George R. La Noue

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July 17, 2023

DEI Hiring Statements: Common Good Ethics or Partisan Loyalty Oaths?

George R. La Noue

Political Scientist George R. La Noue laments the imposition of “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” criteria in academia and government hiring, arguing that it reduces viewpoint diversit......

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January 10, 2023

Courts versus Campuses: The Struggle to Protect Free Speech

George R. La Noue

A review of several recent court cases reveals that the most serious threats to academic freedom may originate from within the campus community, not from outside.

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July 22, 2022

Higher Education: Some Answers to Challenges

George R. La Noue

A review of "What Universities Owe Democracy," by Ronald J. Daniels, Grant Shreve, Phillip Spector, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021, pp. 322, $19.86 hardcover.

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March 18, 2022

Colleges: To Endow or Not to Endow?

George R. La Noue

As colleges and universities undergo rapid institutional change and ideological capture, George R. La Noue believes it is imperative that donors ask three questions before entering into endowment agre......

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August 23, 2021

Campuses as Faux Nations

George R. La Noue

Universities and colleges resemble nothing so much as separate sovereign nations, adopting rules and regulations that clearly deprive students and staff of constitutionally protected rights and libert......

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September 30, 2020

Seeking Diversity, Selecting Discrimination

George R. La Noue

A review of Campus Diversity: The Hidden Consensus, John M. Carey, Katherine Clayton, Yusaku Horiuchi, Cambridge University Press, 2020, pp. 274, $29.93 hardcover.

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