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KU Professor Fired Amid China Initiative Sues to Regain Job

The University of Kansas fired a professor whom a jury convicted in 2022 as part of the first Trump administration’s...

Editor Exodus From Elsevier’s ‘Journal of Human Evolution’

Members of the Journal of Human Evolution editorial board have resigned en masse in opposition to alleged changes by the...
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Historians Condemn ‘Scholasticide’ in Gaza at Conference

The measure now goes to the group’s elected council for approval, disapproval or a vote of the organization’s 10,000-plus full membership.

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N.C. State Employee Denounced University Before His Suicide

Marshall Brain II founded the popular website HowStuffWorks, hosted a TV show and taught aspiring entrepreneurs. But he ended his life hours after he accused higher-ups of forcing him to resign. 

NYPD Arrests 2 NYU Professors at Pro-Palestinian Protest

The New York City Police Department arrested two New York University professors who were at a pro-Palestinian protest on campus...

FIRE Survey: Most Faculty Fear Discussing Controversial Topics

The vast majority of faculty members—87 percent—say it’s difficult to have open and honest conversations about divisive political topics, including...
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Republicans Host Campus Free Speech Roundtable

The discussion focused on claims that DEI programs are silencing conservative students and faculty, reinforcing the GOP’s message that colleges and universities are liberal bastions and do not welcome intellectual diversity.

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Has Chapel Hill’s ‘Civic Life’ School Become a Conservative Center?

Backed by lawmakers and university leaders but opposed by hundreds of faculty, the initiative has hired professors with similar backgrounds—including a few who’ve expressed sharp political opinions.