Results for academic freedom

  1. Bay of Pigs Anniversary: Gov. DeSantis Signs Law to Teach 'Atrocities of Communism' in Elementary Schools https://redstate.com/brutalbrittany/2024/04/17/gov-desantis…rocities-of-communism-in-florida-elementary-schools-n2172918
    Beginning in the 2026-27 academic year curriculum developed by the Florida Department of Education and deemed to be age and developmentally … , and conferences in partnership with Florida International University's Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom. …  There is no freedom of speech, no democratic presidential elections since the 1950s, no religious freedom, no economic rights…
  2. Politics Over Progress: Roc Nation Criticism Highlights Lessons About Progressives From Our Past https://redstate.com/lenny_mcallister/2024/06/25/politics-ov…highlights-lessons-about-progressives-from-our-past-n2175918
    – particularly from poor districts – are missing out on learning opportunities and failing to maximize the full scope of their academic … them contradict their tenor for immediate (and even radical) change on other issues by standing in the doorway to block education freedom … predecessors from the 1950s and 1960s, in their unwillingness to step out in boldness as a collective force for good in education freedom…
  3. DePaul Gives Professor the Boot for Assignment on How 'Genocide in Gaza' Affects Health and Biology https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/06/10/depaul-gives-professor…on-how-genocide-in-gaza-affects-health-and-biology-n2175290
    had negatively affected the learning environment by introducing extraneous political material that was outside the scope of the academic … freedom and another example of this administration’s efforts to twist any discussions of Palestine and Palestinian liberation language … They waved Palestinian flags and held signs that read “Academic freedom includes Palestine.”Students delivered a petition to the administrative…
  4. Appeals Court Upholds School That Prohibited Student From Wearing Shirt Saying There are Two Genders https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/06/10/appeals-court-upholds…ent-from-wearing-shirt-saying-there-are-two-genders-n2175288
    The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the group representing the student indicated they intended to continue fighting the policy.The … after his case generated media coverage and protests.His attorneys at the conservative Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom … the demeaned gender identities that it would "poison the educational atmosphere" and so result in declines in those students' academic…
  5. What the MSM Would Rather You Not Know About Why the UNC-Chapel Hill 'Peaceful Protesters' Were Arrested https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2024/05/09/what-the-msm…e-unc-chapel-hill-peaceful-protesters-were-arrested-n2173941
    point of putting everyone in danger.In recent days, members of this group and others have caused damage to Polk Place, broken into academic … Instead, they focused on the "freedom of speech" talking point because apparently putting your fellow students in danger should be…
  6. Trump Verdict Decades in the Making https://redstate.com/jason-belich/2024/05/31/trump-verdict-decades-in-the-making-n2174891
    They infiltrated academic circles, spreading their ideology through universities and intellectual communities. … They wielded the power of academic authority, using grades and professional influence to enforce ideological conformity. … By embracing a determined, process-driven strategy, conservatives can reclaim control and ensure a future where justice and freedom…
  7. Die, DEI, Die: Even WaPo Is Now Turning Against the Practice https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2024/05/23/die-dei-die-ho…iversity-equity-and-inclusion-is-dying-a-slow-death-n2174572
    Reshaping universities via such a heavy-handed use of state power could set a dangerous precedent for academic freedom more generally…
  8. 'They Don't Work': MIT Becomes First Elite University to Kick 'Diversity' Hiring Requirements to the Curb https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/05/06/they-dont-work-m…y-to-kick-diversity-hiring-requirements-to-the-curb-n2173822
    Institute of Technology (MIT) now knows it, too.MIT president Sally Kornbluth, flanked by the provost, chancellor, and all six academic … We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work.No … vision and plans for the future in these areas.”Surprisingly, MIT has stuck a fork in the above idiocy— at least officially.Academic Freedom…
  9. WATCH: CNN Obscenely Claims Conservatives Want to 'Teach About Beheadings,' Bible Is 'Pornographic' https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/07/03/watc-cnn-obscene…ant-to-teach-about-beheadings-bible-is-pornographic-n2176346
    We're going to get to the history and everything, and by the way, Thomas Jefferson, he advocated for freedom of religion, actually …  We have academic standards that tell our teachers that you are to talk about the Bible in reference to the Mayflower Compact,…
  10. Two Trump Executive Orders Put Unnecessary Agencies and Harmful Regulations on Borrowed Time https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/02/21/two-trump-executive…y-agencies-and-harmful-regulations-on-borrowed-time-n2185843
    nbsp;Reducing the size of the Federal Government will minimize Government waste and abuse, reduce inflation, and promote American freedom … Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid; (ii) the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection shall terminate the Academic…
  11. MAGA Is the New 'Rage Against the Machine' for GenZers Tired of 'Establishment' Democrats https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2025/02/24/maga-is-the-new-r…achine-for-genzers-tired-of-establishment-democrats-n2185953
    Are they beginning to see that progressivism has no interest in their freedom of speech? … As GenZers graduate from college and escape the academic bubble of progressivism, they want to do things like buy a home.…
  12. Will DOGE End Up Biting the Virginia GOP During This Important Election Year? https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2025/02/24/va-gubernatorial-race-2025-n2185956
    cracked down on crime, stood strong for our military and veterans, and transformed education by raising teacher pay, re-establishing academic … conservative principles and policies, a passionate voice for our military and veterans, and a relentless advocate for educational freedom…
  13. Finding Out: Trump Admin Yanks Funding to Blue-State University That Allows Men in Women's Sports https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/03/11/finding-out-trump-ad…e-state-university-that-allows-men-in-womens-sports-n2186554
    freedom." … That's inconsistent not only with freedom of expression but also with this broader idea of academic freedom," Heiden said.No, the government … ’s stance is not about academic freedom or forcing the university to teach things a certain way; it’s about trying to keep females…
  14. 'Free Speech' College Style: Student Investigated for Support of Israel, Views on 'Trans' Athletes https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/03/23/free-speech-univ…ed-for-support-of-israel-questioning-trans-athletes-n2186993
     Cynthia Huang, president of Davidson's chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, was recently told she likely violated the college's … conservative protesters, and other outrageous statements.Yet, liberal professors and students tend to enjoy the full protection of academic … freedom and free speech.…
  15. Trump Turns Off the Money Machine to Princeton to Stop Their Antisemitic Ways https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2025/04/02/trump-turn-off-mo…achine-to-princeton-to-stop-their-anti-semitic-ways-n2187404
    Eisgruber pledged compliance with federal law, vowing to fight discrimination while simultaneously defending “academic freedom” and … For years, Ivy League schools have cloaked themselves in the mantle of academic prestige while allowing radical ideologies to fester … freedom.…
  16. Harvard Fools Around, Defies Trump Over DEI and Antisemitism—Finds Out It's Really, Really Expensive https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/04/15/harvard-u-fools-arou…antisemitism-finds-out-its-really-really-expensive-n2187870
    Once considered among the premiere academic institutions in the world, their reputation has taken tremendous hits as they’ve been accused … argument:Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions – rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic … freedom, while taking concrete steps to make sure all students at Harvard can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry,…
  17. Opinion: TDS Sufferers Are Their Own Worst Enemies https://redstate.com/adam-turner/2025/04/17/tds-sufferers-who-suffer-for-their-trump-hatred-n2187998
    These Jewish American TDS sufferers argue:The rule of law, freedom of inquiry, access to vibrant places of higher education, and strong … justify stripping students of due process rights when they face arrest and/or deportation, as well as to threaten billions in academic…
  18. WATCH: Three Virginia University Professors Advocating for Violent Overthrow of the United States https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/03/17/watch-three-virgin…vocating-for-violent-overthrow-of-the-united-states-n2186778
    This woman - and she's supposedly an academic? … now in the FA stage - and he ain't gonna like the FO.It stands to reason that if any of these people are immigrants, here on an academic … This is the open, deliberate incitement to violence, and is beyond the scope of any freedom of expression.…
  19. Antisemitism and Trade Unions: A Global and American Historical Perspective https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2025/03/06/ant…unions-a-global-and-american-historical-perspective-n2186310
    Similarly, both predecessor unions of the University and College Union (UCU) ― NATFHE and AUT ― called for an academic boycott of Israel … distributed sample lesson plans advocating for the “liberation of the Palestinian people,” with titles such as “Gaza Fights for Freedom…
  20. Whistleblower Seeks Legal Action Against Phi Theta Kappa for Squashing Her Free Speech https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/04/29/whistleblower-seek…ainst-phi-theta-kappa-for-squashing-her-free-speech-n2188485
    Their purpose statement on their website:Phi Theta Kappa's nonprofit mission is to recognize and promote student academic achievement … Before Senate Subcommittee on Meta and China Promises to Be ExplosiveThere is also a First Amendment issue here, as noted by the Freedom…
  21. Pete Hegseth Brings His 'A' Game and Gets the Job Done https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/01/14/pete-hegseth-brings-his-a-game-and-gets-the-job-done-n2184351
    insurgents…called in close air support…led medevacs…dodged IEDs…pulled out dead bodies…and knelt before a battlefield cross…this is not academic … My success as a leader…and I very much look forward to discussing our many successes at my previous organizations, Vets for Freedom…
  22. The Discarded American https://redstate.com/siaka/2023/08/16/the-discarded-american-n790401
    dealing with high taxes, high crime, abysmal public schools, and being continuously ostracized for believing that their political freedom … because they have been senselessly murdered by repeat offenders terrorizing their neighborhoods; disgruntled citizens, dealing with academic … leaders and stakeholders must communicate to these Discarded Americans that the primary priority of Conservatism is maximizing freedom…
  23. The Authoritarian Left Has a Dangerous Vision for Free Speech in America https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/08/11/the-authoritarian-left-has-a-dangerous-vision-for-free-speech-in-america-n791446
    In America, we tend to take freedom of expression for granted. … Mari Matsuda, an academic involved in the critical race theory (CRT) movement, is one of many who do not believe the First Amendment…
  24. At Harvard, Speech Is Not Free https://redstate.com/wardclark/2023/09/06/at-harvard-speech-is-not-free-n2163495
    Despite being the most acclaimed academic institution in the country, Harvard received a 0.00-point free speech ranking on a 100-point … Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom…
  25. Fighting the Left's Obsession With Tearing Down Symbols and Figures of American History https://redstate.com/mdempsey/2023/08/29/fighting-the-lefts…earing-down-symbols-and-figures-of-american-history-n2163205
    It has deep and cherished roots in our nation's history as a symbol of independence, unity, willingness to fight for freedom, and on … A letter signed by five academic historians claimed that the 1619 Project got some significant elements of the history wrong, including…