…on anonymous politically-incorrect speech on campus, which they claim violates federal civil-rights laws such as Title IX. They claim they are concerned about “harassment” on anonymous social media applications like…
…is to become “part of a social justice movement.” It is therefore not surprising that two days after I received the Fichtenbaum email, I received another from Gwendolyn Bradley, a…
…we read, the organization regards “the culturally narrow horizons of music study as nothing short of a social justice crisis.” And the emphasis on the “European classical repertory” is more…
…Privileged people getting privileged justice — how progressive. And let me be clear about what’s meant by “justice” in this context. It’s not the “justice” of having an allegedly violent…
…teamed up with campus groups that want to push for ever-more diversity (Appalachian Social Justice Educators, the Chancellor’s Student Advisory Board, and the Black Student Association) to get the administration…
…finds that the younger generation perceives a tension between social justice and free speech that previous generations did not. Those under 40 who have a social justice orientation are generally…
…with our colleges and universities. To be sure, there is much in the statement that is attractive and endorsing it makes sense as a tactical move against “social justice warriors”…
…when I think about it, I see the complications. Some Haverfordians pursue self-sacrificial career choices. They spend their lives paying witness to social justice crusades that Don Quixote himself would…
…the expression of a common view of an important question in social policy. The common expression “America is the land of opportunity” might seem benign to most of us, but…
…partner of the male student) eventually saw what was going on—and got up, retiring to her own room. The incident was, at the least, embarrassing; it threatened the social equilibrium…
…of the microphone, for example, took place when a group of divestment activists, calling themselves Mountain Justice, took over a debate on divestment with Swarthmore College’s board of trustees. The…
…formal college charges against the accused (the criminal justice system found her complaint so unsupported by evidence that the accused were never charged, and she declined to pursue formal charges…
…decades long “social-justice advocate,” was soon elevated to executive vice president, heading a new Office of Community Life. From there, she designed the sexual-respect initiative. I asked the Columbia administration…
…fourth brought to mind the dispositions battle, in which NCATE touted a skill “disposition to promote social justice” as a way of denying academic freedom the students. Similarly, the implication…
…only by having correct opinions but having the right kind of enthusiasm, or as they say, “engagement” about them. In the discipline of philosophy, the question of what justice is…
…an Amherst-approved “advocate,” Torin Moore, who had come to Amherst after obtaining a graduate degree in social justice education from UMass. What was Moore doing as AS made her potentially…
…So, I mean it’s quite the contrary, historically, evangelical Protestantism in America has been unusually sensitive to issues of what we would now call social justice. Now that seems a…
…and ultimately stifling conception of social justice This shift in student-teacher dynamic placed many of the traditional goals of higher education — such as having students challenge their beliefs —…
…in the right social-justice directions); to emphasize the past is to preserve all the injustices and misconceptions of former times. Contemporary literature is better—it’s more diverse and more real. Classics…
…of “social justice” is not about social justice at all. It is a cultish, essentially totalitarian ideology deeply inimical—as liberals such as Jonathan Chait warn in New York Magazine—to the…
In the New York Observer, Cathy Young laments the rise of “social justice warriors,” primarily on campus and online, arguing that “this version of ‘social justice’ is not about social…
…Panel members in this case included two student life officials (one from Mt. Holyoke, the other from Hampshire) and Eric Hamako, whose Ph.D. in “Social Justice Education” produced a dissertation…
…Schlosser considers but dismisses the speech-hostile policies on campuses. The issue is “a simplistic, unworkable, and ultimately stifling conception of social justice,” he concludes. Combined with intense competition for teaching…
…admits that l’affaire Sulkowicz drama highlights major problems with the current system of Title IX-based campus “justice”—including “utter lack of transparency,” which is not a bug but a feature of…
…but maybe that too if the labor is spent sorting recyclables or undertaking other sweaty tasks on behalf of social justice. Rich in Characters and Ideas In the 2013 spring…
…education but it has not gone away. Last week the New School held a two-day conference, “Sanctions and Divestments: Economic Weapons of Political and Social Change.” Nimer Sultany, lecturer in…
…which the accrediting agency sought to require all Ed schools to certify that prospective public school teachers had a “disposition” to promote social justice. It doesn’t take a Ph.D. to…
…be conjuring a new fundamental principle into our legal system. Justice Kennedy seems eager to do just that, and it rightly worries Rosen. Rosen notes that the word has appeared…
…not related to the overarching agenda of “social justice” and “diversity.” There are, however, many end-of- semester events designed for one or another identity group. I’ve been noticing that these…
…by the White House, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The Department of Justice’s own data actually suggests that colleges and universities are slightly safer than the US at large…