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15 Dec 2023, 10:49 am by Keith E. Whittington
[Now available for viewing on C-Span] On December 12, I participated in a timely panel discussion at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on "Free Speech, Political Speech, and Hate Speech on Campus. [read post]
9 Jan 2023, 3:44 pm by Keith E. Whittington
[Legislative restrictions on ideas and viewpoints that can be advocated in the classroom undermine free inquiry] The Academic Freedom Alliance has issued a new guidance statement. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 8:36 am by Keith E. Whittington
Tara Leigh Grove and I discuss our work as commissioners on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States and various proposals for reforming the Supreme Court on the latest edition of the We the People podcast. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 7:31 am by Keith E. Whittington
[A conversation with the chancellor of the University of California at Irvine about academic freedom] A new episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast from the Academic Freedom Alliance is now available. [read post]
10 Mar 2023, 9:18 am by Keith E. Whittington
I noted earlier that the Republican majority leader in the lower chamber of the North Dakota state legislature had introduced a bill that would effectively gut faculty tenure in the state's public universities. [read post]
14 Sep 2021, 7:25 am by Keith E. Whittington
I'm a believer in positive reinforcement, and when university leaders do the right thing they should get credit for doing so. [read post]
1 Oct 2021, 6:49 am by Keith E. Whittington
[A conversation with researchers at FIRE about the free speech climate on college campuses] A new episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast from the Academic Freedom Alliance is now available. [read post]
4 Feb 2022, 2:25 pm by Keith E. Whittington
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has posted a faculty letter in support of Stephen Kershnar, the philosophy professor currently barred from the SUNY Fredonia campus for publicly engaging in a philosophical discussion of the immorality of sexual acts between children and adults. [read post]
1 Dec 2021, 7:26 am by Keith E. Whittington
[Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes UIC for its treatment of Professor Jason Kilborn] Nearly a year ago, University of Illinois at Chicago law professor Jason Kilborn came under criticism from students, administrators and colleagues for including a hypothetical on his civil procedure exam involving an individual telling an investigating lawyer that former co-workers "expressed their anger at Plaintiff, calling her a "n____" and "b____" (profane expressions for African… [read post]
30 Nov 2021, 8:47 am by Keith E. Whittington
[English professor threatened with discipline for reading aloud from Randall Kennedy's article on the n-word] The Academic Freedom Alliance has released a public letter to the University of Rochester objecting to the treatment of an English professor there. [read post]
16 Oct 2023, 10:18 am by Keith E. Whittington
After spending more than two decades in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, I'm pleased to announce that I will joining the faculty of Yale Law School in the fall of 2024. [read post]
25 Apr 2022, 8:05 am by Keith E. Whittington
[Religion and philosophy professor removed from directing a scholarly center for inviting Peter Singer to give a public lecture.] [read post]
20 Jan 2021, 5:00 am by Keith E. Whittington
[The First Amendment should not be a viable defense in an impeachment trial] There has been an active debate on the pages of the Volokh Conspiracy over whether the First Amendment should be understood to give President Trump any shelter from the article of impeachment adopted by the House of Representatives in the aftermath of the storming of the Capitol. [read post]
28 Feb 2023, 5:06 am by Keith E. Whittington
[A poorly drafted and conceptually ambitious upending of norms of state university independence] Over in Chronicle of Higher Education, I have a new piece examining HB 999 in the Florida legislature and its implications for the future of Republican politics around higher education. [read post]
11 Mar 2024, 4:42 am by Keith E. Whittington
[The AFA objects] The Academic Freedom Alliance sent a letter to Texas Tech University protesting its suspension and investigation of Education Professor Jairo Funez-Flores. [read post]