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September 29, 2020
More than Half of College Students Self-Censor When Race and Other Tough Topics Come Up, Survey Finds
Chronicle of Higher Education
Standing Up for Professors
Inside Higher Ed
September 28, 2020
Have College Students Spread Covid-19 Beyond Their Campuses? It May Be Too Early to Tell
Chronicle of Higher Education
Why liberal arts education for prison inmates is a sound investment
USA Today
September 25, 2020
How Princeton Opened Itself to the Ultimate Troll
The Atlantic
Zoom Draws a Line
Inside Higher Ed
September 22, 2020
The Fight Against Words That Sound Like, but Are Not, Slurs
The Atlantic
Liberal Arts Majors Less Drawn to Authoritarianism
Inside Higher Ed
Reopening Colleges Likely Fueled Covid-19 Significantly, Study Finds
Wall Street Journal
September 21, 2020
Colleges, Conservatives and the Kakistocracy
New York Times
College students give failing grade on return to campus
Axios
Princeton’s Confession of Bias
Wall Street Journal
September 17, 2020
The Flawed Genius of the Constitution
The Atlantic
The Professor Is In: Fear, Anxiety, and the Faculty Career
Chronicle of Higher Education
September 15, 2020
How One Word Led to an Uproar
Chronicle of Higher Education
September 14, 2020
Students Seek Firing of Professor for Attending Pro-Police Rally
Inside Higher Ed
Spring Planning Has Begun. Here’s What Colleges Are Thinking So Far.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Burning Out
Inside Higher Ed
September 10, 2020
Education Department Finalizes Religious Freedom Rule
Inside Higher Ed
September 9, 2020
George Washington was silent, but Trump tweets regularly – running for president has changed over the years
The Conversation
September 8, 2020
Land of Free (and Fettered) Speech
Wall Street Journal
Today’s mob mentality politics: Just deny it, and keep moving
The Hill
September 4, 2020
Fauci Urges Colleges Not to Send Students Home
Inside Higher Ed
America must return to its classical liberal roots
Los Angeles Daily News
September 2, 2020
Academics Are Really, Really Worried About Their Freedom
The Atlantic
August 31, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Making College Students Question the Price of Their Education
Wall Street Journal
Colleges Struggle to Control Outbreaks
Inside Higher Ed
Looking to Reopen, Colleges Become Labs for Coronavirus Tests and Tracking Apps
New York Times
August 28, 2020
Some Colleges Planned Early for an Online Fall. Here’s What They Learned.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Trigger Warnings
Inside Higher Ed
August 26, 2020
Cases Spike at Universites Nationally
Inside Higher Ed
August 24, 2020
Chipping Away at Academic Freedom
Real Clear Politics
Student papers say administrators share blame for virus outbreaks: ‘Don’t make us write obituaries’
Washington Post
Blame Game
Inside Higher Ed
August 21, 2020
Tumultuous Times Have Us Looking For Windows And Mirrors
Forbes
Will Shame Make Students Stop Socializing?
Inside Higher Ed
August 20, 2020
Something’s Got to Give
Inside Higher Ed
August 18, 2020
Higher Ed’s Moment of Truth
Inside Higher Ed
As Colleges Move Classes Online, Families Rebel Against the Cost
New York Times
August 17, 2020
A College’s ‘Free Speech Areas’ Face Supreme Court Review
New York Times
Universities Abandon Reason for a False Idea of ‘Empowerment’
Wall Street Journal
August 13, 2020
Law Alone Can’t Protect Free Speech
Wall Street Journal
How Racist Are Universities, Really?
Chronicle of Higher Education
August 12, 2020
August Wave of Campus Reopening Reversals
Inside Higher Ed
The pandemic has made clear that college students are customers
Washington Post
August 10, 2020
The Princeton Faculty’s Anti-Free-Speech Demands
The Atlantic
The Cancel Culture Checklist
Persuasion
July 23, 2020
Canceling Emeritus
Inside Higher Ed
The Harper’s ‘Letter,” Cancel Culture and the Summer That Drove A Lot of Smart People Mad
Washington Post
July 22, 2020
In A Pandemic, We Need Philosophers Too
Forbes
Proposals to Revoke Emeritus Professor Status Brings ‘Cancel Culture’ Debate to San Diego State
Los Angeles Times
July 21, 2020
What’s Next For Remote Learning?
Inside Higher Ed
Colleges Hoped For An In-Person Fall. Now the Dream Is Crumbling.
Chronicle of Higher Education
July 20, 2020
The Professor Is In: Fear, Anxiety, and the Faculty Career
Chronicle of Higher Education
Call It The Cultural Left. Do Not Call It Liberal.
Washington Post
On Some College Campuses, A New Fall Rite: Coronavirus Testing
Washington Post
July 17, 2020
Do Progressives Have a Free Speech Problem?
New York Times
July 15, 2020
U.S. Rescinds Visa Policy That Could Have Forced Colleges to Hold Some Classes in Person
Chronicle of Higher Education
Stay Apart or Stay Home
Inside Higher Ed
The Speech Police at Princeton
Wall Street Journal
July 14, 2020
Why I’ll Be on Campus This Fall
Wall Street Journal
July 13, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Free Speech Case Against Georgia Gwinnett
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Colleges Say Hybrid Courses Will Make the Fall A Success. But Will Students Get the Worst of Both Worlds?
Chronicle of Higher Education
July 10, 2020
The Perils of ‘With Us or Against Us’
The Atlantic
July 9, 2020
Teaching One Side of the Story
Inside Higher Ed
As MIT and Harvard Sue, Colleges Scramble to Respond to New Federal Policy on International Students
Chronicle of Higher Education
N.C. Protects Colleges From Pandemic-Related Lawsuits
Inside Higher Ed
The Reaction to the Harper’s Letter on Cancel Culture Proves Why It Was Necessary
Reason
July 8, 2020
Harvard, MIT Sue Immigration Officials Over Rule Blocking Some International Students
NPR
How Can Graduate Programs and Students Prepare for an Uncertain Fall?
Chronicle of Higher Education
Yes, Your Zoom Teaching Can Be First-Rate
Inside Higher Ed
July 7, 2020
COVID-19 Roundup: More Universities Announce Online Plans
Inside Higher Ed
Georgia Backs Down. Masks Will Be Mandatory at Its Colleges This Fall.
Chronicle of Higher Education
July 6, 2020
Campuses Reckon with Racist Past
Inside Higher Ed
July 1, 2020
Lessons From A Course on the Pandemic
Chronicle of Higher Education
Georgia’s Top-Down Management of Higher Ed Causes Covid-19 Chaos
Inside Higher Ed
June 30, 2020
Living Up To The Liberal Promise
Forbes
The Wild Card For An In-Person Fall: College Student Behavior
NPR
Why Cornell Will Reopen in the Fall
Wall Street Journal
June 29, 2020
Free Speech On Trial at CMU
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 24, 2020
Trying to Make Sense of a Fluid Fall
Inside Higher Ed
Being a Black Academic in America
Chronicle of Higher Education
