Institutions of all stripes “speak” in ways that influence the speech or thoughts of their members. Colleges are no exception. Universities “express their values” not just via formal statements from the office of the president, but in subtler ways—from the naming of buildings and placing of monuments to the awarding of honorary degrees and even the invitation of speakers. But does this institutional expression undermine free inquiry and viewpoint diversity? For a university to remain true to its truth-seeking mission, ought it pursue a policy of “institutional neutrality” instead? “A university, if it is to be true to its faith in intellectual inquiry, must embrace, be hospitable to, and encourage the widest diversity of views within its own community,” argued a 1967 report by the Kalven Committee for the University of Chicago. John Tomasi will invite you to consider how the ideal of neutrality might be appropriate to Catholic or faith-based colleges generally, and to Providence College in particular. https://lnkd.in/guNFKWQR
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Alongside 150 colleagues from throughout the University of California system, including many major figures in Middle East Studies: Stacy Fahrenthold, Heghnar Watenpaugh, Patricia Morton, Sholeh Quinn; those engaged in cutting-edge Holocaust research: UCLA's Michael Rothberg, and leading and rising historians and area studies specialists: Marian Schlotterbeck and Archana Venkatesan, we sent a letter to UC President Michael Drake calling on him to rescind his plan to spend millions of dollars imposing “viewpoint neutral history of the #MiddleEast ” on our campuses and students. We explain that if the UC administration determines “how and what we teach” in our field, it will “set a chilling precedent” affecting the teaching of all topics of public concern and critical debate like climate change, histories of racism, #genocide, and mass atrocity. We note that his statements question the academic integrity of “scholars already engaged in the historical study and teaching of the Middle East,” and remind him that “the sole responsibility for maintaining the quality of our universities’ academic programs” rests with the faculty. We ask him to “to reaffirm the independence and integrity of UC faculty to educate without outside interference; to rescind the call for “viewpoint-neutral history” that directly undermines the prerogative and ability of UC faculty to educate students.” And we ask him to reaffirm his commitment to protecting academic freedom and the First Amendment right to free speech for students, faculty and staff around the war in Gaza, Israel/Palestine and any other issue of public concern and debate. #AcademicFreedom #history
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https://lnkd.in/e47zJHNp Here is an article about A Wonderful Academic Year at Our Secondary School.
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Join us in Rochester for our free Michigan Conference on Introductory History Courses on September 20 and 21 at Oakland University. What skills and support do today’s students need to thrive on college campuses? How can all educators help students succeed in the transition from K-12 to post-secondary studies? What are we trying to achieve in introductory history courses in Michigan in high school and college?
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'The Public University as a Real Utopia' explores institutional democracy, academic freedom, and the curriculum as the real utopian 'constituents' of the public university. Read more here: https://bit.ly/4ckpssi.
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Efforts to create a DEIB culture in higher education are crucial for improving education. The problem is too many rely on equality principles that raise questions about “merit” instead of relying on Equity principles. Consider this statement: “Building a faculty and staff who are reflective of the students and communities we serve is integral to our commitment to put diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) and anti-racism at the heart of our work.” Can you see why this laudable effort to create equality will only cause a backlash? What would an equity statement look like?
“Blanken disagrees with the DEIA policy’s premise that racism is embedded in institutions, including California’s community colleges, or in disciplines such as chemistry, math and physics. He argues that these fields should be taught in a way that is race- and gender-neutral. That is at the crux of the lawsuit by the six plaintiffs.” #deib #policy #accountability #competency #communitycolleges #faculty #race #neutral https://lnkd.in/gzbr-Qap
Community College Professors Allege New Diversity Policies Infringe on Academic Freedom (KQED - San Francisco, CA)
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Studying the effects of interim feedback on perceptions and outcomes of assessment in a first-year history course, Morecroft and Campbell's publication with #IETI_Journal discusses the transition of first year higher education students See link-https://lnkd.in/eSJWhYDd
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The ability to regulate time, place, and manner is critical for universities to both facilitate and protect free speech while ensuring the safe continuation of campus operations like classes, final exam periods, etc. From the piece by president Christopher Eisgruber (hat tip to Gadi Dechter for posting): "The University thus may, and indeed does, limit the times and places where protests can occur. It may, and indeed does, prohibit tactics, such as encampments or the occupation of buildings, that interfere with the scholarly and educational mission of the University or that increase safety risks to members of the University community. "These time, place, and manner regulations are viewpoint-neutral and content-neutral. They apply to any protest or event, regardless of which side they take or what issues they raise. "Time, place, and manner regulations are fully consistent with — indeed, they are necessary to — Princeton’s commitment to free speech. The purpose of our policy is “to promote a lively and fearless freedom of debate and deliberation,” not simply to maximize expression in all its forms, no matter how disruptive. "Dialogue, debate, and deliberation depend upon maintaining a campus that is free from intimidation, obstruction, risks to physical safety, or other impediments to the University’s scholarship, research, and teaching missions."
Princeton president: "Confrontations at Columbia, Yale, and other campuses around the country have highlighted the importance of 'time, place, and manner' regulations to universities’ academic and educational missions. Because the enforcement of these rules is essential to our community as well, I wanted to offer some observations about their role at Princeton and their relationship to other free speech principles."
On encampments, free speech, and ‘time, place, and manner’ rules on university campuses
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Today, the final books for my fall semester of 2024 came in the mail. This stack of books encompasses the Western Tradition, covering the ancient, modern, and Christian pillars of the west. My classes this upcoming semester will be conducted Socratic Seminar style, with close readings of these texts, engaging with the important questions that they produce. Yet, this type of education is not found just anywhere, in fact it’s quite rare to find in most colleges and universities today. Thankfully, the The Honors College of Belmont Abbey College provides this form of classical liberal arts education- the one that so many great thinkers, leaders, and teachers have been formed by. If you’re a student or a parent- consider coming to or sending your child to the Honors College at Belmont Abbey. It’s an education like no other that seeks to do what education should do- induce the human person to virtue and happiness.
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Grand Canyon University- News Dept of Education Levies Fine on Largest Christian University for Misleading Cost Claims in Doctoral Programs The Department of Education (ED) has recently imposed a substantial fine on the largest Christian university in the United States, Grand Canyon University (GCU), for allegedly providing false information about the costs of its doctoral programs Know More: https://lnkd.in/ds-NRdbJ #EdNewsUpdates #EducationMatters #LatestInLearning #SchoolNews #EdPolicy #LearningTrends #EduInnovations #GlobalEdNews #CampusUpdates #EdTechTrends
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