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Video Fallout
Controversy over Planned Parenthood leads to new scrutiny of faculty members' research with fetal tissue -- including one professor-turned-presidential candidate who is anti-abortion.
What Illinois Kept Secret
University admits some officials used personal email accounts to inappropriately withhold information sought in FOIA requests on Salaita and other controversies. Here's what the chancellor and others didn't want known.
Free Speech Trumps Civility
Federal judge, in victory for Steven Salaita, refuses to dismiss lawsuit charging U. of Illinois with violating his free speech and contract rights.
Opinion
An Ignored Conflict of Interest
Faculty members and their expertise need to be central to curricular review, but with checks and balances related to self-interests of departments, which may not reflect students' interests, write Alexandra W. Logue and Ian Shrank.
Opinion
Lessons of the Salaita Affair
When departments hire outside their areas of expertise, criticism can be no surprise, writes Cary Nelson.
Opinion
The Salaita Case, One Year Later
Michael Rothberg considers the lines from Gaza to social media to Illinois -- and their implications for university governance.
Targeted for Tweets
A professor is speaking out against a Fox News report about months-old tweets that she says prompted a flood of hate mail and unfairly characterized her positions.
Who Crossed the Line?
First Republicans, and then faculty leaders, have questioned tweets of Wisconsin's Sara Goldrick-Rab, particularly in seemingly discouraging admitted students from enrolling. Her supporters call her courageous and say her defense of academic freedom has made her a target.