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Why the Neo-Academic Cold War Is Tightening Even as Europe and Open Science Push Back
US universities keep winning court battles but losing the funding war, while political shifts in Hungary, Poland and Swe...
A Month After the Education Department's 'Call to Action,' Most Colleges Are Still Waiting
Florida and North Carolina have answered the Department of Education's August 3 letter, but most institutions are holdin...
Tyler Austin Harper on Race, Tokenism and What Went Wrong at Bates
The former Bates professor and Atlantic writer explains why he now sees the campus DEI consensus as a threat to academic...
Academic Smugness Is Fueling Higher Ed's Crisis of Trust, Argues Andrew Delbanco
In a wide-ranging interview, the Columbia professor and National Humanities Medalist discusses the roots of academia's r...
Bristol Loses Appeal Over Dismissal of Anti-Zionist Academic David Miller
An appeals tribunal upheld the ruling that David Miller's anti-Zionist beliefs are protected under the Equality Act, whi...
German Science Organisations Prepare for Potential AfD State Victories
With the far-right AfD leading polls in two eastern states, the DFG and Max Planck Society are drawing up plans to prote...
Why DEI Practitioners Are Urged to Question Institutional Shrinking — and Stay Grounded
As anti-DEI laws reshape campus programs nationwide, a Florida State professor outlines four strategies to preserve equi...
Harvard President Warns Federal Research Funding Fight Threatens U.S. Science Leadership
Alan Garber, in a D.C. interview, defends Harvard's refusal to settle with the Trump administration over $2.2B in resear...
AAUP Accuses Donors, Politicians of 'Extorting' University Autonomy
The American Association of University Professors warns that federal funding threats and donor pressure are being used t...