Joseph M. Knippenberg is Professor of Politics at Oglethorpe University.
When I began my academic career, my colleagues regarded the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) as the great proponent and bulwark of academic freedom. The senior colleague I admired most—a gentleman and scholar, the embodiment of what it meant to be a professor—was a long-time member. My, how times have changed. Yes, the AAUP […]
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Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Ford Forum on July 25, 2024. With edits to match MTC’s style, it is crossposted here with permission. It is the fatal habit of college professors to seek out and try to exploit “teachable moments,” occasions when events that grip the attention of our students can be made […]
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Harvard Dean Lawrence Bobo writes in the Harvard Crimson that faculty speech should have limits. There are, he says, responsibilities as well as rights associated with academic freedom: As Harvard has moved to limit its opining on salient public issues, we must use our voices as faculty responsibly. Do we allow individual faculty with large […]
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