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Another Posttenure Review Change Criticized
The American Association of University Professors censured the University System of Georgia for past posttenure-review changes. The system’s new proposals aren’t winning AAUP staff back.
Tennessee Again Targets ‘Divisive Concepts’
While other Southern states advance legislation targeting what they define as DEI, Tennessee has passed legislation inviting complaints about professors.
Opinion
Tenure Is a Founding American Value
Florida lawmakers can either attack academic freedom or defend American constitutional traditions—but they can’t do both, Adam Sitze writes.
A Texas Trilogy of Anti-DEI, Tenure Bills
Three Texas bills would end tenure, force universities to fire professors who “attempt to compel” certain beliefs and ban what the legislation defines as diversity, equity and inclusion programming. The State Senate has already passed one.
Harvard Faculty Forms Group on Academic Freedom
Fifty faculty members at Harvard University have created the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard. In an op-ed in The...
The Silence of Florida’s Presidents
Inside Higher Ed asked 40 public college presidents in Florida to weigh in on state higher education reforms. None were willing to speak, even when offered anonymity.
DEI Statement Nixed After Professor Complains, Links to Racist Article
An English professor wrote in a conservative media outlet, opposing his department’s new “anti-racist statement.” The next month, the statement was gone. His own statement of protest linked to a racist column.
‘Antisemite of the Week’ Professor Says He Was Fired
Last year, a watchdog organization publicly called out Kareem Tannous, then a tenure-track assistant business professor at Cabrini University, about his tweets. Tannous said he was fired, and he now plans to sue.