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Explore the debate and science of Academic Governance.

March 1, 2023

EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: The NIH's DEI Litmus Tests

John D. Sailer

Exclusive diversity rubrics reveal that faculty hiring processes are being influenced by diversity statements on job applications.

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February 28, 2023

NAS/Centiment Poll: North Carolinians Support Intellectual Diversity

National Association of Scholars

A survey commissioned by the NAS asks 1,020 North Carolina voters their views on intellectual diversity, civics education, the use of diversity statements, and a proposed new Center for Civic Life at......

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November 16, 2020

An Open Letter to Michael V. Drake, President of the University of California

Peter Wood

After retiring, Professor Joseph Khoury was fired illegally by a UCR administration that appears extraordinarily determined to punish him.

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July 24, 2020

An Open Letter to Lyle D. Roelofs, President of Berea College

Peter Wood

Berea College should make right on its promise to provide staff and faculty administrative due process in disciplinary proceedings.

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September 17, 2019

A Champion of Free Inquiry and Intellectual Diversity Runs for the Yale Corporation

National Association of Scholars

Law professor Nicholas Rosenkranz is mounting a petition campaign for the Yale Corporation.

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April 22, 2019

Free to Speak: Reforming the Higher Education Act

National Association of Scholars

More than 100 scholars and writers call on Congress to strip public universities of eligibility for federal student loans when they violate the First Amendment. 

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January 11, 2018

Professor's Racial Harassment of White Student was 'Personal'

Dion J. Pierre

A Native American professor at San Diego State University racially harassed a white student, the California State Department of Justice concluded last week.

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June 23, 2016

A Most Curious Document

John E. Staddon

John E. Staddon analyzes the shortcomings of the Report of the Duke University Task Force on Bias and Hate Issues.

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April 20, 2016

The Sleeper Wakes

David Randall

Two articles demonstrate dawning awareness of the problems in America's higher education.

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