Afternoon Update: Education Dept. alleges years of safety failures by Liberty U.

The persistence of Cold War liberalism; the source of identity politics; AI in the classroom; Texas politics complicate faculty hiring; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. CAMPUS SAFETY [Education Dept. Alleges Years of Safety Failures by Liberty U.]( By Dan Bauman and Michael Vasquez [STORY IMAGE]( The university’s alleged mishandling of accusations of sexual misconduct “created a culture of silence” in which sexual assaults often went unreported, the department asserts. ADVERTISEMENT THE REVIEW | CONVERSATION [Cold War Liberalism Is Still With Us. Is That a Good Thing?]( By Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins [STORY IMAGE]( A scholarly roundtable on Samuel Moyn’s new book. THE REVIEW | ESSAY [Where Identity Politics Actually Comes From]( By Jason Blakely [STORY IMAGE]( Nationalism, not postmodernism, is the fount of today’s politics of recognition. ADVICE [AI in the Classroom Is a Problem. Professors Are the Solution.]( By Naomi S. Baron [STORY IMAGE]( We must embrace attention to writing in all fields and at all levels, not just in first-year composition courses. HIRING CHALLENGES [Texas Politics Are Complicating Faculty-Hiring Push at Rice U.]( The private university in Houston, which is seeking to hire 200 faculty members, says it is [losing out]( on potential recruits who say they [don’t want to relocate]( to Texas because of the state’s conservative political environment, among other factors. (Bloomberg, The Chronicle) FACULTY LAYOFFS [State Court Says Pennsylvania System Violated Union Contract With Faculty Cuts]( The court ruled that the 10-campus system did not hold contractually required talks with the faculty union before resetting faculty-to-student ratios in 2020-21, a move that led to layoffs. The court did not order the professors’ rehiring but said the system, which has [merged several campuses]( in the [face of falling enrollment]( must talk to the union about future cuts. (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, The Chronicle) PUBLIC RELATIONS [Fired VP at New College of Florida Blasts Hostile Atmosphere and Attacks on Higher Ed]( Ryan Terry was fired after just two months as the PR chief at the public college, which has had a [tumultuous]( [year]( since Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican running for president, [started]( to [remake it]( in a [conservative image](. Terry said Richard Corcoran, the interim president who is [expected to get]( permanent post today, told him to [fight]( the media. (Florida Politics, Tampa Bay Times, The Chronicle) INTERNATIONAL TIES [Stanford to Pay $1.9 Million Over Disclosure of Foreign Research Support]( The settlement resolves allegations that the university violated the False Claims Act by submitting proposals for federal research grants that did not report funds that 12 faculty members received from foreign sources, including a Chinese university, between 2015 and 2020. (U.S. Justice Department) CAMPUS CUTS [San Francisco State, Vermont State, Delta State, and Shepherd U. Face Sweeping Cuts]( The California State University campus could shed the equivalent of 125 full-time faculty jobs. Vermont State’s president [suggested cutting]( 10 programs and up to 33 faculty posts. The Mississippi university said it must make [$11 million in salary and job cuts](. And the West Virginia university said it [faced a $6-million deficit](. 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