Vimal Patel

Higher education has been a favorite target of Republicans who believe schools have tilted leftward. Now, colleges and universities are bracing for the Trump administration to take action.

The case tested the limits of academic freedom and tenure.

The University of Chicago, a model for free expression, is being closely watched in higher education. The arrest of a 65-year-old Dartmouth professor intensified the debate over policing on campuses.

At least 25 were arrested at the University of Virginia and a graduation ceremony at the University of Michigan was briefly disrupted by protesters.

Several universities struck agreements with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to end disruptive encampments on their campuses. But some of those agreements are already under fire.

Local law enforcement went in just a couple of hours after a protest encampment went up.

Activists, university officials and political leaders are deeply divided over what, precisely, constitutes antisemitism.

A video showing Annelise Orleck, 65, being taken to the ground intensified criticism of the decision by the college’s president to call in officers.

During the Vietnam War, students seized campus buildings for a week until university officials and the police cracked down.

Several university task forces created in response to student protests over the Israel-Hamas war have struggled to identify what, precisely, constitutes antisemitism.

Pro-Palestinian supporters disrupted a dinner for law students. There was a tussle over the microphone and conflicting claims of harm.

In government and as an outsider, Kenneth Marcus has tried to douse what he says is rising bias against Jews. Some see a crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech.

With anger rising over pro-Palestinian protests, the university’s regents are set to vote on a proposal that would draw tighter boundaries around speech.

The Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Education Department is looking into the allegations after a complaint from a Muslim advocacy group.

Conservatives say diversity and equity programs are more divisive than unifying.

A federal judge ruled that the plaintiff, who said the diversity statements act as a “functional loyalty oath,” did not have standing.

Campus Crackdowns Have Chilling Effect on Pro-Palestinian Speech

Before the Israel-Hamas war, universities were already engulfed in debates over what kinds of speech are acceptable.

To receive a modest speaker’s fee, academics and writers must sign a pledge that they will not participate in anti-Israel boycotts. The author Nathan Thrall said no thank you.

Florida education officials moved to ban chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine, but critics say it’s a clear cut violation of the First Amendment.