Nov ‘22 Higher Ed Article Collection
The following are higher ed-related articles of interest from November 2022. Those of most interest are detailed in individual postings.*
Stanford Academic Freedom Conference* (Stanford Graduate School of Business; 11/4-11/5/22; video links included)*; A Conference Says Academic Freedom Is in Danger. Critics Say the Event Is Part of the Problem: To some at Stanford, the event is alarming evidence that the elite university is fueling threats to democracy and public health.(Chronicle of Higher Ed, 11/3/22); Divisive Academic Freedom Conference Proceeds: Controversial event at Stanford University goes forward amid controversy (Inside Higher Ed, 11/7/22; The Leftists Who Cried Exclusion: Stanford Faculty Tramples Academic Freedom (Stanford Review, 11/15/22)
Why doesn’t the Education Department collect racial data on college applicants? — report calls for government gathering information on admission factors including race, legacy preferences, early decision programs (Higher Ed Dive, 11/30/22)
Zero Republican professors found across 33 departments at seven universities (College Fix, 11/29/22); Related—Colleges have a serious diversity problem. Just not the one they think (Washington Examiner, 12/3/22)
How Qatari money is undermining free speech at universities (Spectator 11/28/22); Related: Outsourced to Qatar: A Case Study of Northwestern University-Qatar (National Association of Scholars, 9/13/22)—Northwestern University focus
Law School without LSATS* (Wall Street Journal, 11/24/22)
Experiences of an Undergraduate Contrarian at American University* (Heterodox STEM 11/21/22)
Stanford, Michigan, Duke, Northwestern law schools join wave swearing off U.S. News rankings (Higher Ed Dive, 11/21/22)
The Center for Journalism & Democracy Opens at Howard University, founded by 1619’s Project’s Nicole Hannah Jones
More than 1,000 professors sign on to ‘Stanford Academic Freedom Declaration* (College Fix, 11/18/22)
FIRE Launches Alumni Network Resources* (FIRE, 11/15/22)
My Cartoonish Cancelation (Chronicle of Higher Ed, 11/10/22) —at U Michigan
Instructor Postpones Class on Whiteness After Harassment, Threats: Following a social media outcry, instructor Rebecca Journey rescheduled the course “The Problem of Whiteness” due to safety concerns. (Chicago Maroon, 11/9/22)—at University of Chicago
What do We Really Mean by Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?* (The Hill, 11/7/22) — plus Abbot’s (AB 04, MA 04, PhD 08) Merit, Fairness, Equality
Why We Need Inclusive Ethnic Studies (RealClear Education, 11/7/22)—by FAIR’s Dana Stangel-Plowe & Grayson Slover
The Academic Vocation: How activist professors corrupt the university—and the polity* (City Journal, 11/3/22)
