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Scholarly Groups Choose Between Speech and Silence on War
In the continuing debate over when, and how, higher education entities should comment on political issues like the Israel-Hamas war, disciplinary associations have received less attention.
AAUP Starting Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom
The American Association of University Professors is starting what it is calling a Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom...
Sociology: Practically Constitutional!
Florida’s move to marginalize sociology is shortsighted, Jerry A. Jacobs writes.
AAUP Joins Labor Union Call for Ceasefire in Gaza
“We cannot bomb our way to peace,” the statement from the association of professors says.
Campus Vote on Antisemitism Resolution Is Microcosm of National Debate
Someone called Oct. 7 “a beautiful day” at a University of North Carolina event. The Faculty Council then “indefinitely postponed” a resolution that would have condemned the statement.
Doxing Truck Targets Boulder Faculty Members
Accuracy in Media, the group behind what it calls infamous mobile billboards and what others call doxing trucks, has now...
Should Departments Make Political Statements?
The University of California is considering a policy to limit “personal or collective opinions” on department websites. Some say it violates academic freedom.
British Scholar Accused of Transphobia Wins Harassment Case
A British employment tribunal ruled Monday that the Open University didn’t properly protect one of its professors from “harassment” that...