"Freedom is a culture, not merely a set of rules, and a culture must be nurtured."...
"I can’t be seen on the program with right-wing nutjobs"...
"the two-day event has already prompted controversy and ad hominem attacks"...
“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”...
"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."...
"The substantive and procedural problems with the proceedings instituted by Dean Ruger are immense and require immediate rectification ...
"After pushback over the book covers, the dean announced in an email to students that the covers will be redesigned."...
"It’s hard not to see these as ideological litmus tests."...
"Wax has never even been accused—still less, found culpable—of any discriminatory action taken against a student or colleague"...
“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”...
"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"...
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 University did not respond to a request for comment."...
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"...
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....
"When is it legitimate for government officials to intrude upon academic freedom?"...
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...
