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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.

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."...

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."...

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"...

Breaking With Past, American Association of University Professors Refuses to Condemn Boycott of Israel By Middle East Studies Ass’n

Posted by Johanna Markind on April 06, 2022 10 Comments

For decades, AAUP has condemned academic boycotts, including boycotts of Israel. Reflecting AAUP’s increasing radicalism and anti-Israel hostility, the association will not offer a statement condemning MESA’s boycott, according to a spokeswoman....

Op-Ed Suggests the Answer to Protecting Academic Freedom in Higher Education is Neutrality

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 31, 2022 6 Comments

"When is it legitimate for government officials to intrude upon academic freedom?"...

Israel-Boycotting Middle East Studies Association Loses Another Institutional Member, Takes Down Membership List

Posted by Johanna Markind on March 31, 2022 2 Comments

Seven institutional members have left MESA due to the Israel boycott resolution, including Brandeis University: "The resolution attacks the fundamental principles of academic freedom and association...

Academic Ethnic Cleansing: Middle East Studies Association Signs Onto Boycott of Israel

Posted by Johanna Markind on March 24, 2022 9 Comments

MESA has been captured by activists bent on the destruction of Israel by any means possible....

San Diego State U. Suspends Prof for Showing a Slide With Racial Epithets in a Class About Race

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 09, 2022 18 Comments

Professor J. Angelo Corlett has been suspended by San Diego State University after a student complained about racial epithets used in one of his classes. Corlett, who is Latino, did not just randomly use the language in question. The words were on a slide because the class was about race.

Prof. Glenn Loury’s “Ilya Shapiro Moment” – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion “at the US Supreme Court is a very bad idea”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 04, 2022 9 Comments

"Sorry, but practicing "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" at the US Supreme Court is a very bad idea. The Court should not be thought of as a 'representative' institution. So, go ahead and cancel me, too, for my 'Ilya Shapiro moment'!"...

Ilya Shapiro To Whoopi: “Let’s Talk … We Have To Disrupt This Toxic Cultural Moment In Favor Of Free Speech”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2022 23 Comments

Shapiro Takes On The Mantle of Academic Freedom and Free Speech Advocate As Efforts To Cancel Him Continue...

Stifling Debate And Purging Dissenters At Georgetown Law Over Ilya Shapiro

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 02, 2022 32 Comments

Nate Hochman: "Campus groups ban dissent, professors lead Zoom therapy sessions, and some students privately admit that 'we only want Ilya fired because of his conservative political views.'"...

Georgetown Law Student Protesters Demand Ilya Shapiro Firing, Reparations, Place To Cry, End To “Originalist” Center

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2022 81 Comments

There seems to be a pre-existing unhappiness at Georgetown Law that erupted with Shapiro's tweets the spark. "One student floated the idea of defunding the Center for the Constitution...

Profile In Cowardice: Georgetown Law Dean Bill Treanor Suspends Conservative Legal Scholar Ilya Shapiro

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2022 49 Comments

"Georgetown’s embarrassing capitulation [to the "online outrage"] is antithetical to the tenets of liberal education...

Membership Voting To Ratify Anti-Israel Academic Boycott Starts At Middle East Studies Association

Posted by Johanna Markind on January 31, 2022 7 Comments

MESA members have from January 31-March 22 to decide whether to ratify a pro-BDS resolution, based on the resolution's unsubstantiated claims. MESA members' request for a discussion forum where resolution supporters can offer support for their claims has so far gone unanswered....

UIC Law Prof. Jason Kilborn Sues After University Tried To Force Him Into Humiliating Racial Reeducation Program

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 27, 2022 14 Comments

Used letters "N" and "B" on exam hypo about employment discrimination, leading to campaign to fire him. The FIRE notes: "In a stunning display of unintended irony, the individualized training materials [UIC tried to force on Kilborn] include the same redacted slur that Kilborn used in his test question." ...

Cancel Culture Win: U. North Texas Prof. Timothy Jackson’s Free Speech And Defamation Case Can Move Forward, Court Rules

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2022 9 Comments

Prof. Jackson was swept up in the cancel culture mania that swept academia in the summer of 2020, as BLM riots swept cities. He wasn't fired, but sues alleging his free speech rights were violated and he was defamed....

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