Results for: academic freedom

Good News: The House Has Begun Investigating Universities with Chinese Influence
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2020/05/05/good-news-the…un-investigating-universities-with-chinese-influence-n136345
– Much of the spotlight has been on affluent Chinese-Americans with stellar academic scores who say the college rejects Asians in favor … Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that China’s attempts at covering up the fact that COVID-19 began in their country have affected academic … and reduce reliance on foreign investment in U.S. higher education” and “recent revelations of China taking steps to suppress academic…
Harvard Chose Human Rights Abuses Over Freedom, Canceled Human Rights Panel as Its President Embraced Xi Jinping
https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2020/05/04/harvard-chose…an-rights-panel-as-its-president-embraced-xi-jinping-n136195
– until after her short Beijing visit because I thought that timing might have an impact on university activity there (regarding academic … “Academic freedom should be an important principle of Harvard or any universities,” Teng said.…
Same Sex Marriage Is Not the Same As Opposite Sex Marriage
https://redstate.com/dan_mclaughlin/2013/03/28/same-sex-marriage-is-not-the-same-as-opposite-sex-marriage-n45739
– Personally, for two decades, I’ve supported the “live and let live” option of civil unions, the moderate solution that allows people the freedom … studies, and acknowledging the superiority of Regnerus’s sample to most previous research….We are also disappointed that many of our academic … Like so many libertarian arguments, this presents an excellent academic/”thought experiment” exercise, but is completely impractical…
A Camel's Straw: Harry Kelber, 'Radical' Labor Activist, Dies At 98
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2013/04/05/a-camels-straw-harry-kelber-radical-labor-activist-dies-at-98-n45782
– And, for that, I’ve earned the title “union buster” holding views (like freedom) that the Left deems “radical.” … A ‘wingnut’ for believing in freedom? … But, to today’s union bosses and their ideological allies on the Left, freedom is “radical kook” stuff.…
R.I.P. George Mitchell, Father of the Shale Boom
https://redstate.com/vladimir/2013/07/27/r-i-p-george-mitchell-father-of-the-shale-boom-n46506
– Mitchell be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. … Mitchell combined academic training as a petroleum engineer and geologist with a gambler’s cunning to become an influential businessman…
Is DEI DOA? Two Recent Unanimous Supreme Court Rulings Are a Huge Step in the Right Direction
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2025/06/07/is-dei-doa-supre…s-for-straight-woman-in-reverse-discrimination-case-n2190153
– The “law’s focus on individuals rather than groups [is] anything but academic.” Bostock v. Clayton County (2020). … Commission, the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether the state of Wisconsin was violating the First Amendment’s religious freedom…
Military War College Professors Still Show Their Left-Wing Stripes
https://redstate.com/chase-spears/2025/06/29/military-war-college-professors-still-show-their-left-wing-stripes-n2191030
– Kaurin claimed her departure was in protest of the Trump administration curbing academic freedom. … A strange contradiction: departing over claims of reduced academic freedom and simultaneously self-censoring.Leaving an organization … That should pair seamlessly with her academic focus on Just War Theory, philosophy of law, and applied ethics.…
Essex Files: Why Elon Musk’s SpaceX Launch Is a Metaphor for American Grit
https://redstate.com/brad-essex/2025/06/09/essex-files-why-e…musks-spacex-launch-is-a-metaphor-for-american-grit-n2190237
– Not just the fire and fury of ignition, but what comes afterward—freedom, connection, opportunity.And yes, we know the media loves … It’s not the academic panels. It’s the innovators willing to roll through the fog and aim higher.…
Higher Edu-Chaos: Civil Rights Laws, Declining Enrollments Put Colleges in a Bind
https://redstate.com/heartlandinstitute/2025/05/09/higher-ed…s-laws-declining-enrollments-put-colleges-in-a-bind-n2188827
– University President Alan Garber say Trump has no legal right to interfere with their operations and that doing so will destroy academic … freedom. … Government funding is thus the real threat to academic freedom.Before Trump, no president dared to challenge these institutions.…
President Trump Gives Full-Throated Support to Surgeon General Nominee Dr. Casey Means
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2025/05/08/president-trump-g…geon-general-nominee-dr-casey-means-bobby-loves-her-n2188834
– She's a brilliant woman who went through Stanford, and as I understand it, she basically wanted to be an academic as opposed to a surgeon … She's a very outstanding person, a great academic, actually. …  There are many names for the anti-vax and anti-mRNA movement (medical freedom, comes to mind), but these groups/concepts are…
Medical School Dean Fights the 'Stereotype' That Women Have Vaginas
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2025/06/19/pro-science-medic…its-a-sex-based-stereotype-that-women-have-vaginas-n2190653
– depriving them of their dignity, safety, and well-being.POTUS promised:[M]y Administration will defend women’s rights and protect freedom …  Maybe most notably, academic medicine has declared itself the prescription -- for an ailment otherwise known as America's Commander-in-Chief…
Jonathan Turley Schools Professor Who Claimed Uvalde Police 'Didn't Give a Damn' About 'Predominately Brown' Kids
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2022/05/29/professor-says-u…ly-brown-kids-jonathan-turley-schools-her-with-facts-n571926
– That is precisely what all faculty should enjoy as a matter of academic freedom and free speech. … That is precisely what all faculty should enjoy as a matter of academic freedom and free speech.…
Turning Point USA Announces Launch of Dream City Christian School in Phoenix
https://redstate.com/smoosieq/2022/06/09/tpusa-announces-launch-of-dream-city-christian-school-in-phoenix-n576728
– Turning Point USA (TPUSA), a 501(c)(3) organization “whose mission is to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote freedom … TPUSA tweeted about the launch and included a brief video highlighting both the reasons these academic options are needed and the promise…
We Need a New Republican Party
https://redstate.com/conrad_close/2015/08/28/need-new-republican-party-n53897
– The so-called social issues — law and order, abortion, gay marriage, religious freedom –are usually associated with blue-collar, ethnic … We must form sturdy partnerships with our allies for the preservation of freedom. … Freedom has been diminished and we stand on the brink of economic ruin.…
WTH Happened in Those Pathetic Midterms and What's That Mean for 2024?
https://redstate.com/andrewmalcolm/2022/11/13/wth-happened-i…those-pathetic-midterms-and-whats-that-mean-for-2024-n657899
– After every academic, personal, or athletic setback, we changed that negative focus by asking: What one thing could they do differently … energy independence, crushing ISIS, rebuilding the military, assembling a conservative Supreme Court majority, protecting religious freedom…
Everyday Americans Agree On How the Nation’s History Should Be Taught
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2022/12/15/everyday-americans-agree-on-how-the-nations-history-should-be-taught-n673922
– Many ran for office, flipping school boards from blue to red, and have already taken action to bring schools back to teaching academic … believed Democrats wanted students to learn about the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution and their roles in promoting freedom…
University's 'Harassment' Policy Requires Staff to Use Students' Preferred Pronouns
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2022/12/14/universitys-haras…cy-requires-staff-to-use-students-preferred-pronouns-n673792
– These days, teachers have been dethroned; students are substantially ruling the academic roost. … League University Will Give Transgender Students ‘Tucking Tape’ In addition to demanding certain speech, the policy guarantees freedom … : Freedom of Speech and First Amendment Protection This policy is not intended to inhibit or restrict free speech or the expression…
WATCH: Ron DeSantis Is Sworn in for Second Term, Praises Florida as 'Freedom’s Linchpin'
https://redstate.com/terichristoph/2023/01/03/watch-ron-desa…for-second-term-praises-florida-as-freedoms-linchpin-n682791
– Freedom lives here, in our great Sunshine State of Florida! … And freedom is worth fighting for. … Now fighting for freedom is not easy because the threats to freedom are more complex and more widespread than in the past – the threats…
MIT Goes Against the Grain, Releases a Stunning Statement Endorsing Free Speech
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/01/02/mit-goes-against…releases-a-stunning-statement-endorsing-free-speech-n682655
– from a diversity of viewpoints, and from the deliberation, debate, and dissent that accompany them, are essential ingredients of academic … freedom promotes scholarly rigor and the testing of ideas by protecting research, publication, and teaching from interference. … This commitment includes the freedom to criticize and peacefully protest speakers to whom one may object, but it does not extend to…
Virginia University's Storm of Skin-Based Equity Rains Down Upon Education
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/01/02/virginia-universi…storm-of-skin-based-equity-rains-down-upon-education-n682594
– space: Safe Space for Student Athletes — Create spaces for student athletes from a racial group to feel welcomed and have the freedom … JMU Athletic Academic advisors noted they need additional help working with students who present education impacting disabilities, … Nonwhites need special help; hence, JMU will do the following: Provide additional training for academic advisors regarding diversity…
Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Blasts Stanford University's Shameful Attempts to Silence Him on COVID
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2023/01/17/dr-jay-bhattacharya…niversitys-shameful-attempts-to-silence-him-on-covid-n689920
– In his piece, titled “How Stanford Failed the Academic Freedom Test,” Bhattacharya reminds us of how far people in power were willing … freedom was an implicit decision by the university to deplatform me. … Bhattacharya sums up his ordeal with a powerful indictment of the thought police running the university: Academic freedom at Stanford…
Discipline Is Indigestable: Health Official Warns Against Workplace Cake, Compares It to Secondhand Smoke
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/01/23/discipline-is-ind…ainst-workplace-cake-compares-it-to-secondhand-smoke-n693007
– It seems that may be a possibility, based on statements by a UK academic. … In our increasingly sensitive era, making such points may be problematic: Professor Fights for the ‘Freedom of Fat Bodies’ Medical…
Governor DeSantis' Vows to Banish DEI and CRT Bureaucrats and Their Hatemongering From Florida's Universities
https://redstate.com/streiff/2023/01/31/governor-desantis-vo…s-and-their-hatemongering-from-floridas-universities-n696890
– Instead, we need our higher education system to focus on promoting academic excellence, and the pursuit of truth, and to give students … These bureaucracies are hostile to academic freedom and they constitute a drain on resources and end up contributing to higher costs … They know you get these loans, they have the kids take out loans, they’re not improving the academic performance, they’re expanding…
Breakthrough: State Dumps Degree Requirement for 65,000 Jobs, Promotes 'Practical Experience' Over College
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/01/31/breakthrough-stat…5000-jobs-promotes-practical-experience-over-college-n696499
– Josh hailed freedom: “Every Pennsylvanian should have the freedom to chart their own course and have a real opportunity to succeed … Academic focus appears to have been replaced by an emphasis on social engineering.…
Chicago Teachers Instructed to Give Illegal Immigrant Students Passing Grades Despite Poor Performance
https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2024/09/20/chicago-teachers…migrant-students-passing-grades-despite-performance-n2179580
– This is a disgrace to education. pic.twitter.com/X3S8TSLwMG— Illinois Freedom Caucus 🇺🇸 (@ILFreedomCaucus) September 20, 2024The … teachers in Chicago are saying that they are being told to give passing grades to illegal immigrant students regardless of their academic…
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