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Higher Ed Must Recommit to Its Enlightenment Roots
Universities’ own mistakes helped pave the way for government attacks on academic freedom, Emily Chamlee-Wright writes.
Judge Releases Harvard Researcher After 4-Month Detention
Tulane Environmentalist Resigns Amid Research ‘Gag Order’
Kimberly Terrell, director of community engagement at the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, alleges that university officials told her not to publicly discuss her research after someone at the state capitol cited it as evidence that Tulane is “anti–chemical industry.”
Hillel Adds New VP to Address Classroom Antisemitism
In Texas, University Presidents May Soon Control Faculty Senates
A bill awaiting Gov. Abbott’s signature would require college administrators to set procedures for faculty governing bodies and appoint their leaders, part of an effort to address “liberal faculty control over universities.”
Williams Rejects NSF, NIH Grants Over Unclear DEI Ban
They Don’t Want to Learn About the Middle East
Being canceled by my hometown library speaks to the incredible breadth of censorship faced by Middle East scholars, Alex Boodrookas writes.
This Will Not Be a Normal Summer
Faculty may want a break, but the architects of the assault on higher ed won’t be breaking and neither should we, Jennifer Lundquist and Kathy Roberts Forde write.