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Year of Reflection Prompts Course Reversal
Mar 30, 2022
After a year of contentious discussions and debates, University of Richmond leaders decided to remove the names of controversial figures from six campus buildings.

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University of Richmond removes controversial building names
March 30, 2022
After a year of contentious discussions and debates, University of Richmond leaders decided to remove the names of controversial figures from six campus buildings.
Ole Miss settles with professor
July 30, 2021
Garrett Felber maintains he was let go for his politics and outspokenness but that he’s ready to move on. Concerns linger about the climate for academic freedom on campus.
Professors, students at UNC Chapel Hill demand transparency about journalist's tenure bid
May 21, 2021
Professors and students at UNC Chapel Hill demand to know why journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones was not offered tenure. The university and its governing board still aren't saying much at all.  
Complaints about professors' protected speech turned into investigations into their classroom conduct
January 14, 2021
At Texas A&M, complaints about professors' protected speech turned into investigations into their classroom conduct, with career-altering results.
Higher ed leaders address protests, racial tensions and the killing of George Floyd
June 2, 2020
College leaders call for societal change and urge their communities not to turn to violence in protests against racism, police brutality and the senseless killing of George Floyd.
AAUP debate centers on whether U Illinois has done enough to atone for the Steven Salaita case and prevent another
June 19, 2017
AAUP, with some dissent, lifts censure of Illinois over Salaita case. Spalding U and Community College of Aurora are added for what association sees as violations of academic freedom.
Popular Native American studies scholar declines deanship at Dartmouth amid concerns over his past support for Israel boycott
May 23, 2017
Popular Native American studies scholar who was named faculty dean at Dartmouth withdraws from position, following criticism of his past support for Israel boycott. Some fear impact on academic freedom.
A onetime grad student revisits previous attempts to unionize (essay)
September 8, 2016
Joseph G. Ramsey reflects on grad students’ earlier efforts to unionize, arguing that those students who simply accepted low pay and few benefits were helping their own longed-for tenure-track jobs to disappear.
Concerns about the impact of the NLRB's recent ruling on grad student unionization (essay)
September 8, 2016
Natasha Baker analyzes the potential impact of the ruling by the National Labor Relations Board on graduate assistants' right to unionize at Columbia University.
An adjunct explains why she has quit her job (essay)
April 21, 2016
Tiffany Kraft is fed up with her job and wants to explain the importance of not being an adjunct.

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