Universities provide public – not private – goods. If the social benefits outweigh the financial, it’s only fair we charge students accordingly. More...
31 juillet 2017
27 juillet 2017
New legislation may make free speech on campus less free
The Wisconsin State Assembly, for example, recently passed a campus speech bill that would require public colleges and universities to punish students who disrupt campus speakers. The legislation is now heading to the State Senate for consideration. More...
26 juillet 2017
Free textbooks for first-year university students could help improve retention rates
Despite 20 years of focus on improving university retention rates, we are still losing one in five of our first-year students.And the release of a new report by TEQSA again reminds us of the challenges of retention. More...
16 juillet 2017
Weaponizing Free Speech
By targeting the comments of presumably left-wing professors, the right is using free speech as part of their long-term strategy of delegitimizing higher education itself, writes Victor Ray. More...
15 juillet 2017
Everyone Lost at Dartmouth
A scholar's decision to decline an appointment as dean of the faculty after controversy over his support of a statement calling for an Israel boycott is a defeat for all sides, argue Cary Nelson and other members of the Alliance for Academic Freedom. More...
14 juillet 2017
Whose Speech Is Free? And at What Social Cost?
By Christina Berchini. Some “free speech” proponents only support perspectives that have advantaged them -- at the expense of social progress, argues Christina Berchini. More...
13 juillet 2017
The Dangers of Filtered Speech
By Colleen Flaherty. Two more professors -- one at Trinity of Connecticut and one at Syracuse -- find themselves the target of physical threats and harassment. More...
13 juillet 2017
Old Criticisms, New Threats
By Colleen Flaherty. Professors are often lightning rods, but many see a new menace to academic freedom in recent physical threats against faculty members who speak out on race and other issues. More...
13 juillet 2017
Blacklisted for BDS?
By Colleen Flaherty. Popular Native American studies scholar who was named faculty dean at Dartmouth withdraws from position, following criticism of his past support for Israel boycott. Some fear impact on academic freedom. Read more...
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