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Ian Tewksbury

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The Review

You Can’t Trust the Businessmen on the Board of Trustees

By Nick Romeo, Ian Tewksbury June 30, 2020

A century ago, Thorstein Veblen explained why.

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Iced Out

Duke Administrators Accused of Bypassing Shared-Governance Process in Offering Buyouts

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'A New Era'

Higher-Ed Associations Pitch an Alternative to Trump’s Cap on Research Funding

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Endowment funds

The Nation’s Wealthiest Small Colleges Just Won a Big Tax Exemption

WASHINGTON, DISTICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES - 2025/04/14: A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator holding a sign with Release Mahmud Khalil written on it, stands in front of the ICE building while joining in a protest. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators rally in front of the ICE building, demanding freedom for Mahmoud Khalil and all those targeted for speaking out against genocide in Palestine. Protesters demand an end to U.S. complicity and solidarity with the resistance in Gaza. (Photo by Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Campus Activism

An Anonymous Group’s List of Purported Critics of Israel Helped Steer a U.S. Crackdown on Student Activists

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John T. Scopes as he stood before the judges stand and was sentenced, July 2025.

The Review | Essay

100 Years Ago, the Scopes Monkey Trial Discovered Academic Freedom

By John K. Wilson

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The Review | Opinion

A Damaging Endowment Tax Crosses the Finish Line

By Phillip Levine

University of Virginia President Jim Ryan keeps his emotions in check during a news conference, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022 in Charlottesville. Va. Authorities say three people have been killed and two others were wounded in a shooting at the University of Virginia and a student is in custody. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The Review | Opinion

Jim Ryan’s Resignation Is a Warning

By Robert Zaretsky

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