By Colleen Flaherty. University of Tampa fires a professor who suggested Texas deserved the hurricane for helping put President Trump in the White House. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. New Koch-backed institute at the University of Utah is raising questions about academic freedom and whether the center is designed to compete with Utah’s existing economics department. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Ohio State State University took the extraordinary step of revoking a graduate’s doctorate last week. Now her future at the University of Arizona, where she is an assistant professor of communication, is unclear. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Political news was plentiful last year but political science jobs were down significantly year-over-year, and to their lowest point since 2010, according to the American Political Science Association’s annual jobs report. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Dartmouth professors ask president to apologize for his "disavowal" of of a controversial scholar who writes about and is sympathetic to "antifa" activism. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Shenandoah University wants to make it easier for parents to return to campus after a baby by inviting newborns to join their moms and dads at work. Older kids are also welcome if child care falls through or in emergencies. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Historians have been called upon heavily to make sense of the political present via their knowledge of the past. And this week, the American Historical Association released a statement addressing the ongoing debate over what to do with Confederate monuments. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Tommy Curry, the philosopher at Texas A&M whose comments on race set off a furor, discusses his new book on how critical theory has ignored the realities of black maleness. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Study of what one panel’s members wanted in biomedical sciences may offer insights into how candidates at other universities are assessed. More...

By Colleen Flaherty. Lectures for one of Reed College’s signature learning experiences, a humanities course on the ancient Mediterranean, were canceled after protesters tried to interrupt the class to protest perceived Eurocentrism. What’s the future for courses grounded in ancient -- largely Western -- texts. More...