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A Call for Open, Respectful Debate
Harvard professors who lost posts leading undergraduate residential college amid criticism of defense of Harvey Weinstein vow to promote change at the university.
Punishing Alleged Violations of Tenure, Academic Freedom and Governance
AAUP votes to censure or sanction three institutions at its annual meeting. Idaho State removed from sanction list.
Opinion
Bias Response Teams: Fact vs. Fiction
The truth about these teams is more complex than headlines acknowledge, and misconceptions about them abound, Ryan A. Miller and four other scholars argue.
Past as Present
A Columbia law adjunct is the latest person to leave a place in academe following the release of a new film on the Central Park Five.
Opinion
Collision of Interests
Keith D. Renshaw outlines some concrete steps that all higher education institutions can take to protect both academic freedom and donor rights.
Does This Research Have an Agenda?
Report attacks Koch-funded Regulatory Studies Center at George Washington University as a pro-fossil-fuel-industry idea launderer. University and Koch deny the charge.
Blowback for Huawei Bans
Researchers want less restrictive policies on accepting money from the Chinese telecom giant -- but that appears unlikely, given recent federal policy moves and legal action against the company. Professors also question why they aren't involved in making decisions on bans.
Commencement Controversy at NYU
Ph.D. graduate's speech backing Israel boycott is condemned by leaders there and at Northwestern, which hired him. Some see academic freedom concerns, given that other political commencement addresses are not attacked.