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Texas Governor Signs Law Giving Presidents Control of Faculty Senates
Texas governor Greg Abbott on Friday signed into law legislation allowing public college and university presidents to take over faculty...
Opinion
The Lost Soul of Higher Education
Scott Gac reflects on a Fulbright award that wasn’t amid a worrying climate of censorship.
Academic Freedom Was Already Limited at U.S. Service Academies. Then Came Trump.
Officials are restricting education about diversity and criticism of the U.S. It’s an erosion of rights within the institutions training America’s future military officers.
Opinion
Higher Ed Must Recommit to Its Enlightenment Roots
Universities’ own mistakes helped pave the way for government attacks on academic freedom, Emily Chamlee-Wright writes.
Tulane Environmentalist Resigns Amid Research ‘Gag Order’
Kimberly Terrell, director of community engagement at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, alleges that university officials told her not to publicly discuss her research after someone at the state capitol cited it as evidence that Tulane is “anti–chemical industry.”
Judge Releases Harvard Researcher After 4-Month Detention
A judge released a Harvard Medical School research associate and Russian native Thursday. She had been held in federal detention...
Hillel Adds New VP to Address Classroom Antisemitism
Hillel International, the pro-Israel Jewish campus organization, is hiring for a new position that it says will combat faculty antisemitism...
Williams Rejects NSF, NIH Grants Over Unclear DEI Ban
Williams College has told its faculty that it won’t accept National Science Foundation or National Institutes of Health grants until...