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Staff Members Fired, Grad Student Punished for Cheering Charlie Kirk’s Death

Two administrators are now out of a job and a graduate student lost an internship after making comments online that...
Charlie Kirk speaks at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025.

Charlie Kirk Killing Feeds Fears for Higher Ed’s Future

The provocateur supercharged the right’s depiction of campuses as intolerant, leftist spaces. Then he was killed on one while exercising free speech and debating students.

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Opinion

AAUP Should Rethink Stance on Israel, Antisemitism

The AAUP’s leaders should focus on academic freedom rather than criticize U.S. military aid to Israel or minimize concerns about campus antisemitism, Miriam Elman and Mark G. Yudof write.

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Commerce Secretary Says He Wants Half of University Patent Money

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Axios he wants the federal government to get half the dollars generated from patents that...
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2 Texas A&M Administrators and Professor Out After Viral Video

Video circulated by Texas state representative shows student accusing English professor of teaching material related to gender identity and violating Trump’s executive orders. State officials pressured the university to fire the professor involved.

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Opinion

On AI, We Reap What We Sow

We’re seeing the predictable results of higher ed’s decades-long focus on outcomes over process, Chad Hanson writes.

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3 Takeaways From Harvard’s Legal Victory

A judge ruled that the federal government illegally froze $2.2 billion in research funding for the university. But with an appeal looming, it’s unclear when the funds will be restored.

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Former NIH Leaders Allege Retaliation for Whistleblowing

Two former National Institutes of Health leaders are alleging the agency illegally put them on leave in April for speaking...