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Scholars as 'Foreign Agents'
New Russian law requiring NGOs to register as "foreign agents" if they receive funding from foreign sources and are engaged in "political activity" threatens closure of an independent polling agency and raises concerns about climate for scholarly collaborations.
Opinion
Is Teaching 'Junk Science' Protected by Academic Freedom?
Marjorie Heins considers the controversy over a course offered at Ball State University, and argues that this is about more than any absolute right.
Quest for 'Genius Babies'?
Jason Richwine quit Heritage Foundation amid controversy over his Harvard dissertation on race and IQ. Critics are now raising questions about work by a Michigan State physicist and vice president.
Science or Religion?
Ball State agrees to investigate course -- taught by professor of physics and astronomy -- that critics say is too focused on Christian views for a science class at a public university. Is this issue one of church and state, or of academic freedom?
Opinion
To Professors of Asian-American Studies
Jonathan Marks asks members of the discipline’s national association: Do you really all support the call for a boycott of Israeli academics?
Affirming Stand Against Boycotts
Following big wins for those wanting academics to stay away from Israel, AAUP reiterates its view that such movements are antithetical to academic freedom.
Should His Ph.D. Have Been Granted?
Controversy over Heritage Foundation report on immigration ignites debate over whether Harvard should have approved a dissertation that claimed an IQ deficit for Hispanics.
A Reviewer's Conflict
Social scientists criticize scholar who defended study on gay parenting and didn't clarify his relationship with the same-sex-marriage opponents who funded the research.