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Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
Following a First Amendment lawsuit filed by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a federal appeals court ruled today that Florida’s “Stop WOKE Act” — a broad ban on what faculty at public universities may discuss in the classroom — violates the First Amendment rights of Florida university faculty and students. The ruling affirms a previous court decision that blocked the legislation from taking effect.
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Her confidence in handling that potential tinderbox, and others like it, impressed the trustees of Columbia University, who appointed Dr. Mnookin to be the 21st president, a role she starts on Wednesday. It is also emblematic of the deliberative leadership style she will seek to pursue at Columbia, she said in a wide-ranging interview last week.
My research team at Heterodox Academy has been tracking faculty job ad content for the last two years with an eye towards understanding how required Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) criteria have changed. Our recently published research report showed that the share of jobs requesting DEI statements — whether standalone, within cover letters, or within research or teaching statements — declined sharply, falling from approximately 25% in 2024 to 11% in 2025.
Women’s and gender studies departments have been some of the most embattled on campuses in recent years, with the problems plaguing this field being emblematic of the viewpoint diversity crisis in social-oriented disciplines.
