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Jury Rejects Suit by Sandy Hook Denier

Florida Atlantic University prevails in suit by professor it fired.
A photo illustration of the Israeli and Palestinian flags, with a rather grimy filter.

Breach of Duty or Legal Overreach?

Court filings in a suit challenging American Studies Association's boycott of Israeli universities allege that candidates for key roles in association kept their plans to push for a boycott secret when they stood for office.

Punished for Anti-Semitism

Rutgers professor who was prolifically anti-Semitic on social media is removed from teaching required courses and from a campus leadership post.

Who Changes Majors? (Not Who You Think)

Graduates with math degrees fare well on the job market, but a greater share of students leave the major than any other, new federal data show. Are those students making a bad choice?

‘Holding Space’ for Victims of Harassment

What can a crowdsourced survey of sexual harassment in academe tell us about the problem?
Opinion

Watergate, Rebooted

Impeachment: A Citizen’s Guide, by Cass R. Sunstein, is not an attempt to rally the public to any particular cause but rather a tribute to the Founding Fathers’ wisdom, writes Scott McLemee.

More Action on Harassment

A professor is set to challenge his termination over sexual harassment next week as another across the country was placed on leave. On yet another campus, students celebrate the recent departure of a professor found to have committed misconduct.

‘Academic Ableism’

Author discusses his new book about disability and higher education -- a work that is highly critical of academe.