Academic Freedom

Special Pleading: Free Speech and Australian Universities
Communication
December 13, 2018

Special Pleading: Free Speech and Australian Universities

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The US Professoriat and the Limits of Free Speech
Communication
May 9, 2018

The US Professoriat and the Limits of Free Speech

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A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities
Higher Education Reform
February 14, 2018

A Cry From Canada: Freedom of Expression Under Attack at Our Universities

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Webinar Archive: Disinvited Speakers and Academic Freedom
Public Policy
October 10, 2017

Webinar Archive: Disinvited Speakers and Academic Freedom

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Limiting Campus Free Expression is Intolerance, Too

Limiting Campus Free Expression is Intolerance, Too

The response on many universities to a high tide of intolerance has been to limit free speech. That, says James Turk, is exactly the wrong response.

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Margaret Atwood: Please Don’t Censor Science Communication

Margaret Atwood: Please Don’t Censor Science Communication

A concern for free expression and respect for science journalism are two themes Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood expounds on in an article in the newest edition of ‘Index on Censorship.’

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Would Legislation Make Campus Free Speech Less Free?

Would Legislation Make Campus Free Speech Less Free?

Around the United States, state lawmakers have been talking about – and legislating – ways intended to protect free speech on college campuses. Bt some of the approaches may do more harm than good, argues Neal Hutchens.

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Intolerance Threatens Free Inquiry in India’s Universities

Intolerance Threatens Free Inquiry in India’s Universities

The only way out of the current state of tension for Indian universities, argues political scientists Aftab Alam, is for the institutions to learn to tolerate everything except intolerance.

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In Search of Conservative Sociology

In Search of Conservative Sociology

As sociology has drifted further and further from any conservative touchstones, argues Robert Dingwall, it has become less and less able to understand the society that provides its subsistence.

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Common Rule Reform – A Botched Job

Common Rule Reform – A Botched Job

The rush to publish a revised Common Rule for federally funded human research in the United States has created a flawed regulatory regime, says Robert Dingwall., Time to tear the whole edifice down and start over, he suggests.

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Why Are Free Speech and Diversity Seen as Campus Enemies?

Why Are Free Speech and Diversity Seen as Campus Enemies?

The news that students at City, University of London have voted to ban The Sun, Daily Mail and Express newspapers from its […]

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In Defense of the Trigger Warning

In Defense of the Trigger Warning

A literature professor who has offered ‘trigger warnings’ to students argues that the warnings are designed to open up a discussion of difficult material – not suppress it.

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