Nathaniel Reed is a senior education correspondent covering university governance, campus policy, and free speech issues in American higher education. He provides in-depth analysis of administrative decisions and their impact on academic life.
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Professor Susan Ostermann has withdrawn from a directorship at the University of Notre Dame after backlash over her public support for abortion rights.
Vanderbilt University has launched a formal investigation into a faculty member after reports of βoffensive contentβ being used in a classroom setting.
Bard College's board of trustees has hired an external law firm to conduct an independent review of President Leon Botstein's ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
The University of Texas System's Board of Regents has passed a new rule allowing students to avoid 'unnecessarily controversial subjects' to graduate.
UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations has canceled the in-person Daniel Pearl Memorial Lecture by journalist Bari Weiss following intense backlash.
Columbia University removed a promotion for a Department of Homeland Security career expo after faculty members protested, claiming it endorsed 'authoritarianism'.
Liz Magill, the former Penn president who resigned amid controversy, has been named the new dean of Georgetown University's law school, starting this August.
An Ohio State University professor is on administrative leave after a video showed him tackling a cameraman who was trying to question a former university president.
The University of Southern California has appointed interim President Beong-Soo Kim as its 13th permanent leader after he guided the school through a major budget crisis.
Five members of the University of Virginia's Board of Visitors, including its top two leaders, have resigned at the request of incoming Governor Abigail Spanberger.
Texas A&M University canceled a graduate ethics course three days into the semester, citing a dispute with the professor over syllabus details on race and gender.
Kent Syverud, the current chancellor of Syracuse University, is set to become the next president of the University of Michigan, a role he is familiar with.
A growing number of universities are adopting institutional neutrality policies to protect free speech, but critics argue true neutrality is an impossible illusion.
After 40 years, Harvard history professor James Hankins has retired, citing the university's shift away from Western civilization and changes in campus culture.
UC Berkeley agrees to a $60,000 settlement and issues a formal apology to an Israeli sociologist who claimed she was not rehired due to discrimination.
The UNL Faculty Senate has issued a sharp rebuke after the Board of Regents voted to cut four academic departments, stating faculty feels 'under assault.'
The University of Alabama has suspended two student magazines, one for Black students and one for women, citing new federal guidance on DEI programs.
An internal Texas A&M committee has ruled the university was wrong to fire a professor over a lesson on gender identity that sparked political backlash.
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers has abruptly stopped teaching for the semester following backlash over his communications with Jeffrey Epstein.
Harvard University has launched an investigation into former president Larry Summers' relationship with Jeffrey Epstein following the release of new emails.
