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Why Shared Governance Can’t Solve Today’s Student Success Challenges
Higher education has a knowledge problem.
Texas’s Higher Ed Overseer Dismisses Dozens of Complaints
Republicans created the ombudsman position to investigate alleged violations of their ban on DEI and their gutting of faculty governance bodies.
AAUP Investigating Academic Freedom, Shared Governance Across Texas Colleges
An American Association of University Professors committee is investigating academic freedom and shared governance violations across Texas, where public university...
Iowa Undergrads Will Have to Take History Courses Picked by Civics Centers
Future undergraduates at Iowa’s three public universities must take a “comprehensive survey of all American history” course, plus a second...
U of Texas Board Makes It Easier to Fire Faculty, Close Programs
One faculty member is concerned that the policy changes anticipate a 2027 legislative session that could further encroach on academic freedom at the state university system.
Opinion
On Leading People Who Don’t Want to Be Led
Many faculty say this is not the job they signed up for. They need leaders who see this and who are looking out for them.
New State Laws Land Blows Against Shared Governance, Tenure
Many legislatures have wrapped up their regular sessions. Inside Higher Ed provides a rundown of major legislation that passed in nine of these states.