How Political Correctness Chills Speech on Campus
A documentary film-maker was disinvited from an academic conference because an organizer feared she would be subject to ideologically motivated reprisals for hosting him.
Grading the University of Chicago's Letter on Academic Freedom
Dean of Students John Ellison gets an A for initiative, a B-minus for execution, and extra-credit for stoking a useful debate.
What Should the Standard of Proof Be in Campus Rape Cases?
A new lawsuit takes aim at the Department of Education’s push to force colleges to decide cases based on “a preponderance of the evidence.”
When 'Diversity' and 'Inclusion' Are Tenure Requirements
Faculty at Pomona College have set new guidlines—but the students who pushed for the change don’t agree among themselves on their implications.
Ken Starr Stepping Down as Baylor University's Chancellor
The move comes just days after the school demoted Starr, its president, and fired Art Briles, the football coach, over how sexual-assault complaints were handled.
The Perils of Writing a Provocative Email at Yale
Nicholas and Erika Christakis stepped down from their positions in residential life months after student activists called for their dismissal over a Halloween kerfuffle.
The High School That Banned Amnesty International
The rise of illiberal norms and the weakening of free speech continues to undermine the very causes valued by the American left.
How To Be an Ally
College students are being told that “we cannot look at the world and say it is messed up and fix it without working on ourselves.” That is exactly the wrong advice to give them.
Do American Universities Discriminate Against Conservatives?
Two scholars discuss the ups and downs of life as a right-leaning professor.
A Costly Suspension for UC Davis's Embattled Chancellor
Linda Katehi has been put on paid leave for 90 days while investigators probe allegations of nepotism, conflicts of interest, and squandering public money on PR.
Left Outside the Social-Justice Movement's Small Tent
Why a high school senior feels alienated from activist groups that share causes in which he believes.
The Tools of Campus Activists Are Being Turned Against Them
Students working to force the resignation of UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi to resign face critics using the language of social justice to attack them.
How UC Davis Tried to Scrub Its Abuse of Students From the Web
The university spent at least $175,000 dollars to remove "references to the pepper spray incident in search results on Google for the university and the Chancellor."
Ohio State Turns the Concept of 'Safe Space' Against Student Protesters
Activists were cleared from a building by officials who claimed that they were making university employees feel scared.
Civic Education in the Age of Trump
Public schools in the United States aren’t teaching students how to engage diverse opinions.
Campus Politics: A Cheat Sheet
Princeton’s board of trustees votes to retain Woodrow Wilson’s name on buildings and programs.
Why Not Take a Black Studies Class?
Readers offer their insights and experiences to today’s college students and educators.
How Emory's Student Activists Are Fueling Trumpism
The billionaire candidate couldn’t have created more perfect foils for a candidacy built on resentment.
A Dialogue on Race and Speech at Yale
An undergraduate and staff writer at The Atlantic exchange contrasting perspectives on the protests that roiled the campus last fall.
UC Davis Students Demand the Ouster of Their Chancellor
Citing her paid side gigs and the horrific brutality by campus cops that marred her tenure, they make as strong a case as campus protesters anywhere in the nation.
Self-Defeating Radicalism at Western Washington University
Student activists demand millions to reshape their institution and punish faculty members who violate ‘social justice’ taboos.
Free-Speech Advocates Are Not Trying to Silence Students
A recurring falsehood in the ongoing debate about campus culture, politics, and policy
The Re-Politicization of America's Colleges
A new survey shows that students feel much more engaged and open to activism than they were in the past.
The Cost of Balancing Academia and Racism
Researchers say that discrimination at colleges and universities may have negative impacts on black students’ mental health.
The Value of the Oberlin Food Protests
Dining-hall food might not be the most pressing injustice in the world—but students need space to experiment with activism.
Does Affirmative Action Create Mismatches Between Students and Universities?
The debate over ‘mismatch theory’ is needlessly polarized—and further research will help students, whatever the answers it generates.
The Necessary Recklessness of Campus Protests
Progress against racial injustice is stagnant, yet the demands of student activists are still widely dismissed.
The Lessons of Bygone Free-Speech Fights
Efforts to police offensive language have seldom achieved their goals, and often been turned against the groups they were intended to protect.
The Crumbling Monuments of the Age of Marble
The 20th century produced monuments to a false consensus—can the 21st century create a more representative commemorative sphere?
Campus Politics and the Campaign Against Ivy League Traditionalism
Students are forcing elite colleges to adapt to changing times—and it is, ever so slowly, working.
When One Student's Art Is Another's Aggression
A black student posted “White Only” signs on water fountains to highlight systemic racism—and provoked an uproar.
How Talking to Undergraduates Changed My Mind
What I learned from attending a town-hall meeting and listening to students’ concerns
The Racist Legacy of Woodrow Wilson
Students at Princeton University are protesting the ways it honors the former president, who once threw a civil-rights leader out of the White House.
Brown University's $100 Million Inclusivity Plan
The ambitious effort that could transform the institution and inform how other campuses respond to student protests.
Being Muslim on Campus
In the wake of terrorism, the burdens of Islamophobia fall especially hard on students.
Do Historically Black Colleges Provide the Safe Spaces Students Are After?
Predominantly white institutions have made themselves attractive to minority students but haven’t succeeded in making themselves inclusive.
The Illiberal Demands of the Amherst Uprising
Fighting racism doesn’t require censoring critics.
Yale's Activists Deserve Constructive Criticism
Intellectual allies have defended the students against unfair attacks, but haven’t helped them reflect on their biggest mistakes.
When Minorities Demand Equal Respect
Students from Yale to the University of Missouri are protesting the one-sided equation that has excused offensive behavior for years.
Free Speech Is No Diversion
Defenders of the First Amendment aren’t distracting from attention from racism—they’re preserving the tools necessary to struggle against it.
The Vilification of Student Activists at Yale
The attacks on individuals have obscured the historical and contemporary injustices that sparked their protests.
Campus Activists Weaponize ‘Safe Space’
A journalist at the University of Missouri is mobbed by a crowd insisting he is the aggressor.
The New Intolerance of Student Activism
A fight over Halloween costumes at Yale has devolved into an effort to censor dissenting views.
The Danger of Erasing Yale’s Confederate Ties
The elite university needs to address Calhoun College’s history without wiping out important educational opportunities.
The White-Supremacist Lineage of a Yale College
The elite university still honors the South Carolina senator best known for praising the morality of slavery.
The Coddling of the American Mind
In the name of emotional well-being, college students are increasingly demanding protection from words and ideas they don’t like. Here’s why that’s disastrous for education—and mental health.
The Renaissance of Student Activism
“There has been a real powerful sense ... that the future they were promised has been taken away from them.”