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Stanford University will cut $140m from its budget, citing ‘federal policy changes’

The university has lost millions of dollars in federal grants and faces further hardship from a proposed endowment tax

The Guardian - US · Jun 30, 2025

Trump official threatens Harvard foreign student admissions as more universities rally in support

Kristi Noem demands university’s records on foreign students’ ‘illegal’ activities while president threatens to strip it of tax-exempt status

The Guardian - US · Apr 16, 2025

Lawless IV: Leadership Failures Old and New

The pandemic showed the weakness of the leadership class. [UPDATE: Inadvertently posted it under my byline, but it's of course Ilya Shapiro's post, as the byline now reflects. -EV]

Reason · Jan 16, 2025

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Arrests at Stanford for Trespass and Vandalism

From today's statement by Stanford President Richard Saller and Provost Jenny Martinez; Newsweek (Jesus Mesa) reports that the graffiti include "FUCK AMERIKKKA," "DE@ATH 2ISR@HELL," "Kill cops," and "PIGS TASTE BEST DEDAD": Dear Stanford community, We are appalled and deeply saddened by the actions that occurred on our campus earlier today.…

Reason · Jun 5, 2024

The Israel-Hamas war has roiled US campuses. Students on each side say colleges aren't doing enough

America’s colleges aspire to be places where ideas meet and common ground emerges

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2023

Commentary: As elite law schools stifle free speech, University of Chicago shines as an exception

The bedrock principle of free speech is under siege at some of our nation’s leading law schools as U.S. News & World Report unveils its latest law school rankings. Leaders of the very places where constitutional law is taught, where reasoned debate over contentious issues is supposed to be encouraged,…

Chicago Tribune · Apr 20, 2023

Editorial: At Stanford, a teachable moment on civil discourse is squandered

The ongoing controversy at Stanford University Law School over the student shout-down of a conservative speaker underscores precisely how progressive cancel culture is helping feed exaggerated Republican narratives about progressivism run amok. Republicans are just as guilty of silencing opposing views, as was immediately evident last week in the Tennessee…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 15, 2023

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Stanford grapples with free speech after protesters disrupt talk by conservative judge

Stanford Law School has announced its associate dean of diversity is on leave, the latest fallout from an event that brought a Trump-appointed judge — and 100 student protestors — to the university earlier this month.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023

Higher education faces an inflection point with DEI

Stanford Law School was just the cardinal in the coal mine.

Reason · Mar 27, 2023

Stanford law students protest after university apologises to Trump judge who was heckled during lecture

The judge brought a camera crew with him to film the students’ reactions

The Independent UK · Mar 15, 2023

Is The DEI Juice Worth The Squeeze?

The debacle at Stanford Law School is the logical conclusion of DEIdeology.

Reason · Mar 12, 2023

Stanford President and Stanford Law School Dean Apologize to Judge Kyle Duncan

From today's letter (posted by Ed Whelan [National Review Online]): Dear Judge Duncan, We write to apologize for the disruption of your recent speech at Stanford Law School. As has already been communicated to our community, what happened was inconsistent with our policies on free speech, and we are very…

Reason · Mar 12, 2023

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