Under the new policy, academic boycotts "can be considered legitimate tactical responses."...
"Scholars and religious leaders have sometimes disagreed about whether Islam permits images of the Prophet Muhammad."...
"Notice is not required to record classes, and we do record classes without notice in response to concerns raised by students"...
“We investigated the matter, spoke with the faculty member, and found it had negatively affected the learning environment by introducing extraneous political material that was outside the scope of the academic subject as outlined in the curriculum”...
"attorneys representing Ohio Northern University in the case have launched a fishing expedition to subpoena records from several individuals (and organizations) that have argued against the university’s position"...
"Warren Smith, who burst on the scene in February when a video of him discussing J.K. Rowling with students went viral, has been fired from his job."...
"Emails obtained from several former Bates College professors show just how limited faculty freedoms are."...
"The undersigned faculty members of the University of Pennsylvania unambiguously reject the view that the Board of Trustees, the Schools’ Boards of Advisors, alumni, or donors should determine Penn’s academic priorities or governance policies."...
"We are alarmed by the use of such tactics at a time when academic institutions should reaffirm their commitment to free speech."...
Complaint: "Mayo . . . warned [Joyner] that going forward he must 'discuss approved topics only and stick to prescribed messaging,' a demand anathema to both academic freedom and to the scientific process itself." ...
“In my opinion, the purpose of Cornell, under President Pollack, is to be an institution where students can live in fear of speaking their mind, and either remain silent or go along until they graduate”...
"Cornell has proven particularly adept at signaling support for free expression without making any of the difficult decisions to defend it."...
The Times of Israel: "Pro-Palestinian protesters injured a university employee while demonstrating against a lecture speaker who heads the Brazilian chapter of a pro-Israel advocacy group."...
“valiant attempt to correct the direction Cornell is heading with regard to free expression”...
“The government is forcing professors to teach and preach a politicized viewpoint they do not share, imposing incomprehensible guidelines, and threatening to punish professors when they cross an arbitrary, indiscernible line.”...
"graded candidates on their espousing specific viewpoints that many academics may disagree with for intellectual or ideological reasons"...
"my excitement was short lived after I read the names of the scholars chosen for the Steering Committee for Free Expression, none of whom have championed free expression at Cornell"...
"When activists are shouting into an administrator’s ear, we will speak calmly but vigorously into the other one, which will require them to take the reasoned rather than the easy way out"...
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