Archive - Free the Inquiry

February 2025

What You Might Have Missed in That New Survey of College Presidents

Presidents are taking a close look at campus free expression policies.

Feb 27 •

Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Ph.D.

Discipline and...Publish

I hope this issue's contents will satisfy and unsettle you as they have me.

Feb 23 •

The Latest in the Politics of Academic Freedom

Now the Department of Justice is weeding out political wrongthink in higher ed?

Feb 21 •

Tenure on the Chopping Block

The current political climate makes it imperative to defend tenure against those who would weaken or eliminate it.

Feb 18 •

State Legislation on Tenure, DEI Could Have Major Impacts on Higher Education

Real-time policy analysis of what could help or harm academic freedom.

Feb 15 •

Raheem Williams

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“Demoralizing and Paralyzing Scientists Pursuing the Truth”: Q&A with Ivan Oransky

Strictures now put on CDC scientists’ language have consequences for academic research and public health.

Feb 10 •

Is academic freedom the baby we’re throwing out with DEI political litmus tests?

The damage of a parochial focus on DEI—from both sides.

Feb 4 •

Nicole Barbaro Simovski, Ph.D.

HxA, Open Inquiry, and the Second Trump Administration

Good things sometimes occur even when they are not intended.

Feb 3 •

January 2025

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