Results for: academic freedom

Nearly 700 Professors Protest a Bill Requiring Students to Study the Constitution
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2023/04/30/nearly-700-profes…a-bill-requiring-students-to-study-the-constitution-n739144
– H.B. 96 violates core principles of academic freedom. … That investigation probed “shared governance, academic freedom, and institutional racism at UNC.” … Is the problem with public education a lack of freedom in the classroom? Or is it a lack of education?…
Florida State Board of Education Bans LGBTQ+ Topics in Schools: Is It a Step Too Far?
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/04/23/florida-state-board-of…on-bans-lgbtq-topics-in-schools-is-it-a-step-too-far-n735690
– about sexual orientation or gender identity, unless it is part of a reproductive health course or explicitly required by state academic … has been met with criticism from LGBTQ+ advocates and the White House, with some calling it “dystopian” and an infringement on freedom … They believe that teachers should have the freedom to discuss important social issues, including LGBTQ+ topics, in an age-appropriate…
WATCH: Bill Maher Presents 'Cojones Awards' for Outstanding Achievement in Fighting Against 'Woke'
https://redstate.com/mike_miller/2023/04/22/watch-bill-maher…for-outstanding-achievement-in-fighting-against-woke-n735214
– the college Here’s Pollack, as transcribed by the Blaze: It is critical to our mission as a university to think deeply about freedom … Free expression and academic freedom are the bedrock not just of the university, but of democracy. … Take your time — but we won’t hold our freedom-of-speech-loving breath.…
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 academicfreedom 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.…
Boston Celtics' Enes Kanter Triples Down on Nike's Relationship with China, Calls Out LeBron James and Michael Jordan
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2021/10/25/boston-celtics-en…with-china-calls-out-lebron-james-and-michael-jordan-n463393
– They are subject to political reeducation, they have no freedom of expression, no freedom of religion. … So, this is not academic, or the latest cause célèbre, as it is with so many other athletes.…
University Wrecks Racism, Redrafts Architecture With Nonwhite Wokeness
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2021/11/06/university-wrecks-racism-redrafts-architecture-with-nonwhite-wokeness-n471239
– Available openings are “100%-time academic year (9-month), tenured or tenure-track faculty” sorts that will be “supplemented by a generous … -ALEX   See more content from me: Professor Fights for the ‘Freedom of Fat Bodies’ ‘Antiracist’ Infant?…
Professor Fights for the 'Freedom of Fat Bodies'
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2021/11/04/professor-fights-for-the-freedom-of-fat-bodies-n469594
– The academic expressed a huge concern: “How are fat students experiencing fat phobia and sizeism?” … We illuminate potential pathways forward for recognizing a range of actions that contribute to the freedom of fat bodies.…
Slowly but Surely Common Sense Creeps Back Into America via Comedians
https://redstate.com/tladuke/2021/11/16/slowly-but-surely-common-sense-creeps-back-into-america-via-comedians-n475513
– Over the past decade though, this country and its academic leaders have taken a path away from common sense and embarked on a path … “Our objective is to uplift conversations around artistic freedom and artistic responsibility.” … The freedom of thinking and doing the best you can with your God-given abilities.…
Why Congress Is Troubled by the Saule Omarova Nomination
https://redstate.com/dennis_santiago/2021/11/09/why-congress-is-troubled-by-the-saule-omarova-nomination-n472870
– And for a nation like the United States where freedom of choice is deeply embedded into the culture, it’s a tough pill to swallow. … Ultimately, the question is do the Democrats want to risk banking policies moving in the centralized direction that academic scholars…
Nearly a Dozen Medical Schools Undergo an 'Antiracist Transformation'
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2021/11/09/nearly-a-dozen-medical-schools-undergo-an-antiracist-transformation-n472334
– “Racism,” it asserts, “permeates clinical practice and biomedical research, public health policy, and academic advancement. …   See more content from me: University Wrecks Racism, Redrafts Architecture With Nonwhite Wokeness Professor Fights for the ‘Freedom
Why All the Fuss Over the University of Austin?
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2021/11/19/why-all-the-fuss-over-the-university-of-austin-n478594
– are contradictory: The University of Austin’s explicitly stated ideological commitment is to a pluralistic, classically liberal freedom … And for an intellectual vehicle so committed to diversity of thought that it can’t even exist in the current academic landscape, its … Burns suggested that “there appears to be no substance behind the allegedly academic effort” and that “none of the instructors are…
Free Speech and the Israel-Palestine Debate: Where Do We Draw the Line?
https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/10/30/progressive-are-paying…ut-against-israel-will-they-embrace-free-speech-now-n2165722
– But this debate isn’t limited only to academic institutions. … Others would also point to the concept of freedom of association as well.…
Hail to the Chief … of the Teachers Union?
https://redstate.com/freedom-foundation/2022/01/19/hail-to-the-chief-of-the-teachers-union-n508691
– The Freedom Foundation has exposed numerous examples from coast to coast of teachers’ unions trying to delay a return to normalcy from … Never mind that children in school districts run by these teachers’ unions have been set back years in academic potential, or that…
Princeton Points Students to National Condom Day, Hosts Contraceptive Arts and Crafts
https://redstate.com/alexparker/2022/01/29/princeton-points…ional-condom-day-hosts-contraceptive-arts-and-crafts-n514712
– is to offer this track as a defined pathway for students who are interested in the topic, as well as to set them up for future academic … Transformation’ Colorado University Hosts Teacher Training to Fight the ‘White Supremacy’ of ‘Productivity’ Professor Fights for the ‘Freedom
Author of 1619 Project Tells Us All Why We Are Bad People for Being Engaged in Our Children's Education
https://redstate.com/streiff/2022/01/29/author-of-1619-proje…people-for-being-engaged-in-our-childrens-education-n514550
– to a different school, but the word was that if you opened your mouth, the principal would blackball your application the next academic … Ironically, if I really wanted to demolish the current public education system in favor of one with greater parental choice and freedom
EXCLUSIVE: School Forces 9-Year-Old to Sit Outside Alone for Hours, Deems Him a 'Clear and Present Danger' for Refusing to Wear Mask
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2022/02/03/school-forces-9-y…clear-and-present-danger-for-refusing-to-wear-a-mask-n503880
– When a student is exhibiting academic, attendance, social and/or behavioral problems the student’s school will convene a Student Success … told that perhaps a dozen school districts in the state have made masks optional because their families overwhelmingly wanted that freedom
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