Open inquiry is “under threat.” Scholars are being “canceled” for unorthodox views, and colleges are “ideological monocultures.” So says an academic-freedom conference that begins on Friday at ...

The Graduate School of Business (GSB) will host its Academic Freedom Conference from Nov. 4-5. The conference, which has stirred controversy over its speaker lineup and initial decision to be closed ...

At the risk of being accused of exposing one of higher education’s “dirty little secrets,” let’s have a frank discussion about the market racket? for academic conferences. This post was inspired by an ...

Motivated by its mission to give male students of color in ninth and 10th grade insight into college life, Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Educational Partnerships started the Male Youth Empowerment ...

In an effort to strengthen African representation in global development scholarship and ensure that African voices are heard in the debates that help to shape the continent’s future, the Office of the ...

Now that the dust has settled and the drama of midterm elections has come and gone, I have some thoughts on the Stanford University–hosted conference on academic freedom held earlier this month, from ...

The idea for a conference that brought together passionate, informed people to talk about “race, space, and place” began during a tornado watch. One of us (Tressie McMillan Cottom) bumped into a ...

For Phish aficionados interested in the neuroscience of the jam or Talmudic interpretations of the band’s improvisational technique, Oregon State University will host the first Phish Studies academic ...