| Administration By Sarah Brown Purdue University has won praise for embracing all expression. What risk does that posture bring in an era of violence? |
| Commentary 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. |
| Second Thoughts 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 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 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 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 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. |
| Commentary 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 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 By Lucy A. Leske If you are running a search without a consultant — and sometimes you should — do it under the right conditions. |
