Dr. Herard is being punished for actions she took to protect UC Irvine students from riot police who had stormed their Palestine solidarity encampment. We want all sanctions against our colleague lifted and all back salary paid immediately.
A court ruling striking down Florida’s Stop WOKE Act is both a major affirmation of academic freedom and a window into the free-speech debates dividing the right.
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Over the past year, Harvard University has systematically curtailed, suspended, or restructured every program with a serious focus on studying Palestinian rights. It’s abundantly clear that some views are not welcome on this campus.
The dismissal of a a renowned health leader who refused to ignore Palestine highlights false claims of universality in human rights, global health and academia. Mary Bassett’s removal is an act of cowardice amid fascist pressure.
California Governor Gavin Newsom urges schools not to sign the ‘radical agreement’ Trump has proposed to impose cuts to departments, students and speech. He vows that schools that sign Trump's 'compact' will 'instantly' lose state funding.
The University of California, in a move with strong echoes of McCarthyism, has turned over to the Trump administration dossiers on 160 faculty, students and staff under investigation for antisemitism.
Harvard became the first university to push back and sue Trump over his intrusions into academia. Before Harvard, Columbia folded. As with the law firms, the question is, who will bend the knee and who would tell the tyrant-in-the-making NO!
The government funds institutions that stretch across American society. The Trump administration is demanding the relinquishment of constitutional rights to keep the money flowing.
More than 440 college presidents and other officials signed a letter Tuesday protesting the “unprecedented government overreach and political interference” that higher education is facing under the Trump administration.
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