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This Summer, Make a Plan to Prepare Grad Students to Defend Academic Freedom
Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill offers suggestions for a summer action plan.
Right-Leaning Faculty Likelier to Be ‘Hostile’ to Jews, Report Finds
On the other hand, non-Jewish faculty who identified as “extremely liberal” were more likely to be hostile to Israel, a survey found. But 90 percent of all non-Jewish faculty were hostile to neither Jews nor the country.
They Attack Because We’re Strong, Not Weak
A longer-term view makes clear how strong U.S. higher ed actually is—though the rules are now being reset, Frank Fernandez writes.
Conservative Group Requests Materials for Over 70 UNC Courses
The Oversight Project, founded by the Heritage Foundation, is using an open records request to search for terms like “DEI” and “gender identity.” Faculty say it encroaches on academic freedom.
Kentucky Professor Calling for Global War to End Israel Removed From Teaching
The professor’s website urges nations to attack Israel to stop a genocide. His university president suggested he was “calling for the destruction of a people based on national origin.”
Columbia’s Agreement: A Win for Authoritarianism
The disastrous deal between Columbia and the federal government only strengthens illiberal rule behind a façade of liberal values, Austin Sarat writes.
College Employees in Kansas Can’t List Pronouns in Emails
Lawmakers in Topeka, like those in some other state capitals, used a budget bill to order nonfinancial changes to public higher ed. DEI was the target this time.
We Need a New Theory of Academic Freedom
The strongest defenses of academic freedom derive from arguments for judicial independence and religious liberty, Adam Sitze writes.