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DePaul Adjunct Ousted for Optional Gaza Assignment
Colleges have punished several professors since Oct. 7 for out-of-classroom speech. Now a faculty member has been fired for a task description that referenced “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing” and “a decolonized future.”
Colleges Eye Rule Changes in the Wake of Spring Protests
Pro-Palestinian encampments and protests strained college policies this spring. As summer sets in, some are revising rules ahead of a potentially tumultuous fall.
San José State Suspends SJP Faculty Adviser
San José State University has suspended a Justice Studies professor who’s also faculty adviser for the campus chapter of Students...
UCLA, Davis Join Strike Supporting Pro-Palestinian Protesters
Academic employees at two more University of California campuses have joined the University of California, Santa Cruz in the strike...
Lawmakers Sought to Mandate Class on Founding Documents. What Were Professors to Do?
Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. Will other states follow?
American Sociological Assoc. Members Call for Gaza Ceasefire
Members of the American Sociological Association (ASA) have passed a resolution calling “for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza”...
Editors of ‘Philosophy & Public Affairs’ Journal Resign En Masse
Thirty-eight editors of Philosophy & Public Affairs, a Wiley-owned journal, announced their resignations en masse Wednesday, including the entire editorial...
UC Academic Workers Strike Over Pro-Palestinian Protest Arrests
A walkout at the University of California, Santa Cruz could spread to other campuses in the state. The university system is calling the strike “illegal.”