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Bridging the Campus Divide With ‘Dangerous Ideas’ and AI Debate Moderators
In this polarized time, one assistant professor is teaching students to argue more constructively about the most contentious topics: abortion, guns, transracial identities, moral obligations to animals—even the existence of God.
Columbia’s President Denounced Her Before Congress. Firing Could Be Next.
Law professor Katherine Franke has long been outspoken in her support of Palestinians. Now, after House Republicans and her university president called her out in an antisemitism hearing, she faces potential termination.
Giving an F for Recording Classes, Even for Students With Disabilities
A UCLA professor whose classroom hosts contentious debates says she’ll fail any student who records. She says it’s a matter of academic freedom. But does federal law allow it?
A Nonprofit Says Colleges Spend Big on DEI. Is It ‘Wildly’ Overstating the Case?
American Transparency publishes spending investigations under the moniker OpenTheBooks but doesn’t say where it gets its own money. Its definitions of DEI positions are way too broad, says one targeted university.
A Decade-Long State Chancellorship Is Ending. Board Members Won’t Say Why.
The North Dakota State Board of Higher Education met behind closed doors before voting unanimously to end Mark Hagerott’s time as chancellor. But he’s getting an extended, well-paid exit.
A Dean Called for Silencing Harvard’s Faculty Critics. He’s Been Roasted.
Lawrence D. Bobo’s argument that professors should face sanctions for inciting “external actors” to “intervene” at the university has been roundly lambasted. But it tapped into an ongoing debate: When is outside intervention warranted?