Flickering in the Dark: Tiki Torches or Lamps of Learning?

BY PATRICIA MCGUIRE Patricia McGuire is President of Trinity Washington University in Washington, D.C.  In 2010 she was the recipient of the AAUP’s Alexander Meiklejohn Award, given to an American college or university administrator or trustee, or to a board of trustees as a group, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to academic freedom.  At…

"On Lies and the Truths We Must Tell"

BY HANK REICHMAN A growing number of college and university presidents have spoken out against the Trump administration’s efforts to ban and deport immigrants and refugees.  Some leading research universities have filed an amicus brief in support of the legal challenge to the initial ban.  But a mere handful have been as outspoken about the…