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SB 37 and the Criminalization of Capitalist Indoctrination: A Faculty Memo

Brent D. Beal shares an urgent update on pending Texas legislation.

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IU Bloomington Asked Faculty Taking Buyouts to Sign NDAs

The agreements, which have raised academic freedom advocates’ eyebrows, said that those wanting a voluntary retirement payout can’t criticize the university or any of its employees.

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Can ‘Fear Equity’ Revive Campus Free Speech?

Now both the left and right have incentives to fight censors, Lee Jussim and Robert Maranto write.

Indiana governor Mike Braun and the University of Indiana in Bloomington campus.

Indiana Budget Bill Contains Sweeping Higher Ed Changes

When Republicans revealed the legislation last week, new provisions requiring faculty to post syllabi and face “productivity” reviews had appeared. The bill quickly passed.

AAUP Report Backs Tenured Pro-Palestine Professor Who Was Fired

A new American Association of University Professors investigative report concludes that Muhlenberg College violated the academic freedom of a tenured...
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Pessimism Had a Foothold in the Humanities Before Trump

A new survey from the Humanities Indicators Project and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences shows that department chairs are worried about falling enrollments and tenure-track jobs.

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Springtime at Harvard

The most powerful tool of the aspiring authoritarian is not shock, but normalcy, Brian Rosenberg writes.

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Florida’s Own DOGE Reviews Faculty Research, Grants

Multiple states have created entities named after the federal Department of Government Efficiency. The Sunshine State’s version is targeting colleges and universities.