The White House and Harvard University have struggled to negotiate an end to their monthslong dispute over the administration’s campaign to expunge “woke” ideology from campuses.
Dr. Eric Cheyfitz, who has taught at Cornell for more than two decades, claims the university is attempting to silence him as part of a broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism.
Deepa Das Acevedo’s new book is a response to the erosion of tenure protections that has become all too clear in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s death. At least five tenured faculty members have been terminated or put on leave over comments they made on social media following the killing of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk. As tenured professors, in theory they should have some of the strongest job security protections in the country, especially when it comes to freedom of expression. But the speed with which they were punished for their speech suggests an erosion of tenure protections years in the making.
