Fishing For Purpose
…the AAUP for issuing a partisan statement on “Freedom in the Classroom” that validates the “accusation that the academy’s leftward tilt spills over into the classroom.” Time and again, Fish…
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The AAUP Straw-Man Statement
If anyone hasn’t realized that the new AAUP Statement on academic freedom is a sham, then there are two excellent means to inform yourself today. First, Erin O’Connor’s new piece…
AAUP To Critics: What, Us Biased?
…the AAUP statement’s omissions and deflections tell us much about the AAUP’s attempt to secure the autonomy of professors in the classroom. Academic freedom – as the AAUP itself has…
The Hidden Impact Of Political Correctness
…protected by AAUP academic speech guidelines. Stuart was also extremely liberal on all racial issues. Nevertheless, to condense a long story, an anonymous letter from irritated black students complained of…
Professors Make Fools Of Themselves
…“Ward Churchill, sober research scholar, victim”) In response to the increasing contention that “academic freedom protects professorial speech in any circumstance Bergman cites the 1940 AAUP Statement of Principles, and…
Ward Churchill And The Diversity Agenda
…universities.” The AAUP and the Colorado faculty protesters justified their positions by citing academic freedom. Yet the doctrine, which arose in a period when professors were regularly fired for their…
Only A Conservative Idiot Would Think I’m Biased
…is perfect, but whatever the flaws in this one, the results closely match another poll, based on a completely different methodology, commissioned last year by the AAUP. The accusation that…
The Trouble With Tenure
…so than many professionals in private industry,” the AAUP’s General Secretary Roger Bowen wrote in response to the Commission. Advisors approve dissertations, committees rank job applicants, students fill out teaching…