The lawsuit, filed by the director of a cancer center, comes amid debate over how companies handle employees’ public remarks about the Israel-Hamas war.
To receive a modest speaker’s fee, academics and writers must sign a pledge that they will not participate in anti-Israel boycotts. The author Nathan Thrall said no thank you.
Colleges and universities are devoting new attention to career services as consumer demand gets louder for a tangible return on investment for a college degree.
Four university presidents discussed the growing challenge of deciding when and whether to weigh in on controversial domestic or international affairs. College presidents have long had to balance the rights of students, faculty and staff to speak freely, protest peacefully and debate civilly while also ensuring their campuses are safe spaces open to free exchange of ideas and political and religious perspectives.