Farewell Joe, Farewell
…that face the nation in coming years. The National Association of Scholars stands in circumspect silence towards this speech. We note that many observers expressed gratitude that Biden’s term in…
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Clean Out ED Office for Civil Rights
…its regulations from the widely-circulated Code of Federal Regulations to internal Field Office Manuals that the public does not have access to. I discovered this researching hate speech codes in…
Mandating Meritocracy Is the Only Path to Sustainably Make Universities Great Again
Alas, cutting funding for “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) and rewarding universities for free speech will prove insufficient to Make Universities Great Again (MUGA)—a key facet of making America great…
Sedition U: Marxist Ideology Threatens American Democracy from Campus to Culture
…religion-like faith. Such reforms will require clarifying concepts of “free speech” and academic freedom. Liberal dupes still support radicals’ demands for “free speech” rights to sedition. Reforming concepts of acceptable…
When Speaking Truth to Power Becomes a Punishable Offense
…to colleges and universities taking positions on political and social issues. [RELATED: Penn’s Shameful Sanction of Amy Wax: A Blow to Free Speech and Academic Freedom] In other words, most…
Professor Asks Students to Consider Race and Gender Bias in Course Evaluations
…has yet to do so. Experts: Comments ‘unprofessional’ but protected speech Several higher education experts said Zhang’s comments are protected speech but appear “unprofessional.” The announcement “appears to be an…
Academia Must Choose the Path That Leads to Reform
…encourage ideological conformity and promoting legislation to protect free speech on campus—pose an existential challenge to the academic model we have grown accustomed to over recent decades. Charles Darwin taught…
Let’s Get SCiLL’s Origins Right, Like It or Not
…the Marketplace of Ideas Promote Campus Free Speech?] Guskiewicz, a respected academic leader and a vocal proponent of SCiLL, established the initiative’s definitive timeline in his March 2023 response to…
A Great Trump Appointment: Jay Bhattacharya (Part 2)
…use the freedom of speech rankings of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) in assessing research proposals is novel and, in my opinion, brilliant. Prestigious elite schools like…
Cancel Culture Enables Anti-Semitism to Spread at Sarah Lawrence
…shouted at and threatened by members of the encampment as they walked by. Despite concerns, the administration framed the protests as part of the school’s tradition of activism and free…
Law Schools Have Created Two Legal Systems, Two Teaching Standards, and Two Personalities
…of Chicago professor George J. Stigler’s criticism of academic freedom as an unqualified speech right. Image by Chinnapong — Adobe Stock — Asset ID#: 182486361 & Edited by Jared Gould…
Sarah Lawrence Has Fallen
…free expression. I publicly urged President Judd to stand for free speech and condemn the intimidation of students afraid to enroll in my classes. She did not respond and remained…
Pledging to Honor the Spirit of Free Inquiry
…extremely important for scholars and scientists to have the ability to openly investigate the nature of existence, academic freedom extends certain free speech rights into the academic workplace. These freedoms…
NAS Welcomes Administrator McMahon’s Nomination to Serve as Education Secretary
…faculty rights to free speech and due process. In recent years ED has promoted censorship, intimidation, and the crushing of educational initiative. Comprised of myriad programs and offices, each with…
Thomas Jefferson: History’s Greatest Hispanist (Part 2)
…the union of slave and free states. Jefferson wanted the new nation to perfect itself over time, and he wanted to be president himself. So, eliminating slavery would have to…
Bootstraps and Bedlam Take Over Higher Ed
…slogans like “Israel is burning people alive.” As Steven McGuire points out in this week’s top article, these protests are less about free speech than using academic spaces to provoke…
Amid Tensions, Sensible Students Push for Civil Discourse
…for free expression; they deserve our support and praise. They represent a shift—sensible, thoughtful students are moving from the sidelines into the center of the fight for campus freedom. This…
Harvard Must Defend Its Libraries
…against Israel via boycotts and divestment. The irony is that Harvard has been hypocritical about academic freedom and free speech, having failed to stand up for Roland Fryer, Carole Hooven,…
Kamala Harris Will Ratchet Up Campus Censorship
…faculty and students. Harris is politically more extreme than Joe Biden, supports restrictions on hate speech, has attacked the free-speech rights of conservative non-profits, and wants to restrict speech that…
The Renaissance of Civic Education
…SCiLL is explicitly dedicated to promoting civil discourse and free speech and inculcating the responsibilities of informed, engaged citizenship. UNC-Chapel Hill students who do not participate in SCiLL classes nevertheless…
Detoxifying Toxicity in American Education
…of Toxic Topics: Abortion Alternative Genders List Antifa Anti-Semitism Black Lives Matter Capital Punishment Common Core State Standards Competition of Biological Males in Sports Against Females Evolution Feminism Free Speech…
‘Diversity Is Important?’ That Doesn’t Cut it at University of Oregon.
…over genuine insight or perspective. In a critique of DEI practices at the Los Angeles Community College District, I (Louis Galarowicz) argued that the DEI rubric compels speech, where applicants…
Will the Marketplace of Ideas Promote Campus Free Speech?
…on today’s campuses. Those issuing grand statements about academic freedom cannot enforce anything. A well-funded organization sponsoring conferences on “why free speech is fundamental to higher education” is powerless to…
Peace, Liberty, and Safety Is All We Really Want
…underserved, and the current administration has allowed millions of illegal migrants into the country. Free housing has sprung up across the nation for these migrants, with some corporations playing a…
A Report on the American Classroom 2024: Is Free Speech Just a Matter of Process?
…Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) Free Speech Rankings. It warned about the lack of absolute free speech at Hillsdale College, a stellar example of academic rigor. Larry Arnn, the President…
Higher Ed Bureaucrats Get Rich for Getting It Wrong
…Institute for Liberty, a faculty free speech coalition. When the group posted a chart breaking down KCCD’s spending on segregated classes and programs in the 2021-22 academic year, the school…
End Woke Act Hits Snag in Democrat-Controlled Senate
…the free speech side,” added Kissel, “is that it gets the balance exactly right between full free speech and conduct that goes beyond the bounds of free expression.” Yet, despite…
Penn Will ‘Eviscerate Academic Freedom as We Know It’
…punishing her. Prominent examples include John McWhorter and Zaid Jilani. But sadly, many people and organizations are abandoning long-held principles like free speech and academic freedom for short-term ideological gain….
Classical vs Unclassical Curricula
…First Amendment, 77 percent named freedom of speech, but just 40 percent knew that freedom of religion is included, 33 percent named the right to assembly, 28 percent knew freedom…
How to Find an Authentic Christian College
…everyone. Neither are Christian universities, which necessarily lack some of the free-speech and viewpoint-diversity policies that are valuable on public campuses. If, furthermore, consumers could rely on any single marker…