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Agencies Share New Guidance on Foreign Threats at U.S. Colleges
NIH Publisher Fee Cap Plan ‘Not Comprehensive Enough,’ Critics Say
The agency has criticized academia’s “perverse” incentive structure that allows publishers to charge researchers costly fees to make their articles freely available.
Cancellation of Grad Student Teaching Roles Fans Union Fight at Columbia
The university is advertising the open teaching positions to adjuncts, postdocs and New York–based graduate students at other universities.
HHS Ends Minority Biomedical Research Support Program
It’s Been More Than 50 Years Since the AAUP Revised Its Statement on Academic Freedom
With faculty facing new threats in the age of Trump, it’s time to revisit the AAUP’s seminal statement, Austin Sarat writes.
Divided We Fall
To effectively confront external threats to higher ed, campus leaders will need to address an internal one: the faculty-administration divide, Adrianna Kezar and Susan Elrod write.
12 Steps for Responding to a Tenure Denial
Have hope—but also know the odds are stacked against you, John M. LaVelle writes.
Censorship at Northwestern Gets Worse, 10 Years After Alice Dreger’s Resignation
Looking back at the Dreger resignation a decade ago, it’s hard to feel optimistic, because censorship on campus is even worse today.