by jpitney | Dec 5, 2021 | Cancel Culture, Civic Education, Free Speech, Higher Education
The Bipartisan Policy Center has a new report titled “Campus Free Expression: A New Roadmap.” From the executive summary: First, colleges and universities must address the perceived tension that pits academic freedom and freedom of expression against...
by jpitney | Nov 27, 2021 | civic virtue, Deliberation, Higher Education, Polarization
From Professor Robert George of Princeton: In recent days, our divisions have been stoked by high profile criminal cases. Viewed from the silos, the meanings of these cases seem obvious, and anyone who sees them differently must be an “ignoramus,” a “bigot,” an...
by jpitney | Nov 8, 2021 | Civic Education, Higher Education
Samuel J. Abrams at AEI: A recent study revealed that community college students who take political science classes are more likely to register to vote, turn out to vote, and understand constitutional checks and balances. As a political science professor who...
by jpitney | Nov 4, 2021 | Civic Education, Democracy, Education, Higher Education
At AEI, Jenna Silber Storey has a report titled Liberal Education and Liberal Democracy. Major points: The problems in contemporary liberal education are exacerbating problems in our practice of liberal democracy. Liberal education today does a poor job of teaching...
by jpitney | Oct 25, 2021 | Free Speech, Higher Education
Samuel J. Abrams at RealClearEducation: Thanks to the largest data set ever compiled on student’s views toward free speech, we now know that students who attend the nation’s elite schools – those that purportedly thrive in the world of research, innovation and...
by jpitney | Oct 21, 2021 | Civil Rights, Debate, Free Speech, Higher Education
Michael Powell at NYT: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology invited the geophysicist Dorian Abbot to give a prestigious public lecture this autumn. He seemed a natural choice, a scientific star who studies climate change and whether planets in distant solar...
