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Lawsuit filed along with motion for temporary restraining order calls threats an existential ‘gun to the head’

Harvard weighs costs of standing up to president as other elite schools, such as Princeton, signal they won’t concede

Trump administration is accused of inciting ‘climate of repression’ and stifling free speech on campuses, including Columbia University

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.