Academe Today: Jerry Falwell, Jr., Liberty U.'s President, Is Placed on Leave

The controversial leader of the Christian college has been asked to take a break; Mitch Daniels still wants to bring students back to Purdue; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [logo] Was this newsletter forwarded to you? [Please sign up to receive your own copy.]( You’ll support our journalism and ensure that you continue to receive our emails. [Read this newsletter on the web](. LEADERSHIP [The Making (And Unmaking) of Jerry Falwell Jr.]( By Jack Stripling [image] Liberty University’s president, now on indefinite leave, was the introverted son of an evangelical leader. Then he befriended Donald Trump. ADVERTISEMENT FREE SPEECH [These Scholars Denounced the Police. Do Their Universities Have Their Backs?]( By Emma Pettit and Megan Zahneis [image] Two academics been subjected to harassment and death threats for their vehement support of abolishing the police — and have received differing degrees of support from their universities. 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