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Newsletter Archive
Dec. 2, 2024
A new study suggests that antiracist pedagogy just doesn’t work.
Nov. 25, 2024
The Department of Education cracks down on disfavored speech, hard.
Nov. 18, 2024
One state university is either a canary in the coal mine or the exception that proves the rule.
Nov. 11, 2024
Harvard, Georgetown, and other institutions treat students like helpless babies.
Oct. 21, 2024
Two historians revisit some recent dust-ups in the profession.
Oct. 14, 2024
How many emails are too many?
Oct. 7, 2024
David Bromwich on the psychology of student activists now.
Sept. 30, 2024
Groups standing up for faculty speech rights can easily neglect principles in favor of politics.