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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
June 23, 2020
When Free Speech and Racist Speech Collide
Inside Higher Ed
June 22, 2020
We Can Find Common Ground on Gay Rights and Religious Liberty
New York Times
The Principle of Free Expression is Disintegrating
The Hill
MSU Research VP Resigns From Role Amid Controversy
Detroit News
June 18, 2020
How to Think About Graduate School
Inside Higher Ed
CMU Faces Backlash for the Naming of a Senior Fellow
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
June 16, 2020
Can Faculty Be Forced Back On Campus?
Chronicle of Higher Education
June 15, 2020
For Colleges, Protests Over Racism May Put Everything On the Line
Chronicle of Higher Education
UCLA Professor: No Racism in Refusing to Cancel Final
Washington Post
Advice to Those Starting A Ph.D. Program in the Fall
Inside Higher Ed
June 12, 2020
5 Takeaways From My Covid-19 Remote Teaching
Inside Higher Ed
The Still-Vital Case for Liberalism in a Radical Age
New York Magazine
June 10, 2020
What Do We Know About This Spring’s Remote Learning?
Inside Higher Ed
Faculty Want A Say in Whether They Teach Face to Face. The Conversation Is Not Going Well.
Chronicle of Higher Education
Historically Black Colleges Fight For Survival, Reopening Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
USA Today
