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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Do Campus Diversity Offices (DEI) Help Or Harm Diversity?

Do Campus Diversity Offices (DEI) Help Or Harm Diversity?

by Michael Poliakoff, Forbes Magazine March 29, 2023 1 min read

by Michael Poliakoff, Forbes Magazine

In the current legislative session, five state legislatures will review bills that seek to limit or abolish offices on public university campuses known by the catch-all acronym “DEI.” 

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Is DEI Destroying Free Speech on Campus?

Is DEI Destroying Free Speech on Campus?

PFS Editiorial March 27, 2023 1 min read

PFS Editorial

This is the title of a recently published empirical study in The Missing Data Depot on Substack.  The fact that administrative bloat has far exceeded the growth of faculty and students in numbers and power on American campuses is widely acknowledged.

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Davidson College Affirms Free Speech

Davidson College Affirms Free Speech

Jenna A. Robinson, James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal March 16, 2023 Last week, faculty at Davidson College affirmed their commitment to free expression on campus by approving their own version of the Chicago Principles. It’s a step that the pro-free-speech organization Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse (DFTD) has been promoting for five years and a major free-speech milestone for the college. March 08, 2023 1 min read

Last week, faculty at Davidson College affirmed their commitment to free expression on campus by approving their own version of the Chicago Principles. It’s a step that the pro-free-speech organization Davidsonians for Freedom of Thought and Discourse (DFTD) has been promoting for five years and a major free-speech milestone for the college.
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UPenn Accuses a Law Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?

UPenn Accuses a Law Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?

By Vimal Patel New York Times March 13, 2023 March 07, 2023 1 min read

By Vimal Patel
New York Times
March 13, 2023

Amy Wax, a law professor, has said publicly that “on average, Blacks have lower cognitive ability than whites,” ...

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Commentary: Protesting an Anti-Trans Trump Judge Isn’t Disrespectful, It’s American

By Elie Mystal The Nation March 15, 2023 Excerpt: As a judge, Duncan is an embarrassment, and as a person he appears to be vile. That combination made him the perfect candidate for this particular Federalist Society stunt: Duncan (a judge based in Louisiana) went to Stanford (a law school based in California) to talk about “Covid, guns, and Twitter.” I can only assume FedSoc wanted him to come because the Flat-Earth Society couldn’t afford his honorarium. He received exactly the welcome one would expect: Students (many of them LGBTQ) protested, made signs, shouted. March 07, 2023 1 min read

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