A six-part conversation series breaking down government attacks on higher education, providing actionable information, and connecting you to a community standing up for academic freedom and institutional independence.
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Global Campus? Threats to International Students & Scholars
From tightening student visa policies and expanding surveillance to arrests of immigrant students, attacks on higher education are reshaping who feels safe to learn, teach, and conduct research. Moderated by Anurima Bhargava, we were joined by Monica Andrade of The Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration and Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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What New Admissions and Employment Provisions Mean for Staff and Students
Moderated by Anurima Bhargava and featuring legal experts Veena Dubal, Veronica Percia, and Jenny Yang, Part 1 examines the Trump administration’s efforts to exert sweeping control over colleges and universities across the country through federal guidance, proposed compacts, and negotiated agreements with individual institutions.
Free Speech and Academic Freedom
Moderated by Suzanne Nossel and featuring Erwin Chemerinsky of UC Berkeley Law, Valerie C. Jonhson of DePaul University, and Martin Peterson of Texas A&M University — the professor who found himself at the center of a national story when he was asked to remove certain Plato readings from his course curriculum.