The Latest Breaking News from AAUP

The administration is cutting funds and threatening what it sees as liberal bastions, such as Columbia University, where it detained Mahmoud Khalil for his pro-Palestinian activism

Professors and university officials sue to block Trump's anti-DEI orders, arguing they exceed executive authority, threaten academic freedom, and violate constitutional rights.

Katherine Franke says she was forced to retire over her views critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians.

From Hill v. DePaul Univ., which was decided in September by the Illinois Appellate Court (Justice Martin, joined by Justices… The post DePaul Professor Who Wrote Anti-Palestinian Article, Was Censured by Faculty Council, Loses Contract, Defamation, and Discrimination Claim appeared first on Reason.com.

A new article from the Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences) Future of Free Speech Symposium.

My response to Harvard's Dean Lawrence Bobo

Over the past few years, Republican state lawmakers have introduced more than 150 bills in 35 states that seek to curb academic freedom on campus. Twenty-one of these bills have been signed into law.

Hartzell’s protest response has also resulted in condemnations from students and faculty.

The protests sweeping college campuses don't just involve students. Professors are increasingly pushing back against university administrations they see as infringing on students' free speech rights.

As pro-Palestinian student protests at Columbia University continue, university president Minouche Shafik finds herself under fire from all sides as politicians, students and faculty all call for her to resign over her handling of the sit-ins. Columbia's university senate is scheduled to meet on Friday to vote on a resolution…

Columbia University AAUP members introduce Resolution of Censure against President Shafik for alleged violations of academic freedom and student rights.