Sources and Further Reading
February 3, 2024
Free Speech or “Impermissible” Speech, New FAFSA Rules, Florida Back in the Spotlight, Poor Harvard
The Free Speech Pendulum Swings Back at Barnard—and (Most) Everywhere
Sources
Barnard Clamps Down on Free Speech (New York Times)
The Future of Academic Freedom (The New Yorker)
Harvard’s ‘Apartheid’ Prof and the Antisemitism Task Force (Wall Street Journal)
Further Reading
Jenny Martínez for Harvard President: A Free Speech Leader for a Polarized Era (Harvard Crimson)
‘Cancel culture is dead’: University of Michigan board approves new free speech statement (Detroit News)
The Feds Have Been Flooded With Campus Complaints of Anti-Jewish Bias. Now What? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Columbia U. Investigates Reports of ‘Unknown Substance’ Sprayed at Pro-Palestinian Rally (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Can Brandeis Remain a Safe Haven for Jews Without Squelching Speech? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
College Is All About Curiosity. And That Requires Free Speech (New York Times)
Colleges Teaching Hate: American Miseducation (Documentary) (The Free Press)
What We Learned About Higher Education After October 7th (ACTA)
Protecting the First (Protect the First)
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A $1.8 Billion FAFSA Mistake
Sources
Exclusive: The Education Department says it will fix its $1.8 billion FAFSA mistake (NPR)
Colleges won’t receive FAFSA applicant info until March, Education Department says (Higher Ed Dive)
Further Reading
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Hounding the Elites: Poor Harvard
Sources
Watchdog files accreditation complaint against Harvard over plagiarism scandal (The College Fix)
Third-Rate Governance for First-Rate Universities (Law & Liberty)]
No Task Force Can Save Harvard (Wall Street Journal)
Summers Lashes Out at Harvard Over Antisemitism Task Force (Bloomberg)
Further Reading
After Claudine: How to Repair American Higher Education (NAS Minding the Campus)
Plagiarism probe finds some problems with former Harvard president Claudine Gay’s work (AP)
Harvard’s Misguided Guidance on Protest and Dissent (Academe Blog)
Foxx Slams Harvard for “Woefully Inadequate” Response to Antisemitism Probe (House Committee on Education and the Workforce)
At Penn, Tensions May Only Be Growing After Magill’s Resignation (New York Times)
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Florida Back in the News
Sources
How Much Cash Did Ron DeSantis Burn Through Against Trump? (New York Times)
The DeSantis Watch: Could He Be Running for President? (Paideia Times)
Florida Eliminates Sociology as a Core Course at Its Universities (New York Times)
Recruited to Play Sports, and Win a Culture War (New York Times)
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January 27, 2024
More Presidents on the Rack and Some Consoling Words from Joseph Nye
Cornell President Joins the Ranks of the DEI Afflicted
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M.I.T.’s President Has Weathered the Storm, for Now (New York Times)
Major Cornell donor yanks funding over DEI, demands President Pollack resign (College Fix)
Former Trustee Jon Lindseth Calls For President Pollack’s Resignation Amid Antisemitic Incidents (Cornell Daily Sun)
You Can Coerce by Economic Means' (Belfer Center)
Further Reading
What the University Presidents Got Right and Wrong About Antisemitic Speech (New York Times)
Harvard may keep Garber in presidency (Times Higher Education)
Poor-quality presidential searches lead to poor appointments (Times Higher Education)
How should plagiarism allegations against presidents be handled? (Times Higher Education)
Critics Protest Harvard’s Choice to Lead Antisemitism Task Force (New York Times)
@EdWorkforceCmte Questions UPenn’s Failure to Address Antisemitism as Investigation Ramps Up (U.S. Congress)
Foxx Slams Harvard for “Woefully Inadequate” Response to Antisemitism Probe (U.S. Congress)
Claudine Gay Was the Embodiment of Woke Academia (Minding the Campus)
Watchdog files accreditation complaint against Harvard over plagiarism scandal (The College Fix)
88 Days: The Unraveling of Claudine Gay (Harvard Crimson)
Harvard Establishes New Antisemitism Task Force, Appoints Professor Who Called Israel a Regime of Apartheid (National Review)
Why Political Attacks on Elite-College Leaders Should Come as No Surprise (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Harvard Releases New Details of Plagiarism Review in Filing to Congress (Wall Street Journal)
Watchdog demands probe into Harvard that could put hundreds of millions of fed funding in jeopardy (NY Post)
Harvard Betrayed Its Mission (Substack)
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January 20, 2024
DEI on Defense, the Harvard Tsunami Rolls and Roils, Biden’s New Loan Plan Sneaks In
“DEI Goes Quiet” and other Extrapolations
Sources
DEI Goes Quiet (New York Times)
The DEI Rollback of 2023 (Wall Street Journal)
Conservative anti-DEI activists claim victory in Harvard leader’s fall (Washington Post)
Further Reading
UMich looks to advance DEI in every part of university over next 5 years (The College Fix)
How ‘Woke’ Is the Campus Left? (Chronicle of Higher Education)
STUDENT VOICE: Bill targeting DEI offices in public universities has a chilling impact on students (Hechinger Report)
Universities Use DEI Statements To Enforce Groupthink (Reason)
DEI Drives Campus Antisemitism (Wall Street Journal)
This Is the Actual Danger Posed by D.E.I. (New York Times)
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Harvard in Need of New Model, Policies, Governance and Leadership?
Sources
Congress Gives Harvard Two Weeks to Produce Documents for Antisemitism Investigation (Wall Street Journal)
Robert George on Harvard: Today’s Universities Are Incubators of Competing Visions, Social Justice vs. Classical (National Catholic Register)
I Led Harvard Medical School. With Gay’s Resignation, the Corporation Must Rethink Its Approach to Governance. (Harvard Crimson)
Congress Probes ‘Enormous Decline’ in Jewish Students on Campus as Harvard Faces New Lawsuit (NY Sun)
Further Reading
How Columbia’s President Has Avoided Fallout Over Israel-Gaza Protests (New York Times)
The Next Battle in Higher Ed May Strike at Its Soul: Scholarship (New York Times)
Who’s Holding Up the Ivory Tower? (Wall Street Journal)
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Student Loans, Student Headaches—C’est La Meme Chose?
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Biden Administration to Take Another Swing at Accreditation Rules (Inside Higher Ed)
Student loan servicers failed to meet borrower needs as payments resumed, CFPB finds (Higher Ed Dive)
More student loan servicers face punishment for delayed borrower notices (Washington Post)