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Indiana Argues Professors Lack First Amendment Rights in Public Classrooms

Defending a new law requiring “intellectual diversity” from professors, the Indiana attorney general echoes Florida and asserts that “curriculum of a public university is government speech.”

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UNC Chapel Hill Elevates Interim Chancellor

The flagship’s new leader has a political background and no administrative experience in higher education. The hire has been met with alarm and optimism.

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A Decade After Scott Walker’s Bill, U of Wisconsin May See First Mass Layoff of Tenured Faculty

The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee’s proposal to ax its entire College of General Studies has faculty members wondering: What precedent will be set by the university actually using the power Republicans gave it?

LACCD Chancellor Stepping Down This Fall

Los Angeles Community College District chancellor Francisco Rodriguez is stepping down after a decade at the helm of the nation’s...

Va. House Speaker Seeks Removal of Project 2025 Co-Author From GMU Board

Concerned about Project 2025, a blueprint for conservative governance crafted by the Heritage Foundation, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott, a...
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Opinion

The Politicized Governing Board

The transformation of one public university’s governing board is an alarming instance of increasing political interference in higher ed, Tim Gibson, Bethany Letiecq and James Finkelstein write.

Indiana U Fences Protest Site, Ends Encampment

Indiana University cleared the last of a pro-Palestinian encampment from its historic Dunn Meadow Friday and placed a fence around...

Harvard Removes Garber’s Interim Tag for Presidency

Harvard University has named Alan Garber as its 31st president, officials announced Friday. Garber had been serving as interim president...