Free Speech

The New York Times reported that Rachel Dawson was fired after allegedly saying that Jews didn’t need her office’s diversity services. After that article, the university added that she misbehaved at a protest. 

Campuses saw as few as a third as many pro-Palestinian protests this semester as they did in the spring, when an unprecedented wave of encampments swept the nation.

A new Student Voice poll gauges how students are thinking about campus speech climates after a tumultuous calendar year.

The discussion focused on claims that DEI programs are silencing conservative students and faculty, reinforcing the GOP’s message that colleges and universities are liberal bastions and do not welcome intellectual diversity.

Backed by lawmakers and university leaders but opposed by hundreds of faculty, the initiative has hired professors with similar backgrounds—including a few who’ve expressed sharp political opinions.

In August, administrators banned the volunteer student guide service from giving university-sanctioned historic tours. Now, the club has decided to go out on its own.

Last Dec. 5, Congress held the first of three hearings on campus antisemitism. Of the seven presidents who testified, four are gone and one is on the way out.

The controversy arose over an essay critiquing pacifism, which administrators said made some students concerned for their “safety and well-being.”