When administrators trample professors’ or students’ rights, litigation often ensues. The same is true when campus practices touch the culture wars, matters of constitutional interpretation, or ongoing political disputes. The following articles look at pending, prospective, and concluded legislation in the higher-ed arena. How are the courts directing what happens in American lecture halls and on the campus and quad?
Zealous university faculty and administrators have become increasingly intolerant of anyone who disagrees with their “progressive” beliefs. Sometimes, they’re unguarded enough to admit that they want to “cull the herd”…
College accreditation used to be the most soporific of topics. Almost nobody was interested in it because accreditation meant so little. Accrediting agencies had their standards that kept degree mills…
Last year, President Biden announced that he would cancel student-loan debts of up to $20,000 for millions of borrowers. While that policy had been under discussion since the first days…
Public educational institutions are constitutionally forbidden to retaliate against faculty members because of their speech. A professor can’t be fired, demoted, or otherwise penalized just because he or she has…