AI’s Higher Ed Takeover Is Not Inevitable
…long-term as AI becomes increasingly adept at mimicking human speech? I don’t know. Perhaps the day will come when I can no longer tell the difference between a text produced…
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Colleges Pledge Institutional Neutrality but Support LGBT ‘Pride’
…more importantly, they must protect robust speech rights for all on campus. This ensures students, faculty, and staff can speak freely—including to challenge whether a particular message of patriotism or…
Whom Does Harvard Owe?
…is another issue. The suppression of ideas as well as the speech of the few dissenters from those orthodoxies is yet another. The imposition of the DEI as an ideology…
DHS Warns of Domestic Terror Threat—Universities Could Be Ground Zero
…as free speech, and even falls under the blanket “academic freedom,” where faculty and student speech, and any and all speech acts, are encouraged as a principle of education. The…
Ask Them About Their iPhone
…would harm small businesses. However, notice that her critique centers on cost and efficiency, rather than the corrosive effect of DEI on meritocracy and free speech, its contribution to racial…
‘Why Intellectuals Are Wrong’
…hate speech, but can find a political translation. More broadly, those who fight “conspiracy theories,” “hate,” “disinformation,” because they focus, by definition, on the speeches considered Conspiracy theorists, hateful, or…
UVA’s Administration Is Stonewalling on Viewpoint Diversity Too
…key to a great education and part of the path towards following the truth wherever it might lead;” “free speech and viewpoint diversity … are the foundation for both academic…
Black Michigan State U. Students Demand ‘No Hate Ordinance’
…Piro said. “[V]andalism is not protected speech, nor are hate crimes. But ‘hate speech,’ without more, is not a category of speech that’s punishable under the First Amendment,” he said….
White Professor Plans to Appeal After Court Sided with Penn State in Discrimination Case
…retaliation as a cause for action, alleging, “De Piero engaged in constitutionally protected speech and was subjected to an adverse employment action as a result.” Attorney Kerwin told the Fix,…
MIT Canceled DEI—Just Kidding
…violation of Trump’s EOs. And MIT’s alumni are paying close attention. The MIT Free Speech Alliance (MFSA) released a statement this week indicating “DEI still officially exists at the department…
Frederick Douglass Cherished Our Common Humanity over Race
…with permission. What follows is an excerpt on “race” and “race pride” from a speech that Frederick Douglass delivered before a large crowd on September 3, 1894, less than 6…
How UC Berkeley’s I-House Built a Culture of Civil Disagreement
…University, centered on freedom of speech issues and charges of antisemitism. Administration critics have called this crackdown on speech unconstitutional. Free speech, however, was attacked on campuses even before Trump…
Gettysburg College Effort to Enroll ‘20% Students of Color’ Prompts Federal Complaint
…significant discrimination on campus, where extremist administrators and faculty use so-called and often self-appointed authority to block conservative speech.” Programs and policies cited in the complaint also detail a parade…
Vedder’s Case for Creative Destruction
…campuses. Part of the problem is political. Many universities have become echo chambers, where free speech takes a back seat and administrators push racially discriminatory policies—often targeting white, Asian, and…
WATCH: NIH Director Bhattacharya Diagnoses COVID-19 ‘Failure,’ Prescribes Reforms to Make Bio-Medical Research Great Again
…speech on May 2 at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He described the “failed” response to COVID-19 and then explained how this failure informed his vision for reforming the NIH….
Left Outrage Over ‘Free Speech’ Is Conveniently Selective
Our socialist friends are writhing in dismay over what they claim is the abrogation of their free speech rights. Exhibits A, B, C, and D: graduate students at Columbia—Yunseo Chung…
Capitalism Fuels ‘Racism,’ Says Iowa State Financial Coach
…adding people don’t necessarily want more money, “they want more freedom to do the things they love and enjoy.” [RELATED: Will the Marketplace of Ideas Promote Campus Free Speech?] Queer…
Unequal Outcomes for Equity Advocates at Harvard
…Congresswoman Elise Stefanik if calls for “intifada” or for the genocide of Jews amounted to bullying, Gay gave an administrative party line reply that such speech depended on context. One…
This Is the Degree Behind the DEI Takeover of Campus Life
…are shaped by these systems”—this isn’t just DEI but compelled speech for those who do not believe in things like critical race theory. Screenshot of UMass Higher Education M.Ed. Course…
WATCH: Credentialism’s Toll on American Prosperity
…in favor of identity-based mandates. Rather than promoting unity or excellence, the DEI agenda divides students, restricts speech, and elevates grievance over merit. Manning and I examine how this ideology…
NU Student’s Graduation Project Mocks Catholic Mass With Drag Performance
…and intellectually shallow acts” that “add little to the arts or free speech.” “Universities debase their own legacy by credentialing fools with the highest degrees for such trivial displays,” he…
The Chicago Principles Took a Sick Day at UChicago’s Anti-Semitism Roundtable
…especially well-represented. The first speaker and honored guest, whose speech would take fully half the time of the roundtable, was Michael S. Roth, the President of Wesleyan University. Roth would…
UVA Should Set the Standard for True Equality in Education
…an individual rather than as a member of a racial, gender, ethnic, or religious group. As Martin Luther King, Jr., put it in the most famous speech about the declaration…
Susan Neiman Wants Her Left Back
…binarism,” which ends up “contaminating the whole of political speech.” One could add that the virus Woke of inclusive neo-feminist writing also manages to interfere in texts which theoretically combat…
Harvard Insider Blows Whistle: This Place Is ‘Totally Corrupted’
…and looks down on most of America and on American values like color-blind equality, meritocracy, free speech, hard work, and individual responsibility. Today, Harvard resembles an aging billionaire secluded in…
China Thanks You for Your Academic Service
In his Farewell Address to the United States Congress in 1951, former Supreme Allied Commander of the Pacific General Douglas MacArthur gave a riveting speech. In that speech, he stated…
Rediscovering America’s Heritage: George Washington, Mount Vernon, and the American National Character
…and distant figure, and there is some truth to that image. Washington was not given to rash action or speech. He had the talent of knowing when to speak and…
Kosha Dillz Drops Truth Bombs on Anti-Israel Campus Protests
…Rap is about speech, and even rap battles, which colored the early part of Kosha Dillz’s career, require two partners. Perhaps if more people see this film, they will become…
Healthy on the Outside, DEI on the Inside
Forty years ago, it was “political correctness” and hate speech codes. Then came “social justice” and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI). Now, universities promote the “health promoting campus” (HPC), which,…
After University, Censorship Looms
…Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) reported in late 2023 that over one million students were investigated or punished for their speech. This isn’t just about a few overzealous administrators; it’s…