US faculty and college leaders split wider on free speech

Columbia president ‘forced’ to congressional antisemitism hearing

Baroness Shafik’s appearance before committee, in expected repeat of grilling that led to Harvard and Penn departures, described as not ‘voluntary’

By Paul Basken

12 March

Students at University of Massachusetts Amherst stage a sit in and present their demands to the Chancellor to end what they called, "UMass Amherst's ties with war profiteers and call for a ceasefire

US universities clamp down harder on pro-Palestine protests

Administrators toughen policies and responses after watching Ivy League presidents ousted

By Paul Basken

9 February

Illustration: an elephant winds its trunk around and through a Capitol building

Why aren’t US university leaders pushing back against political attack?

The political maelstrom around US universities’ handling of pro-Palestinian protests reflects a right-wing campaign that is increasingly challenging higher education’s autonomy to determine its missions and run its affairs. Yet the sector appears to have no strategy to hold the line. Paul Basken reports

By Paul Basken

15 February

Claudine Gay,with Liz Magill, resident of University of Pennsylvania before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 05, 2023 in Washington, DC as discussed in the article

US academics fear grim precedent set by Gay’s Harvard exit

With Claudine Gay accepting debatable instances of plagiarism as final straw, faculty see odds getting hopeless for countering unified political and economic power

By Paul Basken

8 January

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#1 Submitted by stephen... on April 11, 2024 - 9:18am

The examples of "an unauthorised protest on behalf of Palestinians" and "loud anti-Israel protests at a convocation event" do not (as described) substantiate the accusation of a "sustained right-wing assault on American higher education as a public good". Are the protesters deemed to be "right-wing"?

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