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'UNDER SIEGE' By David Jesse  The departure of the University of Texas at Austin’s president has kindled a discussion about the pressures facing public colleges in states that have targeted higher education.
DEBATING ACTIVISM By Christa Dutton  The decision comes after the Modern Language Association refused in November to let its members take a similar vote. BACKGROUNDER By Len Gutkin  The battles over Middle Eastern politics won’t leave academe alone.
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PUSHING BACK By Emma Pettit  Six faculty members argue that a 2023 law mandating that general-education courses not teach “identity politics” violates their First Amendment rights. TEACHING By Beth McMurtrie  Professors reading AI-written prose wonder how to encourage authenticity. BACKGROUNDER By Lisa Lieberman  The move away from true hands-on scholarship feels tragic.
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From the Archives POLITICS By Dan Bauman and Brock Read  Since its birth, the Department of Education has been marked for death by its critics. And those critics have been almost exclusively Republicans. But their efforts have failed.
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