A trio of writers with credentials who managed to place dubious articles in academic journals are already being dismissed by academics attempting to downplay the prank.
Topic: AAUP
Academics Jump in Evidence Chasm
Understandably, academics are coming to the defense of a professor at the center of a national controversy. Yet and still, in doing so, are they gliding past evidence, or lack thereof, at the center of the controversy and adding to the chorus of opinions in lieu of fact?
How An Academic Article Got Banned
An English professor from Linfield College shows us how, while making the case for this and other forms of curtailment of academic freedom and free expression on campus.
RIP Robert M. O’Neil
We bid a fond farewell to Robert M. O’Neil of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
Berkeley Free Speech Expert: Dangers Off Campus
Despite the inability of Berkeley officials to safely host events featuring conservative speakers, the free speech expert at the law school there sees the greatest dangers to freedom of expression beyond Berkeley’s gates. Indeed, said…
No Recommendation To Study In Israel
A professor at the University of Michigan refused to write a letter of recommendation for a student who wants to study in Israel.
CUNY Sci-Fi Professor Fantasizes About Trump
Apparently, she’s still not over the 2016 election results.
Social Media Undoes Left-Wing Profs
Aaron Barlow of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) argues that social media has been the undoing of pedagogues in America.
Training Reporters To Promote Government
If newspaper reporters largely seem to act as press agents for government programs, perhaps part of the reason may lie in the practical training they receive in college.
Questionable Cuts At University Of Akron
The rationale for doing so is about the same for all these disparate majors–low enrollment, although there are some interesting variations.