Academic Freedom Tag

Analysis: The Destructive Power Of ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ Doesn’t Stop At Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 10, 2023 15 Comments

Prof. Jacobson: "At Cornell, they now require DEI statements from all new hires, faculty hires, and all faculty promotions. So as warped as the ideological outlook is among faculty in universities, it’s going to get worse...

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Hamline University Under Fire for Not Renewing Art Prof’s Contract for Showing Images of Muhammad

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 04, 2023 14 Comments

“one of the most egregious violations of academic freedom in recent memory” ...

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Survey Finds 59% of College Students Fear Publicly Disagreeing With a Professor

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 24, 2022 3 Comments

“To the extent there are clues in the existing data, cultural forces in the general public seem to create more discomfort than just on-campus interactions.”...

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Over 1,000 U.S. Profs Sign the “Stanford Academic Freedom Declaration”

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 25, 2022 6 Comments

"Freedom is a culture, not merely a set of rules, and a culture must be nurtured."...

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Academic Freedom Conference at Stanford U. Described as ‘Divisive’

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 08, 2022 3 Comments

"I can’t be seen on the program with right-wing nutjobs"...

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Stanford University Hosting ‘Academic Freedom Conference’ to Promote Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 30, 2022 2 Comments

"the two-day event has already prompted controversy and ad hominem attacks"...

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George Washington U. Prof Removed for Using “‘N-Word’ in Educational Context”

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 03, 2022 11 Comments

“My hands were just shaking, like I just really didn’t know how to react, what to say, what to do and I just felt alone”...

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Survey Suggests Academic Freedom is Under Serious Threat at Canadian Universities

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 17, 2022 3 Comments

"Over 30 percent of professors are prepared to limit academic freedom and “cancel” their colleagues out of a commitment to their political views on social justice."...

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U Penn Law Prof. Amy Wax Seeks Dismissal Of University Disciplinary Proceedings: “Premature, Unwarranted, and Prejudicial”

Posted by Jane Coleman on September 16, 2022 22 Comments

"The substantive and procedural problems with the proceedings instituted by Dean Ruger are immense and require immediate rectification ...

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U. Michigan Dean Under Fire Over the Covers of His Books

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 03, 2022 9 Comments

"After pushback over the book covers, the dean announced in an email to students that the covers will be redesigned."...

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UNC-Chapel Hill Now Mandates Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statements

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 18, 2022 11 Comments

"It’s hard not to see these as ideological litmus tests."...

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Paul du Quenoy: Penn Law Professor Amy Wax Deserves Our Support

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 25, 2022 1 Comment

"Wax has never even been accused—still less, found culpable—of any discriminatory action taken against a student or colleague"...

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Academic Freedom Alliance Comes to Defense of U. Penn Prof Amy Wax, Who was Threatened With Sanctions For Wrongthink

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 19, 2022 7 Comments

“We regard this as a threat to Professor Wax’s tenure and her employment as a professor at the Law School, and a grave violation of her academic freedom”...

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Report: Princeton Allegedly Ignored Evidence in Investigation of Professor Joshua Katz

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 27, 2022 5 Comments

"emails show Katz admitted to many things he did not do when the alumna accused him of wrongdoing, casting doubt on the veracity of that admission"...

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Breaking: Princeton University Fires Professor Joshua Katz

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 23, 2022 80 Comments

We have been following the story of Professor Joshua Katz of Princeton University, who came under fire from campus activists for defying the progressive narrative and agenda in higher education. Now the school has fired him.

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U. Central Florida Prof. Charles Negy, Fired After Tweeting “Black Privilege is Real,” Ordered Reinstated With Tenure and Back Pay

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2022 47 Comments

Arbitrator finds no "just cause" for termination. Negy: "UCF Administrators (and all university administrators) need to get the message that they cannot simply 'purge' or even discipline professors who do not conform to the DEI ideology that they are imposing on entire university campuses."...

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Princeton Preparing to Fire Prof Who Called Out School’s Progressive Politics

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 18, 2022 6 Comments

"Princeton University did not respond to a request for comment."...

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87 Groups To U.S. Dept. Education: Middle East Studies Programs Boycotting Israel Shouldn’t Get Federal Funds

Posted by Johanna Markind on April 24, 2022 10 Comments

Letter joined in by Legal Insurrection Foundation: "it is unacceptable that federal funds could be used to implement an academic boycott that directly contravenes the purposes for which these funds have been granted"...

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