Fang Lizhi, 1991 Sidney Hook Award Recipient
Apr 30, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
NAS mourns the passing of an intrepid advocate of free inquiry and democracy.
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OCR Harassment Guidelines And Campus Policies: The Latest
Apr 25, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
The implementation of OCR's campus harassment guidelines unfolds. Bad gets worse.
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U California President Yudof Says Political Advocacy Is a Problem
Apr 19, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
At a press conference UC president Mark Yudof declared his commitment to ideology-free education. Charles Geshekter of the Caliofornia Association of Scholars asked him to say so in a memo to the UC Board of Regents.
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One Year Later: OCR Stonewalls Objections to New Harassment Guidelines
Apr 04, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Despite strong protests from NAS, FIRE and the AAUP, OCR says nothing about its new harassment requirements
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FIRE Lists Rogues’ Gallery of Free Speech Offenders
Mar 28, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
FIRE presents its list of the 12 most repressive campuses for freedom of speech.
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Orwellian Brooklyn College Seminar Calls Conservatives Reactionary
Feb 16, 2012 by Mitchell Langbert |
Brooklyn College continues to suppress conservatives in word and deed.
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Are Outside Donors Dangerous to Academe?
Jan 18, 2012 by George Leef |
Mr. Walter dismisses the claimed threat of outside influence on academic matters.
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John Stossel Interviews Illinois Affiliate Head Jonathan Bean
Jan 13, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
The leader of the Illinois Association of Scholars is eloquent on the subject of business & race.
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A Law Professor Takes On the Victimhood Industry
Jan 04, 2012 by Hans Bader |
Hans Bader describes the Byzantine case of law professor Lawrence Connell, who's in big trouble for actually defending himself against preposterous harassment charges.
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Emmer and Keeton—Two Terrible Decisions on Academic Freedom
Dec 21, 2011 by KC Johnson |
Historian KC Johnson explains why it's been a very bad week for academic freedom.
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No Evidence of Sexual Harassment? Guilty, Says the Dean
Dec 12, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Professor Arthur Gilbert, a long-time, highly regarded faculty member in the University of Denver's Joseph Korbel School of International Studies is still seeking vindication, following his outrageous treatment by senior DU… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Harvard Prof Loses Summer Session Courses Because of “Offensive” Op Ed
Dec 09, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
We learn from this IHE piece that Harvard economist Subramanian Swamy was apparently pretty distressed by last summer's hotel bombing in Mumbai, India by Muslim extremists. Swamy gave full vent to his feelings in a… Continue Reading | 4 Comments >
Why UCLA’s Firing of a Lone Dissenting Voice Should Worry Us
Dec 05, 2011 by Geoffrey C. Kabat |
The treatment of James Enstrom, whose research threatened environmental activists' efforts to enact regulation, illuminates the politicization of science.
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Is Tenure the Root of All Evil?
Oct 17, 2011 by George Leef |
No, but it's responsible for much that is wrong in higher education, argues Naomi Schaefer Riley in her recent book The Faculty Lounges.
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FIRE Wins Major Free Speech Victory at UW/Stout
Oct 05, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
The news about free speech and free expression on college campuses these days is often depressing, but today, there's some good news, thanks to our friends at FIRE who've persuaded the UW/Stout administration to abandon… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
