Tenured Incognizance
…a grossly arrogant and disrespectful act. A university should abhor such “censorship” and “anti-intellectualism,” the professor concluded. Students go there to be challenged, to encounter ideas contrary to “cherished beliefs,”…
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Dissenting Scholarship Draws ‘Misconduct’ Inquiry
…it–or publish their own papers reaching different conclusions. But a university “inquiry” into alleged “misconduct” because a gay-rights activist didn’t like what Regnerus wrote? That’s top-down censorship that sends a…
Ray Bradbury Saw the PC Lunacy Coming
…Germans, Texans, Brooklynites, Irishmen, people from Oregon or Mexico. . . . It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum, no declaration, no censorship to start with,…
‘A Disgraceful Capitulation to the Mob’
…writing–on Editor McMillen’s abject apology for not having subjected Riley’s posts to pre-publication censorship. Very revealingly, I think, these comments–many of them quite vituperative–about even divided: half praise McMillen for…
Why Universities Can’t Grant Religious Liberty
…Creative Censorship Similarly, the modern university is a jealous university with its own commandments, and you shall not put God before it. For more than a generation, universities have sought…
Scholars Who Are Beyond Open-Mindedness
…an environment of self censorship on many campuses, an issue few will discuss openly. Tocqueville reminds us of this condition when he wrote: “The will of man is not shattered…
The GOP “Turn” Against Colleges and Universities
…disappearing curriculum, administrative bloat, censorship, the deceptions of affirmative action, the intellectual monoculture and the constant pressure on students to accept campus orthodoxy. Kwak’s university was one of the first…
Harvard Faculty 1, Free Speech 0
…newspaper opinion piece published thousands of miles away from his Cambridge classroom in the aftermath of a series of fatal bombings. No Censorship of Obnoxious Views It was for this…
Raunchy T-Shirts Recalled at DePauw
…the designer (who said he was concerned about “backlash”) and approving plans to sew them into–of all things–a love quilt. This isn’t exactly censorship but it’s close enough to worry…
Do We Really Want Professors to Be Productive?
…would make it clear that they had little to add other than proselytizing the faith. Imposing higher standards is not censorship let alone repressing scholarly innovation or once suppressed “voices.” …
Harvard Pressures Freshmen to Sign a Moral Pledge
…should be imposed upon those whose speech violates the “social and ethical considerations” entailed by “a decent respect for others,” stating that such censorship would “make the majority, or any…
The Porno Prof at Hamilton
The newest member of the Hamilton College English and Creative Writing department is Visiting Assistant Professor Alessandro Porco, who has published two books of pornographic poetry, including a repellent poem…
The Road to Censorship, Paved With Good Intentions
For more than a decade, universities have forced Christian student groups to fight a rather puzzling battle. In a campus environment where it’s assumed that Democratic student groups can reserve…
Betrayal of Liberty on Campus
…Having been raised at least since kindergarten (or perhaps from birth) on the moral imperative of political correctness, many–I fear, most–college students, without a moment’s thought, accept–and even demand–censorship, including,…
What Characterizes the Modern Totalitarian, Corporatized University?
…soft censorship—no direct penalty, but a declaration that certain ideas (or even questions) are off-limits. There are certain verities—closely resembling politically-correct pieties—from which one simply does not venture without incurring…
Tucson and ‘Hate Speech’ Games
…is not about “civil discourse,” “moderation,” or “rhetoric.” The left is the first to cry censorship when conservatives complain about violent forms of speech, such as in pornography or rap…
The Bayoumi Affair and the Academic Status Quo
…very concept” of Palestinian self-determination; and for offering a “call for censorship.” Powerful charges indeed. The only problems? My posts, which Wilson presumably read, never claimed that “there was no…
Tenure Is Fading–Is that Really So Bad?
…Self-censorship often results. Without economic security and due process, academic freedom cannot be protected. Poor faculty working conditions create poor student learning conditions. Without the protections of tenure, teachers won’t…
How to Fight for Free Speech on Our ‘Sensitive’ Campuses
…“hate” or “offensive” speech is illegal. They fail to realize that not only must there be no censorship of speech, but that people have to be able to defend their…
NYU’s Perilous Adventure in Abu Dhabi
…not screened there thanks to state censorship and the film’s louche content): a five-star beachfront hotel, camel rides, sword dancers, and a desert picnic. All that seemed lacking was Carrie…
Great Moments in College Censorship
One of the Thomas Jefferson Center’s 2010 “Muzzle Awards” for achievement in censorship goes to the president and administration of Southwestern College in Chulah Vista, California. Like many censorship-minded colleges,…
Heckler’s Veto in Texas and an Apology at Duke
…was an act of censorship made in response to threats. When a speaker or staged event draws threats, the job of an administration is to provide security, not to stand…
Canada’s Censorship Culture
The flap over the hecklers’ veto of Anne Coulter at the University of Ottawa is a surprise only to those who haven’t noticed the steady march of censorship in Canada….
Another Source of Disengagement
…station as an organized professional entity, such as keeping “public access” files up-to-date. How did the students respond? With rebellion. They accused Brandon of censorship and “spying,” and they proceeded…
Upholding Religious Freedom in the Classroom
…dodge for people who prefer not acknowledging (even to themselves) that they support censorship and restraints on freedom of conscience. In the Ward and Mendell cases, ‘complainants are wielding the…
Anti-Apartheid Week – 1
…censorship, my solution is to fight bad speech with good speech, lies with truth and educational malpractice with real education. Accordingly, I support a “Middle East Apartheid Education Week” to…
How Corrupted Language Moved from Campus to the Real World
…essence of this mode of campus censorship remains a reality at the vast majority of American colleges and universities. In the February 2010 issue of REASON magazine, FIRE President Greg…
Stop The Presses! U. Mass Believes In Free Speech
…if politicians and outsiders could decide who can or can’t address students? Still, a powerful aroma of hypocrisy surrounds Wilson and UMass on the censorship issue. Few American campuses have…
Duke Prints What Yale Won’t
…cartoons (imagine that!) but also includes a Statement of Principle that decries Yale University’s censorship of the cartoons in their own volume on the matter. Here’s a sample: The incident…
The Modern Academic Cauldron
…students were required to submit them. Biases against conservative students regularly manifest themselves in certain courses. Many complain of a chilled atmosphere that requires self-censorship in order to survive in…