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Academic Freedom

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Melbourne law professor who said 'Blak' activists led school to 'destruction' to leave — I.guim.co.uk

Melbourne law professor who said 'Blak' activists led school to 'destruction' to leave

Dr Eric Descheemaeker, a University of Melbourne law professor who wrote an email saying the institution was dictated to by 'Blak' activists and was turning into an 'ideological re-education camp', will leave the university, the law school's dean, Professor Michelle Foster, said on Friday

When Conservative Politics Hit Cash-Starved Universities — Static01.nyt.com

When Conservative Politics Hit Cash-Starved Universities

Jessica Grose wrote in a New York Times Opinion essay that a recent University of Oklahoma grading dispute has highlighted how conservative political pressure and financial strain are reshaping campus life. Grose recounts the Oklahoma case in which a student, Samantha Fulnecky, turned in a biblically inflected paper that a

AHA executive council blocks member-approved Gaza resolutions — Static01.nyt.com

AHA executive council blocks member-approved Gaza resolutions

The executive council of the American Historical Association vetoed two resolutions criticizing Israel’s actions in Gaza that had been approved by members over the weekend at the group’s annual conference in Chicago, saying the measures were outside the association’s mission and posed institutional risk. One resolution accused