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‘Is Our System of Free Speech Failing Us?’
In a Q&A with Inside Higher Ed, Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, discusses the impact of the pro-Palestinian protest movement on campus speech.
Fears Mount Over Detention of Academics Who Traveled to China
Several Chinese academics working overseas have disappeared or been detained on return to China as the country’s leaders expand national security laws.
The Uncertain Future of Private Research Universities
The growing share of research costs covered by institutions risks making the private research university business model unsustainable, Robert A. Brown writes.
University of California Sues Local UAW Over Campus Strikes
‘Unprecedented Steps’: Board Pulls Plug on Columbia Law Review Website
After student editors published a submitted article Monday accusing Israel of genocide, the journal’s Board of Directors took the whole site down. One editor describes how it happened.
‘Manufacturing Backlash’
To understand the right-wing legislative attacks on higher education, follow the money, Isaac Kamola writes.
Harvard’s Largest Division Drops DEI Hiring Statements
Program Innovations: Promoting Success in Student Research
To enhance the student experience and increase access to experiential learning, colleges and universities have gotten creative with undergraduate research experiences.