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Duke Professor in his 29th year writing about higher education reform, academic freedom and the hidden incentives in the academy. Writing a book on reinvigorating freedom of speech and academic freedom on campus.
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Proposed IRS rule on discrimination & nonprofit status for private universities (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowNote: This essay does not represent the views of my employer, Duke University, but are my personal views, offered under academic freedom. ***************************The Duke Chronicle has a story about a proposed IRS regulation that focuses on how a private university’s non-profit status wou
Duke University Health Insurance Premiums Increase in Tiered Fashion (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowNote: This essay does not represent the views of my employer, Duke University, but are my personal views offered under academic freedom. ********************************Duke announced substantial health insurance premium increases for the employee share of premiums for 2027, and a notable change in policy
Trump Administration Moves to Fully Politicize NIH Grants (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowNote: This essay does not represent the views of my employer, Duke University but are my personal views offered under academic freedom. ******************************** Many of the Trump Administration’s attacks on higher education, and particularly elite institutions have been of dubious legal authority and essentially a shake down, based on the leverage that the Administration holds that accrues from it not being constrained by normal process rules. This past summer, mo
Trustee v. President Conflict (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowNote: This essay does not represent the views of my employer, Duke University, but instead are my views offered under academic freedom.*******************************************I keep hearing that it is rough on the mean streets of higher ed these days, and that is obviously true. Same as it ever was, it turns out. Below is a letter that figured in a quiz the students in my first year “Freedom of Speech at Duke” class took this week. We are discussing institutional independence
University Conflict in the News (opens the original)
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Subscribe nowNote: This essay does not represent the views of my employer, Duke University but are my views, offered under academic freedom. *********************************The first 19 months of Trump 2.0 have provided a lot of fireworks in the news for universities. However, this is nothing new as the July 1, 1898 front page of the Raleigh N.C. News and Observer makes clear as the Clark-Kilgo Affair tumb
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