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A photo illustration showing documents from a lawsuit, with a highlighted quote saying “curriculum used in state universities and instruction offered by state employees” is “state speech.”

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.”

Report: DeVos Open to Working in Trump Administration

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos doesn’t think she’ll be asked to work again in a potential second Trump administration. If...
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Under New Florida Law, Eight Adjunct Unions Are Dissolved

Like other higher-ed bargaining units in the state, they failed to meet a threshold for dues-paying members championed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis.

New AAUP President Calls JD Vance a Fascist

The new president of the American Association of University Professors called Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance a “fascist” in...
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Lawmaker Claims Credit for Antisemitism Review at Florida Universities

State Representative Randy Fine says that after he repeatedly called the state university chancellor about a “Muslim terror textbook,” the system launched an evaluation of courses at all public universities.

Students on campus, financial documents, political party symbols and a piggy bank

3 Topics That Were on Everyone’s Minds at the SHEEO Conference

State officials from across the country are recognizing a new reality for public postsecondary education as enrollment declines, political culture wars rage, finances grow fragile and workforce demands compound.

Opinion

When Oversight Becomes Intimidation and Control

It’s a political problem with a likely political solution.

A photo of the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee at Washington County campus on the left and a photo of the UW Waukesha campus on the right.

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?