Mar 14, 2006
Our Article in AHA Perspectives Has Appeared
My article, "The AHA's Double Standard on Academic Freedom," co-authored by Ralph E. Luker and Robert K.C. Johnson, has appeared in the latest issue of AHA Perspectives:
Has the AHA turned its back on academic freedom? In January, members present at its business meeting rejected a resolution to condemn attacks on academic freedom, whether from the right or from the left.Read the rest here.Instead, they passed a weaker resolution that selectively condemned only threats coming from the right.
We weighed into this controversy as part of a three person"left/right" coalition for academic freedom.