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10 Mar 2023, 9:18 am
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]
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 May 2023, 6:38 am
[Revised SB 18 has major problems] Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has been set on killing tenure at Texas state universities ever since the University of Texas faculty senate had the temerity to object to his proposed ban on critical race theory. [read post]
18 Feb 2022, 1:53 pm
[The lieutenant governor of Texas elevates the idea of ending tenure at public universities] Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick held a press conference today 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]
6 Jul 2023, 1:04 pm
[Is "intramural" professorial speech protected by the First Amendment?] [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 10:43 am
[The AFA calls on SUNY Fredonia to reaffirm the academic freedom of Professor Stephen Kershnar] The Academic Freedom Alliance released a public letter to SUNY Fredonia calling on the university to reaffirm the academic freedom of philosophy professor Stephen Kershnar. [read post]
15 Dec 2021, 8:50 am
[I've heard that breaking constitutional norms is a bad thing] I joined Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch on his podcast, The Remnant, to discuss possible reforms to the Supreme Court, the work of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, and the challenges to judicial independence and constitutional government. [read post]
29 Jan 2024, 4:28 am
[Universities should not be in the political activism business] The University of California system is debating whether to allow academic departments to issue political statements. [read post]
11 Mar 2024, 4:42 am
[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]
31 Jan 2023, 12:20 pm
[The Florida governor unveiled some big new ideas -- not all of them good] Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference this morning to discuss his proposed higher education reforms. [read post]
26 Aug 2022, 7:35 am
[Diversity statements have become common in university admissions and hiring, and that's a problem] Earlier this week, the Academic Freedom Alliance released a new public statement. [read post]
9 Nov 2023, 7:43 am
[Supporting Hamas butchery of Israeli civilians is beyond the pale] The extraordinary outpouring of support on American university campuses for the events of October 7th has, unsurprisingly, led to some backlash from alumni, donors, and future employers. [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]
10 Jan 2022, 8:19 am
I'm happy to announce the public launch of a new initiative at Princeton University. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 8:36 am
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]
19 Jan 2022, 12:47 pm
[A conversation with two members of Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Freedom] A new episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast from the Academic Freedom Alliance is now available. [read post]
20 Jan 2022, 5:30 am
[The law school has initiated disciplinary hearings against Professor Amy Wax stemming from her appearance on Glenn Loury's podcast] In December 2021, University of Pennsylvania Law Professor Amy Wax appeared on Glenn Loury's podcast. [read post]
27 Mar 2023, 12:27 pm
An English professor at Wayne State University apparently had an overheated reaction to the fiasco at Stanford Law School. [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]
15 Dec 2021, 6:26 am
[Legislatures and regents across the country are restricting intellectual freedom] The Academic Freedom Alliance was founded with a particular concern for defending individual instructors and scholars at universities whose rights to intellectual freedom were being violated. [read post]
