Academic Freedom

The Review | Essay

Hamline President Goes on the Offensive

By Mark Berkson September 21, 2023

Despite the AAUP’s concerns about academic freedom, Fayneese Miller is doubling down.

Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, speaks at The Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas on September 24, 2022.

Anti-Science

Peter Hotez Gets a Lot of Hate. He Calls It ‘Anti-Science Aggression.’

By Tom Bartlett September 20, 2023

In a new book, he argues that colleges need to do more to support scientists.

New College of Florida students and supporters protest ahead of a meeting by the college's board of trustees, on the school campus in Sarasota, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. For years, students have come to this public liberal arts college on the western coast of Florida because they were self-described free thinkers. Now they find themselves caught in the crosshairs of America's culture war. (Rebecca Blackwell, AP)

The Resistance

Why Scholars Are Creating an ‘Alt New College’

By Megan Zahneis September 15, 2023

“We’re offering education, which I think should not be a controversial thing,” one organizer says of the project, announced on Friday. Its target audience: current students at New College of Florida.

Illustration showing a messy office desk, at a window looking out onto a sunny campus quad.

Advice

Ask the Chair: Brokering a Generational Stalemate

By Kevin Dettmar September 12, 2023

How to deal with one of the top sources of departmental conflict.

3d Illustration of a game board with blue pieces representing higher education (professors, a lectern, school buildings and books). A red piece in the middle represents Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Review | Essay

The Political Machine Behind the War on Academic Freedom

By Steven Brint August 28, 2023

How conservative activists use state legislatures to control what colleges can teach.

Jenny Martinez, Stanford University provost.

Moving Up

Dean Who Defended Free Speech Is Named Provost of Stanford U.

By Megan Zahneis August 23, 2023

After students disrupted a federal judge’s speech, Jenny S. Martinez wrote a 5,000-word statement condemning their actions and calling for civil dialogue.

New College of Florida students and supporters protest ahead of a meeting by the college's board of trustees, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Sarasota, Fla. (Rebecca Blackwell, AP)

Academic Freedom

Florida’s DEI Ban Censors Classroom Instruction, Lawsuit Says

By Zachary Schermele August 15, 2023

Faculty members and students at New College of Florida are suing the state over its restrictions on diversity spending and gen-ed instruction at public colleges.