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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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….
…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,…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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….
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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
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…
…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…
…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…
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,…
…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…