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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]
19 Feb 2022, 2:03 pm
[A conversation with Dan Cullen about the Academic Leaders Task Force on Campus Free Expression] A new episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast from the Academic Freedom Alliance is now available. [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]
14 Feb 2022, 9:30 pm
Keith Whittington is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at Princeton University and the author of Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech. [read post]
8 Feb 2022, 4:58 am
Keith Whittington (Princeton) makes an interesting point: It remains to be seen how SUNY Fredonia would distinguish Professor Kershnar's discussion of these issues on the Brain a Vat podcast in 2022, which happened to attract the attention of conservative activists,... [read post]
7 Feb 2022, 5:18 pm
Over the weekend, the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education jumped on a story out of George Washington University. [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]
7 Feb 2022, 6:41 am
Here. [read post]
4 Feb 2022, 2:25 pm
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]
4 Feb 2022, 1:46 pm
The letter was drafted initially by Keith Whittington, with some modest input from me and a couple of others. [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]
3 Feb 2022, 10:20 am
Brian Leiter (Chicago), Keith Whittington (Princeton) on Academic Freedom and the Work of the Academic Freedom Alliance: An illuminating Twitter thread here, that deserves to be widely read. [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 7:51 am
[The AFA calls on Collin College to reinstate Professor Michael Phillips] The Academic Freedom Alliance released a public letter to Collin College objecting to its treatment of Professor Michael Phillips. [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 5:47 am
An illuminating Twitter thread here, that deserves to be widely read; some excerpts: It is unfortunate that you are so willing to mislead your followers... [read post]
2 Feb 2022, 12:48 pm
[The AFA calls on GULC to end its investigation of Ilya Shapiro] The Academic Freedom Alliance has released a public letter to the Georgetown University Law Center objecting to its treatment of a senior lecturer. [read post]
31 Jan 2022, 10:47 am
Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University Jonathan Zimmerman, Judy and Howard Berkowitz Professor in Education, University of Pennsylvania Todd J. [read post]
26 Jan 2022, 1:01 pm
I have an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the controversy surrounding Professor Amy Wax at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [read post]
25 Jan 2022, 11:02 am
A long article in Indianapolis Monthly looks at recent turmoil at Liberty Fund. [read post]
21 Jan 2022, 2:29 pm
[Federal judge issues a strongly worded opinion on Florida's conflict of interest policy] The professors who were blocked by the University of Florida from offering expert testimony in a voting rights lawsuit against the state have won a significant legal victory for their academic freedom claims. [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]
