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Lone-Star PoliticsStudents and Faculty Fear Tenure and DEI Bills Could ‘Destroy’ Texas Colleges
Over the weekend, Republican lawmakers gave final approval to a ban on diversity offices and changes in faculty job protections. -
Q. & A.
‘It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way’: One Scholar’s Front-Row Seat to Higher-Ed Battles in Wisconsin and Texas
Jeremi Suri, a historian, left Wisconsin because of legislation to strip faculty rights. He went to Texas, where similar efforts have been proposed. -
The Review | Essay
Max Weber’s Ethical Pedagogy for a Nihilistic Age
On the enduring relevance of a great social theorist. -
Politics
A Divisive Governor Hits the Commencement Circuit. For Some Students, He’s Not Welcome.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia has been greeted by protests on two public campuses. At one of them, some students felt the administration stifled their speech. -
Politics and Race
DEI Legislation Tracker
Legislators, mostly Republicans, want to get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices; end anti-bias trainings; and banish diversity statements. -
Academic Freedom
Indiana’s Funding Ban for Kinsey Sex-Research Institute Threatens Academic Freedom, IU President Says
The legislature’s move, largely symbolic, forbids state spending on Indiana University’s prominent center amid false allegations about its founder and current researchers. -
The Review | Opinion
A Law-School Rankings Formula After Ron DeSantis’s Own Heart
U.S. News is devaluing faculty expertise at the worst possible time. -
Chilling Effect
Statehouses’ Targeting of Diversity and Tenure Is Starting to Scare Away Faculty Job Candidates
Applications are down, and some prospective professors are rejecting job offers even if they don’t have others in hand, say union representatives in Florida and Texas. -
Leadership
Fears of Politicization Dog Another Florida Public University’s Presidential Search
Florida Gulf Coast University is on the brink of choosing a new president, amid fears that one of the candidates is a political addition to the finalist pool. -
Speaking Out
Presidents Are Changing Their Tune on Free Speech
More college leaders are denouncing would-be censors on the left and the right. Why now?
