Afternoon Update: What Trump's Executive Order on Free Speech Says

Also, a collection of required reading on free speech from The Chronicle Review, and why professors want to change their teaching but don't. [Afternoon Update] Government [Here’s What Trump’s Executive Order on Free Speech Says]( By Andy Thomason The order, obtained by The Chronicle, tells agencies to require colleges to uphold the First Amendment. It also directs the Education Department to add program-level data to the College Scorecard and produce a report on risk sharing. The Chronicle Review [Trump’s Free-Speech Executive Order: Required Reading]( Scholars ask hard questions about campus culture. Teaching [Many Professors Want to Change Their Teaching but Don't. One University Found Out Why.]( By Beth McMurtrie Researchers at the University of Virginia’s Center for Teaching Excellence noticed that faculty interest in becoming more innovative teachers often faded with time. So they surveyed instructors to find out what was stopping them, and what could be done to help. ADVERTISEMENT Paid for and Created by University of New Hampshire [Team-Based Experiences]( Promoting academic and professional success, students compete in a series of challenges designed to solve complex problems. Subscribe Today [Get unlimited access]( to expert insight, tools, and practical advice. What’s Popular on The Chronicle’s Website [Here’s What Trump’s Executive Order on Free Speech Says]( By Andy Thomason The order, obtained by The Chronicle, tells agencies to require colleges to uphold the First Amendment. It also directs the Education Department to add program-level data to the College Scorecard and produce a report on risk sharing. [A Prominent Economist’s Death Prompts Talk of Mental Health in the Professoriate]( By Emma Pettit Alan B. Krueger, a titan in the field, died by suicide last weekend. As colleagues mourned, they also noted an academic culture that makes disclosing mental illness difficult. [‘It’s a New Assault on the University’]( By Karin Fischer A skeptical public is increasingly willing to interfere in colleges’ internal affairs. [A Note From Your Hearing-Impaired Colleagues: Just Use a Microphone Already]( By Jessie B. Ramey For academics with disabilities, having to self-advocate for even basic accommodations is a daily frustration. Latest Jobs Visit [ChronicleVitae.com]( to view the latest jobs in higher education. [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( [Stop receiving]( this email. [Sign up]( for other newsletters. [View]( our privacy policy. © 2019 [The Chronicle of Higher Education]( 1255 23rd Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037