Results for: academic freedom

Arizona Secures 'The Biggest School Choice Victory in U.S. History'
https://redstate.com/carcand/2022/06/28/arizona-secures-the-biggest-school-choice-victory-in-u-s-history-n585353
– Shawnna Bolick, who voted for the bill, had this to say: “We blew the top for educational freedom last Friday when both chambers … Educational freedom wins! I have one thing to say: Governor DeSantis, Arizona is the best state for school choice, not Florida. … “We have no financial transparency and we have no academic transparency,” Democratic state Sen.…
National Scholars Association Outlines a Plan to Ban and Defund 'DEI' in Public Education
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2022/06/23/national-scholars…nes-a-plan-to-ban-and-defund-dei-in-public-education-n582787
Academic qualifications…are redefined to include “lived experience.” … Evidence is redefined to include “trauma-informed” opinions. … The definition of academic “success” in every discipline is redefined … freedom, and due process in institutional settings where these have been compromised.…
Parents Have Rights - They Should Know Them
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/06/22/parents-have-rights-they-should-know-them-n582695
– “parental involvement” as the right for parents to engage in “regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic … The plaintiffs are represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal advocacy group that deals with these types of cases … They claim the district’s policy violates their First Amendment rights to freedom of religion and freedom of speech.…
UCLA Professor Gives up Tenure in Moving Letter Decrying ‘Ideological Takeover’
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2022/07/08/ucla-professor-gives…enure-in-moving-letter-decrying-ideological-takeover-n591390
– powerful letter Thursday relinquishing his tenure at the university, explaining that “the woke takeover” of higher education has made freedom … He writes that “the ideological takeover of my university has ruined academic life for anyone who still believes in freedom of thought…
'1984' Revisited: 85 Percent of Liberal College Students Support 'Reporting' Their Professors for 'Offensive' Comments
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/07/10/1984-revisited-8…rt-reporting-their-professors-for-offensive-comments-n592316
– According to the 2022 American College Student Freedom, Progress, and Flourishing Survey, 56 percent of undergrads support “reporting … What better says “freedom to share ideas and debate issues without fear of retribution” than students turning in their peers for making … The survey also asked students if “the classes and other academic activities [they] have participated in during college changed [their…
IN MY ORBIT: Hillsdale College's Academy of Science and Freedom Looks to Restore the Trust to Medicine and Public Health
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2022/07/28/in-my-orbit-hills…s-to-restore-the-trust-to-medicine-and-public-health-n602885
– On July 22, 2021, Hillsdale College launched its new Academy of Science and Freedom. … The Academy of Science and Freedom seeks to spearhead and equip those who are pursuing medical, scientific, or public health careers … freedom required to conduct and interpret science.…
Lawsuit: Professor Tweets 'All Men Are Created Equal,' University's Division of Equity and Inclusion Blocks Him
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2022/08/15/lawsuit-professor…versitys-division-of-equity-and-inclusion-blocks-him-n612326
– need to read the University of Oregon’s Twitter account, but what is important is I need to make use of my role as a defender of academicfreedom in higher education…to make sure government-funded universities comply with our Constitution. … I knew immediately that this…
Whole Foods Founder and CEO Says Socialists Are 'Taking Over,' American Liberties Are Threatened
https://redstate.com/levon/2022/08/11/whole-foods-founder-an…ts-are-taking-over-american-liberties-are-threatened-n610538
– And I feel like, you know, with the way freedom of speech is today, the movement on gun control, a lot of the liberties that I’ve taken … Repeatedly, Mackey has called out the academic community for promoting socialist ideas, which he calls “generally hostile to business…
Senator Mike Lee Critiques the War on Poverty
https://redstate.com/streiff/2013/11/19/senator-mike-lee-critiques-the-war-on-poverty-n47312
– In Lincoln’s era – even during a cataclysmic war that was itself a struggle for human freedom and opportunity – that meant dredging … Any of the meager academic benefits of the program vanish within a year or two. … What makes America exceptional – and life worth living – is not simply individual freedom, but the heroic, empowering communities that…
The government needs to start respecting us
https://redstate.com/jhayward13/2014/11/18/government-needs-start-respecting-us-n51170
– Since we’re not just talking about applauding Obama during academic discussions, I would go further and say it redefines respect as … It was insulting to trick people into accepting this enormous loss of freedom, because Obama and his co-conspirators decided it was … Freedom, once taken, is never returned; the government never gets smaller.  …
Collectivism and the presumption of guilt
https://redstate.com/jhayward13/2014/12/19/collectivism-presumption-guilt-n51470
– In a similar vein, not a single journalist in the world bothered to ask any tough questions when an Australian academic named Rachel … People who have relinquished their freedom must learn to think poorly of themselves, if they are to sleep well at night.  …
Catholic University Imposes Gag Order on Prof.
https://redstate.com/briansikma/2014/12/17/catholic-university-imposes-gag-order-prof-n51450
– That means that Marquette University is imposing a gag order on a professor who pointed out that another professor muzzled academic … By imposing a gag order on McAdams, the school has done damage to both its Catholic and academic traditions. … It is McAdams, who used his freedom of speech and (perceived but apparently not real) academic freedom to call out a censoring fellow…
President Trump's Executive Order Puts Campus Bolsheviks on Notice That the First Amendment Exists Everywhere
https://redstate.com/streiff/2019/03/22/president-trumps-exe…bolsheviks-notice-first-amendment-exists-everywhere-n103349
– they already must do — and private universities will have to promise to uphold their own “stated institutional policies regarding freedom … ways to educate students on the importance of free expression, provide venues for free speech, and advance our world through free academic
Cory Booker on Dems' 2020 Victory - Americans WANT to Pay More Taxes Because They're 'Patriotic'
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2019/05/05/cory-booker-dems…20-victory-americans-want-pay-taxes-theyre-patriotic-n106383
– They stink because they’re not doing a good job of teaching academic subjects at an accelerated level. … Part of freedom from an oppressive government is financial.…
Trump Administration Refuses to Sign the Fascistic Christchurch Call and We Should Thank Them
https://redstate.com/streiff/2019/05/16/trump-administration-refuses-sign-fascistic-christchurch-call-thank-n107115
– one of those situations where the Trump administration has proven an adherence to constitutional protections and to individual freedom … terrorist and violent extremist content, in a manner consistent with the rule of law and international human rights law, including freedom … Support research and academic efforts to better understand, prevent and counter terrorist and violent extremist content online, including…
With Students in Crisis, a Professor Leaps to Their Aid: We Need More Trigger Warnings
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2021/08/27/with-students-in…sor-leaps-to-their-aid-we-need-more-trigger-warnings-n433499
– “Should we show accompanying YouTube videos without warnings,” the academic asks, “knowing students of color regularly experience racism … Concerns about threats to academic freedom is one thing; exercising freedom responsibly is another. Stay safe, everyone.…
Seminary Student Refuses to Take Segregated 'Antiracism' Training to 'Grapple' With His 'Whiteness'
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2021/08/22/seminary-student…ism-training-where-he-can-grapple-with-his-whiteness-n431051
– And: “[T]hese trainings present a serious threat to freedom of thought, to the point where it seems like we are being indoctrinated … With the assistance of pro-First Amendment, non-profit Academic Freedom Alliance, Princeton Professor Robert George, and free speech … attorney Samantha Harris, however, he appealed: “[T]he training to which I object violates representations of academic freedom made…
Host of School's Free Speech Event Issues Language Guide Prohibiting 'Man,' 'Woman,' and 'Mother'
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2021/09/03/host-of-schools-f…sues-language-guide-prohibiting-man-woman-and-mother-n437476
– The school’s issued an Academic & Student Affairs “Inclusive Language Guide” so it can teach everyone what terms to exclude. … welcoming oral and written language is the standard for all our departmental documents, correspondences, marketing materials, academic … That’s a question for the Office of Social Justice & Inclusion, which, in May, hosted a Freedom of Speech and Expression event.…
Yet Another Reason Why ‘Progressive' Wokeism Is a Societal Cancer
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2021/10/02/yet-another-reason-why-progressive-wokeism-is-a-societal-cancer-n451083
– As we approach finals week, we recognize that these conditions place Black students at an unfair academic disadvantage due to traumatic … UCLA’s Academic Senate’s Committee on Academic Freedom criticized Anderson’s leadership for punishing him for expressing his opinion…
Can't We Just Say It? This Wuhan Panic Was a Fraud Driven by Politics and for the Aggrandizement of Power
https://redstate.com/streiff/2020/06/07/850911-n139311
– In reality, it was a calculated assault upon capitalism and individual freedom that was aided and abetted by members of the federal … because I understand that these people are partisans and, for the most part, militant progressives who loathe America and individual freedom … And you get ridiculous, imbecilic apologia like this one from — double whammy — an academic who used to be a government ‘public health…
Here's Why Soros Backing Candidates in District Attorney Races May Now Be Coming Back to Bite Us
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/06/04/heres-why-soros-b…ict-attorney-races-may-now-be-coming-back-to-bite-us-n139148
– -accredited programs from Hungary’s capital of Budapest to the Austrian capital of Vienna because of uncertainty over its academicfreedom.…
A Roadmap Back…and Forward
https://redstate.com/lenny_mcallister/2020/05/31/a-roadmap-backand-forward-n138659
– state-driven and federal initiatives that prompt tax-credit scholarships and other programs designed to immediately provide more quality academic … Increase the academic effort with a goal to close the racial achievement gap within 1-2 generations, done in conjunction with economic … Fractured or subjective freedom is an intoxicant for the haughty and an accelerant for the disenfranchised.…
The Cities Are On Fire Because Conservatives and Classical Liberals Surrendered The Academy
https://redstate.com/martin_a_knight/2020/06/19/the-cities-a…tives-and-classical-liberals-surrendered-the-academy-n243975
– Thus, 78.2% of the academic departments in my sample have either zero Republicans, or so few as to make no difference. … For those who would acknowledge that something is wrong but fret and wring their hands about “academic freedom”, the fact of the matter…
That Harpers Letter Signed by All Those Famous Lefties Decrying the Cancel Culture Is a Joke
https://redstate.com/streiff/2020/07/07/harpers-letter-decrying-the-cancel-culture-is-a-joke-n245637
– topics; professors are investigated for quoting works of literature in class; a researcher is fired for circulating a peer-reviewed academic … We refuse any false choice between justice and freedom, which cannot exist without each other.…
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