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8 Dec 2021, 8:20 am
[Universities are better off if the faculty do not all think alike] As part of an issue dedicated to freedom of thought in the journal Social Philosophy and Policy, I published on article focusing on ideological diversity on the faculty at American universities. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 7:31 am
[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]
1 Dec 2021, 8:10 am
[The Academic Freedom Alliance called on Old Dominion to protect professor from threats] Professor Allyn Walker was a sociologist at Old Dominion University. [read post]
1 Dec 2021, 7:26 am
[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
[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]
17 Nov 2021, 6:00 am
[Officials would prefer to keep the university's presidential transition under wraps] Indiana University recently got a new president. [read post]
17 Nov 2021, 2:00 am
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16 Nov 2021, 7:01 am
[Some professors at UM think Bright Sheng got what he deserved and would like to do it to others as well] The University of Michigan opened this academic year with an academic freedom scandal. [read post]
16 Nov 2021, 6:27 am
[The university relents but policy reform is needed to better protect academic freedom] As previously discussed, the University of Florida created a huge controversy by attempting to bar its professors from testifying as expert witnesses in a lawsuit against the state of Florida. [read post]
10 Nov 2021, 8:55 am
[Symposium issue in Constitutional Commentary now publicly accessible] I am pleased to see that the symposium issue of Constitutional Commentary focusing on my book, Repugnant Laws: Judicial Review of Acts of Congress from the Founding to the Present, is now publicly available. [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]
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]
3 Nov 2021, 5:57 am
[A requirement that professors serving as expert witnesses against the state do so pro bono is still unconstitutional] On October 31, the Academic Freedom Alliance wrote the leadership of the University of Florida explaining that its effort to suppress expert testimony by its faculty in a lawsuit filed against the state of Florida violates its commitments to academic freedom and violates the First Amendment. [read post]
1 Nov 2021, 10:33 am
[A conversation with a long-time leader of the American Association of University Professors about academic freedom] A new episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast from the Academic Freedom Alliance is now available. [read post]
1 Nov 2021, 8:38 am
[The university's effort to suppress expert testimony in a lawsuit against the state is contrary to academic freedom and the First Amendment] The Academic Freedom Alliance has released its public letter on the situation at the University of Florida. [read post]
31 Oct 2021, 11:03 am
(Thanks to my coblogger Keith Whittington, wearing his hat as the Chair of the Academic Freedom Alliance's Academic Committee, for pointers to some of the cases I cited above. [read post]
21 Oct 2021, 5:00 am
[A conversation with the AAUP and FIRE about changes in the tenure system at state universities in Georgia] A new episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast from the Academic Freedom Alliance is now available. [read post]
19 Oct 2021, 8:35 am
[The Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes Michigan for its handling of Bright Sheng case] Music professor Bright Sheng showed his class at the University of Michigan the 1965 film of William Shakespeare's Othello in which Laurence Olivier plays the Moor in dark make-up. [read post]
18 Oct 2021, 8:50 am
[The Academic Freedom Alliance responds to the provost's public email] University of Chicago professor Dorian Abbot was to deliver the Tenth Annual John Carlson Lecture at the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on October 21. [read post]
8 Oct 2021, 5:30 am
In coming weeks, I'll be appearing on several campuses, either virtually or in person, to talk about free speech and academic freedom issues. [read post]
