A prominent academic resigns after benefactors try to exert influence over her curriculum
Universities need to get better at resisting academic pressure from donors
WHEN BEVERLY GAGE announced that she was stepping down from her role as director of a prominent programme at Yale University, she received an influx of support. Colleagues from other institutions tweeted their approval and fellow Yale professors wrote statements of solidarity. Her complaint—that conservative donors had tried to wield undue oversight over her curriculum—resonated with other academics, and highlights a different concern over free speech at universities, one that does not involve lefty students trying to cancel speakers (or each other).
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Money talks”
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