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How a Center for Civic Education Became a Political Provocation
Behind the scenes of a controversial effort to combat “uniformity” at the University of Florida. → Read More
DeSantis’s Higher-Ed Push Just Got Bigger. Fresh Resistance Is Starting to Bubble Up.
Florida’s governor announced a slate of proposed “reforms” that would encroach on campuses’ autonomy. → Read More
DeSantis Asked Florida Universities to Detail Their Diversity Spending. Here’s How They Answered.
The amounts the state’s public universities reported spending on diversity and critical race theory came out to 1 percent or less of their overall budgets. → Read More
A Human-Rights Leader Was Denied a Harvard Post Over Alleged ‘Anti-Israel Bias.’ Now a Dean Faces Calls to Resign.
Faculty members and free-speech organizations have condemned the decision as an assault on academic freedom. → Read More
A Florida University Is Quickly Assembling a List of Courses on Diversity. Why? DeSantis Asked.
The move is likely to heighten fears among advocates of academic freedom in the state who worry that the governor is bent on curtailing professors’ speech in the classroom. → Read More
Colorado State Paid Ex-President Nearly $1.6 Million to Leave. Her Likely Replacement Is Raising Eyebrows.
The sole finalist for the job is Amy Parsons, previously a Colorado State lawyer and administrator. Some faculty members have questions. → Read More
When Lawmakers Purged Immorality From Florida Universities
State intrusion in higher ed is nothing new. → Read More
Emporia State University Is Told It Can Fire Employees, Including Tenured Professors
Low enrollment, restructuring, and performance evaluations are among the many reasons they can be terminated. → Read More
Inside the Academic-Freedom Crisis That Roiled Florida’s Flagship
A Chronicle investigation tracks how a decision to silence professors emerged from the depths of bureaucracy. → Read More
A Free-Speech Group Known for Campus Interventions Wants to Be Bigger
The advocacy group that has weighed in on many free-speech spats big and small is expanding beyond colleges. → Read More
How Pedophilia Research Led a University to Part Ways With a Scholar
A college says it supports free inquiry. So why does this pedophilia researcher no longer work there? → Read More
He Accused the University of Florida of Violating His Academic Freedom. The Provost Disagrees.
As faculty members remain wary about the state’s political climate, the provost denies that a professor was told he had to change the title of a doctoral concentration related to race to avoid the word “critical.” → Read More
U. of North Carolina Has Been Corrupted by Political Meddling, Faculty Group Says
University officials, however, strongly disagree with the “grim portrayal” the report paints. → Read More
The Professor and the Protester
Oliver Baker got into a scuffle with a student during a campus protest. It could cost him his career. → Read More
Florida Lawmakers Put a Conservative Stamp on Higher Ed
The state’s legislature approved a measure to require new accreditors and allow the Board of Governors to call for post-tenure review. → Read More
Tenure Without Teeth
The tradition will probably survive. But it could look very different. → Read More
‘I Swore an Oath’: Behind a U. of Florida Professor’s Plea to Testify Against the State
More than two weeks before controversy erupted over the institution’s denying scholars the right to be expert witnesses, one professor offered to take an unpaid leave to do so. → Read More
In Heated Hearing, Lawyer Says Professors Who Sued U. of Florida Have ‘Unclean Hands’
The judge in the case, in which professors are challenging the university’s initial denial of their ability to testify in court, took the lawyer to task for his remarks. → Read More
When Professors Offend Students
Classroom norms are changing. Where’s the line, and who decides? → Read More
‘It Just Felt Wrong’: U. of Florida Faculty Say Political Fears Stalled an Initiative on Race
A new grievance says administrators — worried about riling Republican lawmakers — told professors to avoid using the word “critical” in the title of a new doctoral concentration related to race. → Read More