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Advocates for campus free expression and academic freedom say they’ve seen increased reports of squelched speech since Oct. 7—often following social media campaigns and political pressure. Maria Renata Gangemi, an associate professor of communication arts, allegedly shared on Facebook last month a political cartoon of an arm with red and white stripes, connected to a gloved hand with the white and blue colors and Star of David from Israel’s flag. The hand wielded a bloodied butcher’s knife, which had sliced thrice through the bloodied body of a baby wearing Palestinian colors. Each tim...

The investigations found that Spartanburg Community College disbanded its Faculty Senate and surveilled faculty members, then lied about it to media outlets and South Carolina’s inspector general. Administrators at Spartanburg Community College are under public scrutiny after they disbanded the college’s decade-old Faculty Senate in the spring, replaced it with a new governing body and took a number of ethically questionable steps, prompting investigations by state law enforcement authorities and a national faculty advocacy association.

A conservative activist alleges Claudine Gay plagiarized parts of her thesis. She denies the charges but faces growing pressures on her presidency. The fate of Harvard University president Claudine Gay remained uncertain Monday as the Harvard Corporation met for the second time in as many days to try to contain the disastrous fallout of her testimony at last week’s congressional hearing on antisemitism in higher education.

The conservative group that advocates against diversity policies is calling on Harvard University to remove its president over her comments on antisemitism.

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