Charles Murray, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, will be speaking at Notre Dame. His speech at Middlebury College made national headlines as he was shouted down and protesters were demonstrative and disruptive. There…
Topic: Middlebury College
Report: The Higher the Tuition, the More Prone to Stifling Open Debate of Ideas
Surprising results? A Brookings report discovered that the higher the college tuition and the wealthier the student body, the more likely that the college will stifle the open debate of ideas (see: Middlebury College): “The…
College Bias Response Teams Chill Free Speech
Our friend George Leef discussed how many people heard of disruptive protests at Middlebury College, but not about campus bias response teams suppressing free speech in the name of tolerance and avoiding offending college students:…
The Real Lessons of Middlebury College
The American Spectator had a special report on the Middlebury College debate disruption by students and non-students, pointing out that the war on free speech and ideas has been ongoing for years within academia and on college…
Why Shouting Down Speakers is Absolutely Wrong
At the Academe Blog, John K. Wilson writes about why shouting down speakers is absolutely wrong because it continues to polarize the country and it plays into the Right’s hands: Shouting down speakers, such as…
It’s time for UC Regents to implement principles against intolerance they adopted
Editor’s Note: This op-ed was originally published at The Mercury News. In our nation today, we are witnessing an unprecedented unwillingness to accept, or merely recognize and respect, beliefs or behavior that differ from our own. It…
Middlebury’s Muddled Mission
Academia today abounds in ironies, although, more often than not, the irony is lost on the denizens of academe itself. By now, the mobbing of conservative scholar Charles Murray at Middlebury College in Vermont has…
Alumna: Violent Protests at Middlebury College should not Repress Free Speech
An alumna of Middlebury College, Jean Card, recently wrote an op-ed blasting the protesters for oppressing free speech during their violent protest of guest speaker Charles Murray: First, discipline for the thugs – who flagrantly…
Is the Middlebury College Faculty to Blame for Violent Protest of Conservative Speaker?
From the Boston Magazine: That is why what happened to Murray at Middlebury last week is so alarming. At the invitation of a conservative student group, Murray arrived on campus to deliver a lecture and…
College Professor Horrified by Violent Protest at Middlebury College
Jay Parini, a college professor at Middlebury College, went on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson’s show and expressed his shock at seeing the violent and angry protest surrounding a speech by Charles Murray, a scholar at…