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‘Don’t Miss’: Does Academic Freedom Excuse Offensive Posts About Assassination Attempts?
The response to the Trump rally shooting showed that the 2024 election social media conflagrations have begun. Whether academic freedom should protect such statements is debatable.
The Curious Rise of a Conservative—or Civic-Minded?—Center at the University of Florida
GOP lawmakers, governors or boards in eight states have mandated new university centers focused on civics and “classical liberal education.” Critics call them beachheads for the ideological right. Florida’s creation appears to be the largest yet.
UC Board Bans Political Statements From Department Homepages
UArizona Now Wants to Be Called Arizona or U of A. UA Is Still Out.
Bridging the Campus Divide With ‘Dangerous Ideas’ and AI Debate Moderators
In this polarized time, one assistant professor is teaching students to argue more constructively about the most contentious topics: abortion, guns, transracial identities, moral obligations to animals—even the existence of God.
Columbia’s President Denounced Her Before Congress. Firing Could Be Next.
Law professor Katherine Franke has long been outspoken in her support of Palestinians. Now, after House Republicans and her university president called her out in an antisemitism hearing, she faces potential termination.
Giving an F for Recording Classes, Even for Students With Disabilities
A UCLA professor whose classroom hosts contentious debates says she’ll fail any student who records. She says it’s a matter of academic freedom. But does federal law allow it?
A Nonprofit Says Colleges Spend Big on DEI. Is It ‘Wildly’ Overstating the Case?
American Transparency publishes spending investigations under the moniker OpenTheBooks but doesn’t say where it gets its own money. Its definitions of DEI positions are way too broad, says one targeted university.