Tales From the Gulag
The administration, well-aware of these defamatory messages, did not refute them or even address their impropriety with the perpetrators of the misinformation.
Lawrence M. Krauss
· 11 min read
Academic Freedom
A collection of 27 posts
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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 7 min read