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Confederate Sympathizer on Blast
Florida Atlantic professor faces opposition from students after his essays blaming "black supremacy" for slavery and generally defending the Confederacy surface.
Artistic Expression or Harassment?
Two professors resign from MassArt following harassment allegations. Are art schools taking a harder line against professors in era of Me Too? Are academic and artistic freedom at risk?
‘Losing Hearts and Minds’
Tens of thousands of Iranian students studied in the U.S. in the 1970s. New book tells how they helped unsettle the diplomatic relationship between Washington and Tehran in lead-up to Iranian Revolution.
Opinion
The Impatient Patient
Scott McLemee explores Barbara Ehrenreich’s Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer.
Adjuncts on Strike
Could a one-day walkout at Loyola Chicago set the stage for other campuses?
Is ‘Reproducibility Crisis’ Overblown?
New analysis says the issue, while important, does not represent nearly as severe a problem as many believe.
‘Gay on God’s Campus’
Author discusses his new book about gay students and LGBT activism at Christian colleges.
Opinion
Gen-Ed Revision Could Be Gen-Ed Reduction
In an era of record student debt and continuing retention challenges, it's worth asking whether we might find ways to cut general-education requirements by half, argues Zachary Michael Jack.