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Safety and Speech

Administration

The Free-Speech Stronghold premium

By Sarah Brown

Purdue University has won praise for embracing all expression. What risk does that posture bring in an era of violence?

Commentary

Free Speech, Campus Safety, or Both

By Mark G. Yudof and Kenneth Waltzer

Can universities preserve both free speech on campus and the safety of speakers, audiences, and protesters? The answer involves myriad practical decisions, which campus leaders are making now.

Also in Today’s News

Second Thoughts

Harvard’s Political Fellowships Have Long Been Lightning Rods

By Steve Kolowich

The university’s Institute of Politics is drawing fire for revoking a fellowship that had been offered to Chelsea Manning. It’s the latest in a string of politically fraught moves.

Leadership & Governance

U. of Virginia’s Next Chief Inherits a Wearied Institution  

By Jack Stripling

James Ryan, dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a former law professor at UVa, will lead an institution that has gone from crisis to crisis.

Students

Speaking at Berkeley With Milo Yiannopoulos? It’s News to Them

By Chris Quintana

Several prominent figures listed as booked for “Free Speech Week” on the University of California campus said they had not made any such commitment.

The Ticker

Berkeley Casts Doubt on Motives of 'Free Speech Week' Organizers, Citing Missed Deadlines

The university says missed deadlines have caused it to question whether the student group "actually intends to, and/or is able to, carry out the proposed events."

Faculty

Cal State’s Retreat From Remediation Stokes Debate on College Readiness premium

By Katherine Mangan

The shift at the huge public-university system casts new attention on questions about how colleges decide who’s ready for college-level work.

Views

Commentary

6 Qualities to Look For in a College President premium

By Robin Mamlet and Sheila Murphy

Higher-education leadership has changed. Here’s what search committees and governing boards should be keeping an eye out for.

Lingua Franca

The Case Against Flashback

Beginning writers use flashback, a technique they learn from movies, says Lucy Ferriss. But writing students might try other methods and effects from literature — ones that film lacks.  

Advice

Searching Without a Search Firm

By Lucy A. Leske

If you are running a search without a consultant — and sometimes you should — do it under the right conditions.

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Reimagining the Undergrad Curriculum
The University of Sydney refocuses its curriculum to foster cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural collaboration.


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