Faculty Lounge Public University Scrubbed Pro-Life Students’ Chalk Messages Spencer Irvine March 18, 2017 This sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen at Kutztown University: The Students for Life chapter had written the messages in…
Faculty Lounge ‘Bracket of Shame’ Tracks Colleges with Poor Free Speech Policies Spencer Irvine Apparently, there are enough colleges and universities to sort through who has the worst policy regarding the freedom of speech…
Faculty Lounge The Real Lessons of Middlebury College Spencer Irvine March 16, 2017 The American Spectator had a special report on the Middlebury College debate disruption by students and non-students, pointing out that the war…
Faculty Lounge Is a Conservative Professor at UCLA being Targeted by His Department? Spencer Irvine The ongoing saga at UCLA continues, where conservative professor Keith Fink saw his free speech course have its enrollment capped…
Faculty Lounge University Presidents Refuse to Sign ‘Intellectual Freedom Commitment’ Spencer Irvine March 15, 2017 Several university presidents have said that they won’t sign an “intellectual freedom commitment” proposed by the president of the National…
Faculty Lounge Why Shouting Down Speakers is Absolutely Wrong Spencer Irvine March 14, 2017 At the Academe Blog, John K. Wilson writes about why shouting down speakers is absolutely wrong because it continues to…
Faculty Lounge Wimpy Professors are the Culprits Spencer Irvine From The Unz Review: No matter how you slice or dice it, today’s universities, particularly in the humanities and social…
Faculty Lounge Berkeley Students to Hold Event on Milo and the Freedom of Speech Spencer Irvine March 13, 2017 After the riots and damages at Cal-Berkeley and the discussions about free speech at Berkeley, the Students for Liberty and…
Perspectives Middlebury’s Muddled Mission Malcolm A. Kline Academia today abounds in ironies, although, more often than not, the irony is lost on the denizens of academe itself….
Faculty Lounge Alumna: Violent Protests at Middlebury College should not Repress Free Speech Spencer Irvine March 11, 2017 An alumna of Middlebury College, Jean Card, recently wrote an op-ed blasting the protesters for oppressing free speech during their…
Faculty Lounge Is the Middlebury College Faculty to Blame for Violent Protest of Conservative Speaker? Spencer Irvine March 10, 2017 From the Boston Magazine: That is why what happened to Murray at Middlebury last week is so alarming. At the…
Faculty Lounge College Professor Horrified by Violent Protest at Middlebury College Spencer Irvine Jay Parini, a college professor at Middlebury College, went on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson’s show and expressed his shock at…
