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GOP State Lawmakers Targeting DEI and Tenure Again

Even before Trump’s return, Republican legislators in some states were rolling back diversity, equity and inclusion programs. The campaign continues in current legislative sessions.

Citing Trump Order, UNC System Ends DEI Course Requirements

North Carolina’s four-year public universities can no longer have in their general education requirements any mandated “course credits related to...
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As the DEI Crackdown Escalates, Faculty Choose Between Silence and Resistance

While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”

A partial list of courses removed from general education offerings at Florida State University.

Florida Board Approves Extensive Gen Ed Overhaul

The Florida Board of Governors voted to remove hundreds of classes, many touching on race and gender, from general education offerings at all 12 state universities.

U of Tennessee Pays Student Who Faced Expulsion $180K

The University of Tennessee is paying one of its pharmacy graduates $180,000 and giving the Foundation for Individual Rights and...

Former Jackson State Faculty Senate President Sues University President

A former Jackson State University Faculty Senate president is suing the institution, its president and the statewide public university system...
Students and teachers demonstrate on campus during San Francisco State strike, December 6, 1968
Opinion

Toward a Democratic Academic Freedom

Understanding academic freedom as a collective faculty responsibility provides a basis for protecting academic rights, Will Clark writes.

A photograph of a pro-Palestine protest in New York City, including a banner that says "Ceasefire Now!"

Historians’ Council Vetoes Gaza Scholasticide Condemnation

American Historical Association convention-goers overwhelmingly passed the statement on Jan. 5, but the group’s top elected body has vetoed it without letting all AHA members vote.