The Higher Education We Can Afford

Hampshire College closes and an institute without faculty arises.

Apr 17 • John Warner

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Incivil (and Wasteful) Civic Centers

The right wing make work of those splashy new university centers.

Apr 10 • John Warner

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March 2026

Getting Academic Freedom in Writing

The first comprehensive report on collective bargaining and academic freedom has arrived.

Mar 25 • John Warner

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The UT System Creates a Catchall Policy to Preemptively Silence Faculty

You can drive a truck through the phrase "controversies not germane to the course."

Mar 6 • John Warner

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February 2026

Governing Boards Need to Learn to Govern

Talking with Demitri Morgan about what changes on Virginia university boards may tell us about good governance in general.

Feb 25 • John Warner

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Textbook Madness in Florida

How the state of Florida came to have approval over a sociology textbook.

Feb 18 • John Warner and Victor Ray

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Isaac's Annotations: Can Oklahoma End Tenure?

The latest assault on excellence.

Feb 11 • Isaac Kamola and John Warner

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The Technology That's Taking Your Freedom

It's more than AI. A Q&A with Matt Seybold.

Feb 3 • John Warner

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January 2026

Texas A&M Instructor Melissa McCoul Shares Her Story

The inside story of a true academic freedom outrage.

Jan 30 • John Warner and Anna Feder

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America's Censored Campuses

Q&A with Amy Reid of PEN America on a major source of threats to academic freedom.

Jan 27 • John Warner

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"Objectivity" in the Classroom Is Not Consistent with Academic Freedom

President Alan Garber of Harvard gives oxygen to a mistaken view of how we best teach and learn.

Jan 16 • John Warner

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Your Syllabus and Academic Freedom

Making an affirmative case for the values that underpin our work.

Jan 7 • Isaac Kamola and John Warner

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