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Canceled Course Renews Academic Freedom Concerns
Yale report finds no violation of academic freedom in the cancellation of a course on dissent at Yale-NUS College in Singapore. Experts say the incident points to tensions surrounding academic freedom in countries with limited political freedoms.
‘Difficult Conversations’
What does it mean when the National Communication Association shuts down discussions on its Listserv?
Middle East Studies Program Comes Under Federal Scrutiny
Education Department inquiry into Middle East studies program jointly operated by Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill raises academic freedom concerns.
Pro-Antifa Professor Out in Iowa
Kirkwood Community College announces that a professor sympathetic to Antifa and critical of evangelical Christians won't be teaching this year, due to safety concerns.
Controversy Over Western Civilization Funding in Australia
University of Queensland says fixed-term gift will provide rare infusion of support for humanities, but professors and students have concerns about academic freedom and the donor's political agenda.
Opinion
The Presumption of Good Faith in Campus Conversation
Such an approach requires that we suspend judgment long enough to ask questions in a spirit of openness and curiosity, writes Emily Chamlee-Wright.
N-Word at the New School
Another professor is under fire for using the slur in class while discussing a work by James Baldwin. Should universities pursue cases against instructors who use the word in a teaching context, not as a weapon?
A Professor’s ‘Repugnant’ Views
Penn Law condemns Amy Wax's recent comments on race and immigration as others call for her ouster.