In a long-anticipated move, the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) withdrew the Obama administration’s 2011 “Dear Colleague” Letter on sexual violence as well as its “Questions and Answers on Title IX and Sexual Violence.” It also issued a replacement “Q&A on Campus Sexual Misconduct,” which provides institutions with guidance on an interim basis pending formal regulations to be issued by the department.
Free Inquiry and Expression: From Principles to Educational Practice
Hundreds of colleges and universities have adopted free expression and institutional speech documents from the University of Chicago. In 1899, the University of Chicago faculty unanimously resolved that complete freedom
Leila Brammer
September 7, 2026
