academic freedom

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• SOURCE: CNN
  8/28/19
  

  Bret Stephens launches a foolish Twitter war

  by David M. Perry

  Being called a bedbug just isn't a big deal. Writing to a provost about the actions of an academic on Twitter, which Stephens said he did because "managers should be aware" how "their people...interact in the world," is the big deal. 

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• SOURCE: inside Higher Ed
  4/9/19
  

  Henry Reichman Argues the Future of Academic Freedom Is Up To Us

  Reichman argues, the “time for engagement is now."

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• 3/21/19
  

  Trump's Executive Order Censors Free Speech on College Campuses

  by Ed Simon

  The House Un-American Activities Committee and the real intent of Trump's "free speech" executive order. 

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• 2-28-16
  

  Has Wheaton Betrayed Its Origins?

  by Don James McLaughlin

  While it’s impossible to say what Wheaton's founder would have thought of the school's latest controversy, as an abolitionist he stood up for intellectual freedom.

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  6-11-15
  

  Historians join other scholars in defending tenure and academic freedom in Wisconsin

  The American Historical Association has joined with 21 other scholarly societies in a statement protesting proposed changes to the structure of the University of Wisconsin system that threaten to undermine tenure, shared governance, and academic freedom in Wisconsin.

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• SOURCE: AP
  3-30-14
  

  Russian Professor Fired for “Immoral Act” Offered Job by Czechs

  Zubov’s offense was writing an op-ed for the nation’s No. 1 daily newspaper, comparing the actions of Russia’s leader President Vladimir Putin, who bloodlessly annexed Ukraine’s largely Russophone Crimea, with Adolph Hitler, who bloodlessly annexed Germanophone Sudetenland.

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• SOURCE: AMERICAblog
  3-25-14
  

  Leading Russian historian sacked for comparing Ukraine invasion to Sudetenland

  Andrei Zubov was fired from his job as a history professor at Moscow State Institute of International Relations.

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• 10-24-13
  

  The Banal Reality of Censoring Books in China

  by David Austin Walsh

  For a Western academic, publishing in China is a painful process of back-and-forth between editors and authors. Just like everywhere else.