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“Motherhood should come with a warning label.” “I’m being penalized for giving birth.” “I stepped up and nurtured the next generation, and —” “Financially, we pay…

The email from faculty in our would-be 51st state up north confirmed what I’d been suspecting for months: though I’d been selected as the finalist for…

In April, Harvard University, despite its $53.2 billion endowment, announced plans for a $750 million bond issuance to bolster liquidity amid uncertainties over federal funding. Similarly, Brown University…

Have you attended a research seminar that managed to deepen faculty members’ understanding of the topic, while also encouraging trainees new to the field to engage…

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I can’t tell you the number of people I’ve talked to who are like yeah, he goes a little far, but at least he’s getting stuff…

Joe Rogan is no fan of my work, obviously. The chart-topping conservative influencer famously insists that universities are “cult camps” where professors like me indoctrinate students…

In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is spaced.…

Have big corporations corrupted American democracy? How many of our country’s problems could be solved by breaking up monopolies? Could the left and right team up…

American higher education is on its back foot. As part of the Trump administration’s broader project of regime consolidation, universities are facing new and shockingly direct…