Academic Freedom

Legal Scholars Don’t Know the Details of Trump’s Order on Campus Speech. But They Think It’s a Mistake.

By Lily Jackson

 

The University of Chicago’s president called it “a grave error.” Law professors said it was constitutionally suspect. And one noted that politicians routinely misconstrue the issue.

Special Reports

‘It’s a New Assault on the University’

By Karin Fischer

 

A skeptical public is increasingly willing to interfere in colleges’ internal affairs.

The Chronicle Interview

How Did Black Colleges Raise a Generation of Activists?

By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz

 

Jelani M. Favors argues that historically black colleges and universities have a second curriculum that promotes activism and social change. That’s why it’s more important now than ever for those institutions to thrive. PREMIUM

 

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The Edge

‘Begin to Take Teaching Seriously’: A Longtime Leader Shares 3 Wishes for Higher Ed

By Goldie Blumenstyk

 

Gail Mellow, the retiring president of LaGuardia Community College, has been a fierce advocate for low-income and first-generation college students. Here’s what she wants to see next from the sector.

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The Chronicle Review

The Academy Is Unstable and Degrading. Historians Should Take Over the Government, Instead.

By Daniel Bessner

 

History departments are shuttering. Time to try something new. 

 

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