From Inside Higher Ed: Purdue University has ended a long-standing partnership with its independent student newspaper, The Purdue Exponent, and will no longer distribute papers, give student journalists free parking passes or allow them to use the word “Purdue” for commercial purposes. The Purdue Student Publishing Foundation board (PSPF), the nonprofit group that oversees The Exponent—the largest collegiate newspaper in Indiana—said the changes came without warning.
On May 30, PSPF received an email from Purdue’s Office of Legal Counsel notifying the group that their contract had expired more than a decade ago and the university would not participate in newspaper distribution or give the students exclusive access to newspaper racks on campus. In addition, the message said, the university will not enter into a new contract for facility use with the paper to remain consistent with the administration's stated policy on institutional neutrality...
Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2025/06/06/purdue-cuts-student-paper-citing-institutional-neutrality.
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