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On the Kalven Report, academic freedom, and the limits of institutional neutrality

In honor of Black history month, two intellectual giants and close friends, Cornel West and Robert George, join “The Gloria Purvis Podcast” to talk about what Black joy and resistance mean to them.

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (RNS) — ‘If we put God back in Idaho, then God will always protect Idaho‚ amen?’

Florida’s governor announced a slate of proposed “reforms” that would encroach on campuses’ autonomy.

Once in a while, too seldom actually, a book is published that screams, “I am a classic! I will be around for a good while and I will make a difference.”

The Princeton author of ‘Viral Justice’ suggests readings and downloads for enrichment. Campus events offer opportunities to learn about and celebrate Black history throughout February and all year.

<p>Tenure, diversity and equity programming, and the diversion of resources to favored programs devoted to "the actual philosophy which shaped Western civilization" are among the features of the state's higher ed agenda. </p>

For several of these proposals, the details will matter -- a lot. Nonetheless, the bare outline is significant, even if some of these items wind up looking better, or much worse, as they get translated into policy.

A ParableIn May 2022, at a Reunions panel on “The Fight For Free Speech at Princeton and Beyond,” Princeton’s McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Robert “Robby” George, shared this para

A relatively obscure 16th century document, the Magdeburg Confession, is getting attention in far-right circles. Here's the story.