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Déjà Vu: An LSU Law Professor Who Discussed Trump in Class Faces Blowback
A faculty member says the university suspended him from teaching for a lecture that mentioned President Trump and criticized Louisiana governor Jeff Landry’s public calls to punish a colleague over similar allegations.
As Data Goes Off-Line Under Trump, Environmental Researchers Are Uploading Backups
A team of scholars has worked since November to archive resources that are valuable to themselves and the public—just in case they were taken down.
Fired for Making Porn, Joe Gow Sues for Reinstatement
We Need New Ways to Protect Academic Freedom
Protecting professors from university discipline for their extramural speech is necessary, but no longer sufficient, Austin Sarat writes.
Former Jackson State Faculty Senate President Sues University President
Harvard Medical School Canceled Lecture Featuring Patients From Gaza
Little-Known Network of Higher Ed Institutes Has Roots in Anti–Gay Marriage Fight and Opus Dei
The Foundation for Excellence in Higher Education supports programs based at or near 14 elite universities. It’s headquartered at a conservative think tank and funded generously by right-leaning donors. But what are its aims?
At CSU, Orwell Meets Safetyism
California State University’s new draft policy for handling “other conduct of concern” is deeply, well, concerning, Peter C. Herman writes.