose his faculty job and tenure.
Dickinson State’s Entire Full-Time Nursing Faculty Resigns
All seven full-time nursing faculty members at Dickinson State University in North Dakota resigned Wednesday in response to high workloads...