Academia
To Commemorate Constitution Day, Princeton Professor Says 'F%*# Free Speech'
The academy, the director of the African Studies program contends, has never considered speech a central value.
Brazilian Waxing Hypothetical on Law Exam Leads to Harassment Charge
Academic freedom stripped bare at Howard University.
Are American Colleges Racist? Come To a Debate at the Soho Forum
Kmele Foster and Lawrence C. Ross, Jr. debate in New York on May 16.
Academic Freedom Is On the Decline, and Here's the Data to Prove It
An analysis of 50 years of U.S. court cases shows professors seldom win in speech battles with school administrators, and it's only getting worse.
Canadian Prof Yanked From Teaching Intro Psych Class For Insisting on Foul Language
Forcing students to sign agreement accepting slurs and curses was "a tremendous recruitment tool."
Three Pro-Free Speech Statements About College Campuses
Purdue's Mitch Daniels, Brookings' Jonathan Rauch, and students at Claremont-McKenna speak up loudly for the free and open exchange of ideas.
How Sexual Harassment Codes Threaten Academic Freedom
'Gender justice' warriors in the Department of Education are pushing campus officials too far.
Malaysia Bans International Sex Robot Symposium
"Intercourse with robots-don't try to be ridiculous," say Malaysian police.
American University Joins Thin Ranks of Colleges Defending Free Speech
Faculty senate says "that shielding students from controversial material will deter them from becoming critical thinkers and responsible citizens."
"Obama is absolutely right. College isn't supposed to be about having our prejudices reinforced"
Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit explains why college is Camelot in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
Fixing Liberal Bias Will Improve Academic Research
Trying to turn back the herd of independent minds.
Is It Unethical for Caucasians to Cook Chinese Food?
The pernicious silliness of cultural appropriation censorship.
Laura Kipnis On How Campus Feminism Infantilizes Women
The Northwestern professor discusses her Title IX "inquisition" and the sexual paranoia that has overtaken universities.
Educator and Porn Star Conner Habib Gets Campus Thoughtcrime Treatment
Habib has been disinvited from college talks and had student supporters bullied by "liberal" professors and administrators.
The Illiberal Persecution of Tim Hunt
An old guys tells a bad joke and academia descends into a frenzy
Is Free Speech Under Attack in America?
Controversial "hate speech" prosecution in Montana begs the question.
Academic Mob Chases 'Climate Change Contrarian' Bjorn Lomborg Off Campus
Want an independent thinker out of your university? Instigate a "passionate emotional reaction" against him.
Is Free Speech Under Attack in America?
Matt Welch on the obstacles facing the First Amendment
Steven Salaita and the Tyranny of 'Hate Speech'
"Hate" is in the eye of the beholder.
Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate
Free speech on campus continues (mostly) to win in court, but higher education still attacks.
Rutgers Faculty Upset at Condoleezza Rice Invitation to Graduation —Will They Oppose Barack Obama's Too?
In defense of speaking to 21 year olds
US Universities Rejecting Academic Boycott of Israel
Called for by the American Studies Association
Kansas University System Censors Staff Social Media Use
Can be terminated for saying the wrong things
Nobel-Prize Winning Biologist to Boycott Top Journals
Says they're distorting the scientific process