Part 2: My Criticisms Stand, Mr. Lazere
Professor Lazere’s response doesn’t rebuild his case that higher ed should have a leftist bias.
Free Speech on Campus?
Sure—as long as you haven’t previously said anything to offend groups that now hold trump cards.
A Tower of Babel, Not a Marketplace of Ideas
The proliferation of identity politics on our campuses is destroying intellectual vitality.
The First Amendment Applies to Students, Too
Feb 21, 2014 ·
Jenna A. Robinson and Tami Fitzgerald ·
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N.C. student groups have been undermined by policies that encroach on free speech and freedom of association.
A Decade of Reform (Proposals, That Is)
The ideas we proposed over the past ten years may be implemented in the next ten.
Academic Freedom
Today’s university is rife with competing claims about academic freedom. Although it is similar to the freedom of speech that all Americans enjoy, academic freedom has developed into a more specific guarantee for scholars and teachers. This new paper by Donald Downs, professor of political science, law, and journalism at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, explains what is meant by the term and to whom it applies.
How Much Free Speech?
Foundation for Individual Rights (FIRE) says that UNC-CH is infringing on the rights of students and faculty to express themselves.
Thought Police Steal a Victory from UNC-Chapel Hill
Free speech had already carried the day when a UNC-Chapel Hill instructor attacked a student by name in a classwide email. So why get the feds involved?
Office for Civil Rights Trumpets Students’ Rights Over College Codes
Aug 18, 2003 ·
Jon Sanders ·
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A resounding affirmation of free-speech rights on college campuses was recently made by the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education.
Meanwhile, free expression at NC State is ‘too much’
Chancellor Marye Anne Fox of North Carolina State University issued a statement on tolerance this week. Published in Technician, N.C. State’s official student newspaper, Fox wrote that “Several students have told me about highly offensive, hurtful and disrespectful graffiti that appeared on the wall of our Free Expression Tunnel on Monday night.” Three sentences later she wrote, “The offensive graffiti has been removed, and I have asked our Campus Police to investigate this incident.”