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Penn Professor Amy Wax Punished for ‘Derogatory’ Statements but Won’t Lose Job
After years of a disciplinary procedure, the lightning-rod law professor accused of “incessant racist, sexist, xenophobic and homophobic actions and statements” is now being punished.
Opinion
Pictures at a (Cancelled) Exhibition
Alex Lichtenstein writes that the cancellation of an art exhibit at Indiana University was but a prelude to further insults to academic freedom.
Interim Columbia President Apologizes to Those NYPD ‘Hurt’
Columbia University’s interim president, Dr. Katrina Armstrong, in an interview with The Columbia Spectator published Thursday, apologized to those “hurt”...
Opinion
The End of the Academy?
Mark A. Boyer argues that a silent center must respond to threats to academic freedom from the right and left alike.
Proud Boys Founder, Yiannopoulos to Mock Harris at U of S.C.
This article contains explicit and potentially offensive terms that are essential to reporting on this situation. Student groups, the NAACP...
Cornell Professor ‘Exhilarated’ by Hamas Attack Is Back Teaching
The Cornell University faculty member who said, roughly a week after Oct. 7, that Hamas’s attack “exhilarated” him is back...
Opinion
Boycotts Cannot Become the New Normal
Ronald R. Krebs argues that the new AAUP statement on academic boycotts undermines scholarly values and opens the door to further politicization of the academy.
Penn Embraces Institutional Neutrality
The University of Pennsylvania announced Tuesday it will embrace a policy of institutional neutrality going forward, refraining from issuing public...