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Campus Speech
A Governor Tells Public Colleges: The Drag Show Must Not Go On
In South Dakota and elsewhere, conservative politicians are decrying the performances, an LGBTQ tradition, as inappropriate. -
The Review | Opinion
Bias-Response Teams Are a Bad Idea
A system that encourages anonymous snitching is intrinsically abusive. -
Speaking Out
‘Appallingly Coarse and Deliberately Abusive’: University President Condemns Students’ Commencement Protest
Robert A. Brown, who’s retiring from Boston University in July, said the “unruly” protest was representative of “the cancel culture.” -
Lone-Star Politics
Students and Faculty Fear Tenure and DEI Bills Could ‘Destroy’ Texas Colleges
Over the weekend, Republican lawmakers gave final approval to a ban on diversity offices and changes in faculty job protections. -
Q. & A.
‘It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way’: One Scholar’s Front-Row Seat to Higher-Ed Battles in Wisconsin and Texas
Jeremi Suri, a historian, left Wisconsin because of legislation to strip faculty rights. He went to Texas, where similar efforts have been proposed. -
The Review | Forum
How Will Artificial Intelligence Change Higher Ed?
ChatGPT is just the beginning. Twelve scholars and administrators explain. -
Politics
A Divisive Governor Hits the Commencement Circuit. For Some Students, He’s Not Welcome.
Gov. Glenn Youngkin of Virginia has been greeted by protests on two public campuses. At one of them, some students felt the administration stifled their speech. -
The Review | Opinion
Statehouses, Not Student Activists, Are the Real Threat to Free Speech
Fixating on drama at Stanford Law leads us astray. -
A Question of Trust?
Florida Lawmakers Want Oversight of Invited Speakers on Public-College Campuses
Under a bill passed this month, new campus offices would have to ensure that debates and forums represent “multiple, divergent, and opposing perspectives.” -
Campus Speech
More Students Endorse an Expansive Definition of ‘Harm.’ Colleges Aren’t So Sure.
Recent campus controversies, many involving anti-transgender activists, have sparked debate over how speech can be harmful.