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Podcast #165: Peter Boghossian on Why He Quit Portland State University

“Grievance Studies” hoaxster and philosophy professor Peter Boghossian tells Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay why he could no longer continue waging his struggle for intellectual pluralism without first shaking off the ideological constraints of campus life.

Quillette / James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian

13 Sep 2021 · 1 min read

Diversity, Inclusion, and Academic Freedom: The Case of Gender Biology

But it is sad to see established facts now suppressed along with undesirable beliefs and opinions. And to see our institutions of higher learning being led to this kind of neo-obscurantism in the name of enlightened social attitudes.

Constantin Polychronakos

5 Apr 2021 · 9 min read

The Denial of Cancel Culture

The share of academics who lean left is between 71 and 83 percent across the first six columns, with just 4–16 percent conservative.

Eric Kaufmann

1 Sep 2020 · 14 min read

It Wasn’t My Cancelation That Bothered Me. It Was the Cowardice of Those Who Let It Happen

Dozens of scholars threatened to resign from the college if my appointment were allowed to stand.

Margaret Wente

9 Jul 2020 · 11 min read

Demoted and Placed on Probation

One young man said to me, “How did you get tenure?” When I said that I didn’t have tenure he said, “Good! Because you’re not going to get it.”

Stuart Reges

11 Jan 2020 · 14 min read

Academic Activists Send a Published Paper Down the Memory Hole

If a formally refereed and published paper can later be erased from the scientific record and replaced by a completely different article, without any discussion with the author or any announcement in the journal, what will this mean for the future of electronic journals?

Theodore P. Hill

7 Sep 2018 · 14 min read

As a Former Dean of Harvard Medical School, I Question Brown’s Failure to Defend Lisa Littman

Pursuing unorthodox scholarship can lead to frustration and failure, to exciting breakthroughs, or anything in between.

Jeffrey S. Flier

31 Aug 2018 · 8 min read

Academic Freedom Under Threat in Sweden

The universities’ mission is to seek the truth. That is not possible without academic freedom.

Ivar Arpi

14 Nov 2017 · 10 min read

China: Zero Tolerance for Academic Freedom

China quickly found itself facing dissatisfaction from those steamrollered by a policy of growth at all costs, in spite of the country’s economic and diplomatic successes.

Emilie Tran

19 Oct 2017 · 5 min read

Academic Freedom in an Age of Conformity

Williams concludes the interview by calling for greater intellectual diversity in the academy and a return to an open marketplace of ideas.

Sean Stevens

24 Apr 2016 · 3 min read

What Drives Academics Who Oppose Free Speech?

The tyranny of confirmation bias and the fanaticism of its enforcers are not only a disaster for academics themselves.

Jamie Palmer

10 Nov 2015 · 7 min read