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Incidents on AU campus prompt look into policy

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The reaction was swift when an anonymous student wrote “Black people suck” on a library whiteboard at American University in February. Burwell the very next day voicing concerns about the investigation. Sabrina Conza, a program officer for campus rights advocacy at FIRE who wrote the letter, reminded Burwell that the U.S.

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AAUP on Florida: authoritarian control wilting higher education

University Business

Ron DeSantis has been at the epicenter of higher education this past year. In K12 and higher ed, the term “woke” has plunged education into a muddy existential battle. In K12 and higher ed, the term “woke” has plunged education into a muddy existential battle. “He is taking names. .

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Free speech concerns prompt calls to shun Yale Law grads

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Recent issues at Yale Law School are back in the spotlight after a conservative judge called on his peers to abstain from hiring Yale Law graduates as clerks because of free speech concerns. “Across the country, there are thousands of young people who are about to apply to law school.

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On the offense: A new Trump defamation suit, yet another one threatened, and more! — FAN 352

FIRE

Yale dean on free speech at Yale Law School. “ A Message to Our Alumni on Free Speech at Yale Law School ” (Oct. Dear members of our alumni community: Yale Law School is dedicated to building a vibrant intellectual environment where ideas flourish. Trump is scheduled to sit for a deposition Oct.