Higher Education
Professor Investigated for Mocking a University 'Land Acknowledgment' Gets a $600,000 Settlement
The agreement follows a 9th Circuit ruling that the University of Washington violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights by treating his dissent as intolerable "disruption."
Trump Once Promised International Students Green Cards. Now The Government Might Charge Them $100,000 To Work.
The White House is formally reviewing a proposal to add a $100,000 fee to the Optional Practical Training (OPT) program, which allows international students to work in the U.S. for up to three years after graduation.
Ibram X. Kendi Is Wrong About Jason Arday
Are the media responsible for the demise of a famous black professor at the University of Cambridge?
Court Dismisses Government's Title VI Anti-Semitism Lawsuit Against Harvard
The decision turns on the particulars of the scheme for federal enforcement of Title VI.
Advice to Entering Law Students - 2026
Some suggestions that might help you make better use of the opportunities available to you in law school.
The Real Cost of Turning Away Foreign Talent
Researchers estimate that discouraging just one-third of international STEM graduates could leave the American economy 0.7 percent to 1.3 percent smaller—equivalent to losing the entire economy of Utah or South Carolina.
Texas Tech's Vague Restrictions Show You Don't Have To Ban Speech To Silence It
If someone is uncertain enough about meaning, they will censor themselves first.
Trump's Harmful and Unjust New Restrictions on Foreign Students
They are likely to damage the US economy and deny many people valuable educational opportunities for no good reason.
First Amendment Protects Universities From Florida's Stop WOKE Act
In the U.S., government officials aren’t allowed to fight ideas they don’t like with censorship.
UNC Non-Tenure-Track Professor's Nonrenewal Upheld
"[Students] reported that the course content did not align with its description in the course catalog; that the course was poorly organized and 'essentially was a stream of consciousness conversation' about Dr. Chavis's personal issues; and that Dr. Chavis humiliated certain students because of, for example, their race and fraternity affiliation."
Nancy Pelosi Is the Wrong Namesake for Berkeley's 'Institute for Representative Democracy'
If you want to devote an institute to "strengthening America's democratic institutions," you shouldn't name it for someone who degraded the public's trust in those institutions.
My Family Fled Socialism. Then I Voted for Bernie Sanders.
An immigrant's journey to the radical left and back
'Unmasking, Naming, and Shaming': This Academic Freedom Group Is Pushing for Campus Censorship
Public records obtained by City Journal show the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom has taken a bizarrely censorial approach to its mission.
More Than 1,000 University of California Professors Want Standardized Tests Back
The letter, penned by U.C. Berkeley professors, claims STEM students are arriving to college severely underprepared.
New Study Finds Average College Professor 'Only Slightly Less Left' Than Bernie Sanders
FIRE's data suggest that the range of opinions at American universities is far too narrow.
In New Hampshire, a Setback for Second Amendment Rights on Campus
A legislative effort to eliminate gun-free zones on public college campuses has died. But for its student sponsor, the fight isn’t over yet.
60% of Harvard Grades Were A's in 2025. Now the School Is Fighting Grade Inflation.
Harvard faculty voted to put a 20 percent cap on A’s to combat grade inflation.
Lawsuit Against Virginia Tech Alleging Anti-Male Bias in Title IX Proceedings Can Go Forward in Part
“Johnny has alleged abundant facts that, if true, raise grave concerns about the way VT, through these administrators, conducted the investigations of Pauline’s and Jane’s sexual-assault claims, as well as the ultimate outcomes of those inquiries. Simply put, Johnny has alleged facts that, if true, raise a plausible inference that VT discriminated against him in these investigations because he is male and, in so doing, violated Title IX.”
Florida Wins the Curriculum Wars
Plus: French ship attacked, pro se on the rise, Mamdani's grocery store, and more...
Zimmerman on "The President and the Universities"
The first step in recovery is recognizing that you have a problem.
Yale Admits Self-Censorship and Political Bias Are Eroding Trust in Higher Education
The Ivy League school released a self-critical report this week.
In Poisoned Ivies, Stefanik Sees Censorship as a Cure for 'Anti-Americanism'
What is a greater rejection of America's founding ideals than an overreaching government trampling the First Amendment?
UNC Newspaper Halts Satire and Implements DEI Training After Backlash Over April Fools' Issue
Free speech lawyers say UNC violated North Carolina’s institutional neutrality law.
Why Is It So Damn Hard To Find Sympathetic Student Loan 'Victims'?
Less than half of the Class of 2024 took out college loans averaging $30,000—a manageable amount that buys over $1 million in extra lifetime earnings.
Trump's College Sports Executive Order Adds Chaos to an Already Wild Legal War
Plus: Fox and Sinclair go crying to the FCC over sports streaming, and the Masters ticket lottery makes it too hard to get in
DOJ Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against Harvard, Citing Campus Antisemitism
The Trump administration wants its federal funding back from Harvard, alleging the Ivy League university did "nothing" about campus antisemitism.
Carnegie Mellon Must Provide Discovery About Relationship with Qatar, in Ex-Student's Lawsuit Alleging Anti-Semitism
The student was explaining the concept of an eruv, a feature of certain Jewish neighborhoods, in class to an architecture professor, who allegedly said the time the student had spent on project "would have been better spent if [Ms. Canaan] had instead explored 'what Jews do to make themselves such a hated group.'" …
An Immigration Judge Finds No Legal Basis To Deport a Student Arrested for an Op-Ed
Rumeysa Ozturk is one of several international students targeted by the Trump administration's speech-based deportation policy.
Yes, the Middle Class Is Shrinking—Because It's Moving Up
The real squeeze comes from government-distorted markets, not economic decline.
How the Trump Administration Quietly and Quickly Took Over 3 Golf Courses in Washington, D.C.
Plus: Thank capitalism for the best parts of college football bowl season
6 Ways Sports and Politics Will Collide in 2026
From college sports to league expansion, politicians are going to have plenty of sway over sports next year.
The 9th Circuit Upholds a University of Washington Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'
The appeals court ruled that administrators violated Stuart Reges' First Amendment rights when they investigated and threatened to punish him for constitutionally protected speech.
Survey: 91 Percent of College Students Think 'Words Can Be Violence.' That Could Feed Real Violence.
But there's a silver lining—sort of.
Washington Post: "Trump's Attack on DEI May Hurt College Men, Particularly White Men"
Yet the facts in the article would equally have supported the headline, "Elite Private Colleges Apparently Hurt College-Bound Women, Trump May Stop That."
Why Are 38 Percent of Stanford Students Saying They're Disabled?
If you get into an elite college, you probably don't have a learning disability.
University of Oklahoma Student Is Justifiably Shocked at Sudden Expectation She Be a Good Writer
What the controversy over a failing grade for a bad essay reveals about the true purpose of higher education.
Federal Trade Commission Staff Endorses Proposal to End American Bar Association Monopoly on Law School Accreditation
FTC staff support the proposal by the Texas Supreme Court to allow for alternative means of accreditation.
The Trump Administration Says Nursing Isn't a Professional Degree. Here's Why That's a Good Thing.
The decision isn't a value judgment. It's a recognition that nursing school is usually cheaper than medical school.
Should Affirmative Action End?
Jason Riley and Paul Frymer debate affirmative action and the Supreme Court.
US News and World Report Article Urging Colleges to Reject Trump's "Compact" With Higher Education
I coauthored the article with four other legal scholars from across the political spectrum.
