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fromAbove the Law
16 hours ago

Law Professor Fired For Comments On Charlie Kirk's Death Over Objections Of Appeals Panel - Above the Law

UA Little Rock Bowen School of Law fired Black professor Felicia Branch for Facebook posts celebrating Charlie Kirk's death despite a faculty appeals panel recommendation.
US politics
fromTruthout
19 hours ago

Rutgers University Senate Passes Academic Freedom Resolution After Prof Flees US

Rutgers University Senate unanimously approved a resolution supporting academic freedom after history professor Mark Bray received death threats and harassment from Turning Point USA's watchlist.
US politics
fromNature
2 days ago

How scientists are pushing back against Trump's funding 'deal' for universities

US universities were asked to sign a compact aligning admissions, hiring and research with administration priorities or risk losing federal research funds.
#campus-free-speech
Higher education
fromBoston.com
4 days ago

With no takers yet, White House sets meeting with colleges still weighing an agreement with Trump

Five universities are still considering President Trump's higher-education compact amid widespread rejections and concerns about free speech and campus independence.
#usc
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Teaching Law In A Red State - Above the Law

Dear Colleagues, We at University Administration are now prepared to issue our Academic Freedom guidelines for your classes. As you know from last year's memo, we in administration are strong advocates of free speech on campus. With some guidance from us, we believe you will feel more empowered to speak your mind, with proper limits. While the previous provost, president, and general counsel have "resigned," we assure you our commitment to education remains steadfast.
Higher education
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Academic axed from Labour conference panel for criticising energy policy

A professor was removed from conference panels after hosts and a sponsor rejected his view that North Sea oil does not cut UK energy bills.
#higher-education-policy
Higher education
fromThe Nation
1 week ago

Cornell Drops Its Discrimination Case Against a Pro-Palestine Professor After Public Outcry

Cornell ended disciplinary proceedings against Dr. Eric Cheyfitz in exchange for his retirement after a paid leave through June 2026.
#free-speech
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

The Gaza effect: how a global pro-Palestine protest movement met repression and resistance

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has been met with joy and relief across the Middle East and beyond. Over the past two years, outrage at Israel's war in Gaza has erupted across Europe and the US, manifesting itself in university campus protests, massive marches through countless capitals and the disruption of major sporting events. Even as hopes rise of an end to the war, international anger over Israel's actions in Gaza, which have been deemed a genocide by a UN commission of inquiry, remains raw, as evidenced by last weekend's huge rallies in Spain and Italy.
World news
fromCbsnews
1 week ago

Rutgers professor flees U.S. for Spain, claims he received death threats

"I'm a historian of fascism and I understand that the way that authoritarian movements grow is by coming up with a boogeyman term like 'Antifa,'" said Bray, author of "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Playbook." "It really started after [President] Trump's executive order declaring Antifa a quote-unquote terrorist organization."
US politics
#censorship
#uc-berkeley
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
2 weeks ago

Banned Books Week in the Time of Repression

This year's Banned Books Week (Oct. 5-11) comes at a moment when the threat of censorship is reaching alarming heights. According to a new report issued last week by PEN America, " Banned in the USA, 2024-2025," there were 22,810 instances of book banning in U.S. public schools from 2021 to 2025. As the coordinator of Chicago Banned Books Week, I can see a growing climate of fear where even some librarians are wary of promoting banned books.
US politics
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

I had to flee the US as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice's list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson

British doctoral student faced visa termination, campus ban, and surveillance after attending a pro-Palestine protest, prompting flight and self-deportation.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Trump casts shadow over Nobels as prize-awarding body warns academic freedom at risk

Political measures by the Trump administration threaten academic freedom and could inflict short- and long-term damage on US education and scientific research.
Higher education
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 weeks ago

Opinion: State must take a bolder stand for universities targeted by White House

The Trump administration seeks to withhold $584 million from UCLA, impose punitive conditions, and faces legal challenges alleging violations of procedural and statutory requirements.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
3 weeks ago

Fighting Back Against "The War on Tenure"

At least five tenured faculty members have been terminated or put on leave over comments they made on social media following the killing of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk. As tenured professors, in theory they should have some of the strongest job security protections in the country, especially when it comes to freedom of expression. But the speed with which they were punished for their speech suggests an erosion of tenure protections years in the making.
Higher education
Higher education
fromJezebel
3 weeks ago

Texas University System Bans Talking About Trans & Nonbinary Identities

Texas Tech System ordered its universities to ban discussion of trans and nonbinary identities, citing state and federal directives that recognize only two sexes.
Higher education
fromThe Nation
3 weeks ago

Cornell Cut Classes by a Pro-Palestinian Professor After an Israeli Student's Discrimination Complaint

Cornell canceled Professor Eric Cheyfitz's classes and the provost recommends a two-semester unpaid suspension over alleged discrimination tied to a Gaza course.
#first-amendment
#university-of-california
fromSFGATE
1 month ago
US politics

Trump admin waging 'un-American' bid to take over UC system, lawsuit alleges

fromsfist.com
1 month ago
US politics

UC Students and Administrators Sue Trump Administration Over So-Called Antisemitism' Purge

fromSFGATE
1 month ago
US politics

Trump admin waging 'un-American' bid to take over UC system, lawsuit alleges

fromsfist.com
1 month ago
US politics

UC Students and Administrators Sue Trump Administration Over So-Called Antisemitism' Purge

US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 weeks ago

National petition seeks UC president's removal after names sent to feds in antisemitism probe

Activist groups demand removal of UC President James Milliken after UC provided names of faculty and students to a federal antisemitism investigation.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
4 weeks ago

AAUP Accuses Trump of Weaponizing Civil Rights Law

A new report released Monday by the American Association of University Professors and its Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure argues that the Trump administration has weaponized federal civil rights laws with a goal of discrediting colleges and compromising their academic freedom and institutional autonomy. The report focuses in part on a surge of investigations that have been launched by the Department of Education since Oct. 7, 2023, especially those that involve national origin and religion.
Higher education
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Judith Butler is being targeted by the US government. We must stand up | Joel Swanson

The Trump administration publicly targeted Judith Butler, a prominent Jewish intellectual, after UC Berkeley handed her name over; defending her is necessary despite political differences.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago

What's Next for Texas A&M?

When Texas A&M University president Mark Welsh resigned amid an academic freedom controversy last week, he became the institution's second leader to step down due to scandal in two years. Unlike his predecessor, Kathy Banks, who retired in 2023 after she was caught lying about a hiring scandal, Welsh remained popular on campus; faculty sent theBoard of Regents letters of support last week following a controversy that prompted him to fire an instructor,and students rallied on his behalf. But he seemed to lose the support of the deep-red Texas Legislature: Several Republican lawmakers called for his dismissal after a discussion over gender identity between a student and a professor in a children's literature class was captured on video and quickly went viral.
Higher education
Higher education
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Law Professor Suspended Over Charlie Kirk Post - Above the Law

A University of Arkansas Little Rock law professor was suspended after Facebook comments about Charlie Kirk prompted condemnation and calls for her termination.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Afghanistan bans female authors from university curricula

Taliban authorities banned at least 679 university titles, including all books authored by women and works on human rights, women's studies, and Western political thought.
#civil-rights-enforcement
fromNewsday
1 month ago
US politics

University of California students, professors and staff sue the Trump administration

fromNewsday
1 month ago
US politics

University of California students, professors and staff sue the Trump administration

fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 month ago

Attacking Academic Freedom on This Constitution Day

Today is Constitution Day, marking the Sept. 17, 1787, signing of the Constitution by the 39 delegates at the Constitutional Convention who had written its words. And 238 years later, we face the worst assault on the constitutional rights protecting academic freedom in all of American history. In less than nine months, Donald Trump's administration has engaged in more unconstitutional actions attacking free expression in higher education than all of the 44 previous presidents combined.
Higher education
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Michael J. Sandel: The left needs to learn to speak the language of patriotism'

Then they return with force, helping us understand today's world, explaining how and when it fell apart, and what allowed someone like Donald Trump to rise to power. The American theorist, a leading voice in progressive thought, dissects causes and consequences with surgical precision in each of his books, and never shies away from bringing some of the great ideas of classical and contemporary thought to everyday citizens.
Philosophy
#gender-identity
fromFortune
1 month ago
Higher education

Texas A&M fires English professor over children's literature course that critics called 'DEI and LGBTQ indoctrination' | Fortune

fromFortune
1 month ago
Higher education

Texas A&M fires English professor over children's literature course that critics called 'DEI and LGBTQ indoctrination' | Fortune

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fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Opinion: California schools must not enshrine Trump's weaponization of antisemitism

The Trump administration and allied lawmakers are using a broad IHRA-based definition of antisemitism to target students, universities and restrict Palestine-related academic freedom.
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fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

Texas A&M removed two faculty members over viral video on gender teachings

A hidden-camera class video accusing an instructor of teaching 'gender ideology' prompted administrative removals, investigations including DOJ involvement, and calls to fire the university president.
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