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How College Leaders Responded to Activist’s Slaying

Universities are making exceptions to institutional neutrality policies to issue statements on Charlie Kirk’s death as some take aggressive action against some faculty remarks.

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University of Arkansas Creates Faculty Learning Community

The new initiative helps improve teaching with a focus on student-centered classrooms and connection to support resources.

Charlie Kirk holds a microphone while speaking at a Turning Point USA event in 2024.
Opinion

A Lecture for—and With—Charlie Kirk 

Matthew Boedy, one of hundreds of professors who found himself on Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist, searches for common ground in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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After Kirk’s Death, Some Conservatives Blame Higher Ed for Political Violence

The president and his allies are accusing the “radical left” of “terrorism,” blaming unnamed organizations. Some conservatives are condemning universities.

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Survey: Provosts Focused on Funding Cuts, Academic Freedom and AI

Chief academic officers are confident in academic quality but strained by limited resources, policy shifts and other mounting campus challenges, Inside Higher Ed’s annual survey finds.

Academic Leaders Under Pressure: What Provosts Are Saying in 2025

Provosts remain committed to their institutions’ academic mission but face growing pressures that make the job more reactive than strategic...
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Opinion

Equity-Minded Mentorship as Courageous Action

As formal DEI efforts come under intense pressures, Kimberly A. Griffin and W. Brad Johnson offer advice for how faculty can still advance equity in higher ed through mentorship.

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Academics Say Names Added to Gaza Letter ‘Without Consent’

A researcher whose name appeared on a letter coordinated by the group Scholars for Truth About Genocide says he has no idea how it got there.