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U of Utah Urges Compliance After State Restricts Pride Flags
A University of Utah lawyer last week urged faculty to comply with the state’s new prohibition on the “prominent“ display...
As Universities Yield to Trump, Higher Ed Unions Are Fighting
From lawsuits to protests, labor organizations representing faculty, grad students and other workers are resisting. Discussions about what to do next continue.
Colonialism-Defending Professor Settles Tweet Suit With U of Oregon
A professor who’s long been controversial for defending colonialism has settled the lawsuit he filed more than two years ago...
Report: New College of Florida Fires Chinese Adjunct, Citing Regulations
New College of Florida fired a Chinese adjunct instructor after he asked why he wasn’t being paid and officials replied...
Lawyer: Russia May Arrest Harvard Med Researcher if Deported
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining a Harvard Medical School research associate who’s a Russian native. One of Kseniia Petrova’s...
Marquee Conference for Women Historians Canceled, Co-Presidents Ousted
A message to prospective “Big Berks” attendees led to online blame on the planned host university and the political moment. But the cancellation is more complicated than that.
UC System Freezes Hiring, Bans Diversity Statement Mandates
The University of California System’s president announced a systemwide hiring freeze and other “cost-saving measures, such as delaying maintenance and...
Kentucky’s Legislature Is Rushing Through a Bill to Ban DEI
House Bill 4, which also targets courses that “indoctrinate participants with a discriminatory concept,” is on the brink of passage. Opponents have raised academic freedom concerns.