Oct ‘22: Higher Ed Article Collection
The following are higher ed-related articles of interest from October 2022. Those of most interest are detailed in individual postings*
October Protests: Among them: Penn State (Gavin McInnes—cancelled); U Wisconsin (Matt Walsh); UC Davis (Stephen Davis—cancelled).
Universities Should Adopt Institutional Neutrality (Heterodox Academy, 10/18/22)
The Equity/Excellence Imperative, A 2030 Blueprint for Undergraduate Education at U.S. Research Universities* (UERU, Oct 2022 release); Excellence in Undergraduate Education Must Include Equity, Says Influential Group (Chronicle Higher Ed, 10/19/22)
We Need to Infuse Civic and Public Purpose into a College Education* (Inside Higher Ed, 10/13/22)
A Message to Our Alumni on Free Speech at Yale Law School* (Yale Law School, 10/12/22)
A Free-Speech Scandal at Berkeley Law: Nine student groups want to ban supporters of Israel from speaking. That’s wrong. (Chronicle Higher Ed 10/12/22)
Report: Over 90% of slanted articles in top US campus papers biased against Israel (Israel Hayom, 10/11//22)
Diversity, Equity, and Segregation (Campus Reform, 10/10/22)
Federal judges boycott Yale law grads, citing free speech concerns (Yale Daily News, 10/10/22); Two federal judges say they won’t hire Yale law clerks over ‘cancel culture’* (NY Post, 10/10/22)
Viewpoint Diversity Ranking of Leading US Colleges * (Kaufman, based on 2020/21 FIRE rankings and 2022 info to date).
Biden Administration Plans to End Inquiry of Colleges’ Foreign Funds (Chronicle Higher Ed, 10/5/22)
Academic Freedom Has Always Been Dirty. That’s a Good Thing. 3 new studies address academic freedom. One succeeds. (Chronicle Higher Ed, 10/4/22)
House Republicans want proof the Education Department supports academic freedom at colleges (Higher Ed Dive, Oct 4, 2022)
NYU Chem Professor Firing: At N.Y.U., Students Were Failing Organic Chemistry. Who Was to Blame? (NYT, 10/3/22); Guest Essay: The N.Y.U. Chemistry Students Shouldn’t Have Needed That Petition (NYT 10/7/22); NYU’s Firing of a Chemistry Professor Caused a Furor. Here’s What He Has to Say About It. (Chronicle Higher Ed 10/10/22); Learning From Our Limits: Why NYU was wrong to fire an instructor because his class was “too hard.” (Persuasion, 10/12/22); Colleges Are Now a Breeding Ground for Mediocrity, Not Meritocracy (Newsweek, 10/17/22)—by Alan Dershowitz, HLS Professor Emeritus; After a Professor’s Firing, College Students and Professors Weigh In on the New Landscape of Higher Ed (NYT, 10/30/22)
Kissinger Warns on Education Wokeness as National Security Threat*(HKS’ Education Next, 10/3/2022)
