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Half of Texas Tech Faculty Censored Their Courses Due to Race, Gender Rules

Restrictions on race, gender and sexuality instruction introduced late last year at Texas Tech University led faculty to change or...
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Opinion

Stop Letting Trolls Keep You Off the Op-Ed Page

Historian David Perry, who has written hundreds of op-eds, discusses out-of-proportion fears, what he does with hate mail and how your class preparation skills transfer to the page.

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White House Aims to Establish Political Oversight of Federal Grants

The Office of Management and Budget published long-expected proposed rules for how federal agencies must carry out Trump’s order to put “senior appointees” in charge of deciding who gets funded. The proposal also ends an effort to cap indirect cost rates.

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Hundreds of Math Professors Ask UC to Bring Back SAT/ACT Requirements

More than 800 professors in the University of California system, including seven of nine math department chairs, are calling on...
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European Academics Shun U.S. Business Conference Over Trump Fears

Going forward, the Academy of Management will move its annual meeting as attendees stay at home this year owing to visa worries and opposition to the president’s research policies.

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Opinion

5 Tips for Assignment Design in the Agentic AI Age

If AI agents can do the homework, what should we grade instead?

Donald Trump, wearing a red Make America Great Again hat that clashes with his fuchsia tie, walks past a line of saluting, gray-uniformed West Point cadets in May 2025.

Judge Overturns West Point Restriction on Civilian Faculty Speech

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point can’t enforce against its civilian faculty a policy requiring preapproval for their speech...
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Columbia College Chicago Pauses Sabbaticals for 2nd Year

Columbia College Chicago has paused faculty sabbaticals for the second year in a row, a college spokesperson told Inside Higher...