What Are College Administrators Afraid of?
…our nation’s campuses. I looked into case after case of students and professors having their free speech and free thought rights suppressed when they failed to adhere to the campus…
…our nation’s campuses. I looked into case after case of students and professors having their free speech and free thought rights suppressed when they failed to adhere to the campus…
…Universities should be open to all students who show the desire and ability to master a school’s academic offerings. A student may come from in-state or out of state or…
…reach that goal: 1. The Treason of the Intellectuals by Julien Benda (1927) From the editors: Julien Benda’s classic study of 1920s Europe resonates today. The “treason of the intellectuals”…
Americans celebrate their independence today, but liberty is still threatened in higher education. As college campuses become a battleground over free speech, disinviting speakers has been a common tactic across…
…be entirely independent of all political or sectarian influence and kept free therefrom.” If diversity of thought is indeed a goal, then why is William Peris, the political science lecturer…
…foundational principles of modern American higher education.” If we’re lucky, 2018 will be the year when people on our campuses stop saying they have a right to disrupt free speech….
…many private colleges also promise free speech to their students. Speech codes violate these guarantees. FIRE reviewed the restrictions on free speech at 17 public or private colleges and universities…
“Free Speech at UNC 2019,” the Martin Center’s second annual report on the state of free speech and institutional neutrality in the UNC system, reveals substantial gains in freedom of…
Are you oppressed? Join the club. I had never considered myself oppressed—I have a decent job, a degree from a fairly prestigious and heavily subsidized university, plenty of free time,…
…incentivize study by challenging students’ assumptions and limited knowledge often put professors under job-threatening scrutiny. Many university administrators are failed researchers/professors who don’t have the intellectual chops to parse evaluations…