Cornell’s Academic Freedom Test

Cornell’s Academic Freedom Test

The Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal Diversity enforcers have become speech enforcers on many college campuses, but a few schools are starting to articulate some limits. The latest is Cornell University, which has refused to adopt a student resolution that would have required “trigger warnings” anytime an upsetting subject is mentioned in the classroom. April 04, 2023 1 min read

Diversity enforcers have become speech enforcers on many college campuses, but a few schools are starting to articulate some limits. The latest is Cornell University, which has refused to adopt a student resolution that would have required “trigger warnings” anytime an upsetting subject is mentioned in the classroom.
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Whitworth student government denies TPUSA request to invite Chinese dissident to campus citing ‘anti-woke’ tweets

by Sabrina Conza, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression  In the latest example of students shutting down views they disagree with on campus, Whitworth University’s student government denied the campus Turning Point USA chapter’s request to invite Chinese dissident Xi Van Fleet to campus because of her criticism of “woke culture.” April 03, 2023 1 min read

by Sabrina Conza, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression

In the latest example of students shutting down views they disagree with on campus, Whitworth University’s student government denied the campus Turning Point USA chapter’s request to invite Chinese dissident Xi Van Fleet to campus because of her criticism of “woke culture.”

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New College urges 7 faculty members to stop seeking tenure as changes build

By Ian Hodgson, Tampa Bay Times April 03, 2023 1 min read

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With some of my fellow Stanford Law students, there’s no room for argument

by Tess Winston, The Washington Post Stanford Law School has been in the news lately, after students disrupted a talk by a conservative federal judge. Similar protests have derailed events featuring conservative speakers at other law schools over the past year. But as a third-year student at Stanford Law School, I see a more troubling problem: an academic environment with two loud camps, one aligning with far-right politics, one aligning with the far left. In between, where most students can be found: silence. April 03, 2023 1 min read

by Tess Winston, The Washington Post
Stanford Law School has been in the news lately, after students disrupted a talk by a conservative federal judge. Similar protests have derailed events featuring conservative speakers at other law schools over the past year. 
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Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors

Florida’s Public-University Board Approves Firing Poorly Performing Tenured Professors

Emma Pettit, Chronicle of Higher Education The governing board overseeing Florida’s public universities on Wednesday approved a post-tenure-review process that allows for poorly performing professors to be fired. March 29, 2023 1 min read

The governing board overseeing Florida’s public universities on Wednesday approved a post-tenure-review process that allows for poorly performing professors to be fired.

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Nadine Strossen: An inspiration to college students and a true non-partisan

Nadine Strossen: An inspiration to college students and a true non-partisan

By Leslie Spencer March 09, 2023 6 min read

by Leslie Spencer

Nadine Strossen, a liberal feminist and civil liberties activist, led the American Civil Liberties Union from 1991 to 2008, the first woman to do so. 

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