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5 Nov 2021, 12:04 pm
[Universities should not compel professors to affirm their belief of contested values] The Academic Freedom Alliance today issued its first guidance statement. [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 11:21 am
During the debates surrounding the Mueller investigation into possible Russian interference with the 2016 presidential elections, we heard a great deal about presidential use of "otherwise lawful powers. [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 11:04 am
[Regardless of what one thinks about CRT, legislators should not try to suppress ideas in academia] Areo, the online culture and politics journal, is currently highlighting issues of free speech and intellectual freedom. [read post]
5 Mar 2019, 1:50 pm
If universities do not take steps to address their campus free speech problems, politicians will do it for themPresident Donald Trump's proposed executive order on free speech in universities has once again turned a spotlight on the worries over campus free speech in the United States. [read post]
7 Feb 2022, 3:59 pm
[A conversation with Oxford University's Jeff McMahan on asking difficult questions in moral philosophy] A new episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast from the Academic Freedom Alliance is now available. [read post]
8 Mar 2022, 5:30 am
[The AFA calls on the University of Dayton to allow its faculty to hear from the speakers they want] The Academic Freedom Alliance released a public letter to the University of Dayton calling on the university to reaffirm its own commitments to freedom of thought after an unfortunate administrative intervention into a scholarly conference organized by members of its faculty and held on the university campus. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 10:07 am
I more often note when universities behave badly—or threaten to behave badly—by sanctioning members of the campus community for expressing unpopular opinions. [read post]
5 Jan 2021, 12:34 pm
[The electoral votes will soon be counted. [read post]
10 Jan 2022, 8:19 am
I'm happy to announce the public launch of a new initiative at Princeton University. [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 7:38 am
[Professor suspended for criticizing policies of Texas lieutenant governor] The Academic Freedom Alliance released a public letter to the Texas A&M University System regarding its suspension and investigation of Prof. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 4:30 am
The Constitution specifies that the "Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments," and that when "sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 12:04 pm
[Universities should not compel professors to affirm their belief of contested values] The Academic Freedom Alliance today issued its first guidance statement. [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 1:04 pm
[Is "intramural" professorial speech protected by the First Amendment?] [read post]
8 Sep 2021, 5:00 am
[University presidents have a responsibility to stand up for academic freedom] It is now a familiar pattern. [read post]
22 Feb 2022, 7:38 am
[The AFA responds to the Texas Lieutenant Governor's proposal to abolish tenure at state universities] Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick held a press conference last Friday to respond to the Faculty Council of the University of Texas, which recently passed a resolution reemphasizing the importance of academic freedom at the university and denouncing political interventions in the university curriculum. [read post]
7 Nov 2020, 10:31 am
One of the most disconcerting developments of the 2000 presidential contest in Florida was the prospect that the Republican state legislature might attempt to settle the dispute by selecting its own slate of presidential electors. [read post]
31 Oct 2022, 9:24 am
[My new paper on the First Amendment, Pickering balancing, and extramural speech] For over a century, the American Association of University Professors has urged universities to recognize a robust freedom for professors to speak in public "as citizens" without fear of retaliation from their university employers even when such expression is controversial with either external or internal constituencies. [read post]
1 Sep 2021, 5:44 am
[A conversation about fighting for free speech on campus and the trouble with legislative restrictions on it.] [read post]
26 Mar 2019, 5:30 am
A crude tool unlikely to do much good and that might do some harmDuring President Donald Trump's appearance at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference, he made a surprise announcement that he would soon be signing an executive order to improve the free speech climate on college campuses. [read post]
11 Aug 2021, 2:46 pm
[The University of Iowa minimizes academic freedom so the unvaccinated can feel more comfortable] The University of Iowa has declared itself to be a largely mask-free campus for the Fall of 2021. [read post]
