The University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School is under fire, again, over comments made by one of its law professors named Amy Wax. Wax, a tenured faculty member, has a history of making comments and…
Topic: academic freedom
MESA’s Shameful Betrayal of Academic Freedom
Unsurprisingly for an organization whose membership has been perennially hostile to Israel, members of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) voted at their recent annual meeting to advance a resolution endorsing an academic boycott of…
Book details Evergreen State’s Free Speech Crisis
In 2017, a controversy embroiled Bret Weinstein, a self-described liberal, white professor at Evergreen State College, who was vilified by students when he refused to stay off campus on the School’s Day of Absence, an…
Terror U: Who is Suppressing Academic Freedom in Palestinian Universities?
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. In January of…
Suppressing Academic Freedom in the Name of Inclusion at McGill
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. In what has…
Pitzer College President Visits Holy Land after Students Tried to Axe Israel Study Abroad Program
Pitzer College’s president visited an Israeli university to celebrate academic freedom, soon after students and faculty tried to axe the college’s study-abroad program in Israel and tried to oust him.
Academic Freedom Reaffirmed Under Governor Walker
The Wisconsin Board of Regents under Republican Governor Scott Walker have actually reaffirmed their commitment to academic freedom in the state university system.
AAUP Assaults Science, National Security & Academic Freedom
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have issued a report on “National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom” that might leave readers who have studied such matters scratching their heads.
New McAdams Ruling Attacks Academic Freedom
John K. Wilson of the AAUP points out the problems in a recent legal decision by a judge to uphold the suspension of Marquette University professor John McAdams over academic freedom
Drexel Faculty Investigates Conduct by Professor after Tweet about Airline Passenger Giving Up Seat for Uniformed Soldier
Drexel professor George Ciccariello-Maher is in trouble again, this time for tweeting about an American soldier getting a seat on an airplane. He got in trouble last December for tweeting he wanted a white genocide for Christmas.
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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