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Professor Criticized for Pro-Israeli, Anti-Palestinian Views
Does movement against DePaul scholar -- focused on his tone and rhetoric -- violate academic freedom?
Taking Down ‘Birth of a Nation’
Chapman University removes posters from prominent places in its film school after students object to centrality of a work full of racism.
No, Professors Aren't Charging for Letters of Recommendation
Despite a viral tweet that was picked up by news outlets, there is no evidence that students must pay for recommendations.
Is a University Honoring a Holocaust Denier?
Jewish groups offer evidence about a late professor's actions and ask why university would accept funds to endow a scholarship in his name.
Consent Matters for Photos, Too
Photography professor is accused of violating rules of consent surrounding women's photos in a new book on fraternity life.
Middlebury's Strange April
College regularly criticized over aborted talk in 2017 again fails to let a speaker talk. Campus was unsettled over chemistry exam question on how to make gas used by Nazis. Middlebury is among several colleges where recent talks have been disrupted.
A College Divided Over a Harvard Professor
Concordia U's Liberal Arts College, in Canada, wanted conservative scholar Harvey Mansfield to speak at an alumni gala -- until it didn't. But revoking Mansfield's invite didn't settle an internal debate.
Censorship in a China Studies Journal
Scholars say they thought a journal was run on Western standards of free expression, but they found Chinese government control instead.