Sept ‘22: Higher Ed Article Collection
The following are higher ed-related articles of interest from September 2022. Those of most interest will be detailed in individual postings*.
MIT Asks Its Faculty to Endorse Free Speech* (WSJ, 9/28/22)
Florida governor wants to stop colleges from taking money from ‘countries of concern,’ including China (Higher Ed Dive, 9/27/22)
An ‘us’ vs. ‘them’ mentality on campuses turns potential friends into allies — or enemies (Boston Globe, 9/26/22) —by Harvard Alum Samuel Abrams (AM 07, PHD 10)
When Truth and Social Justice Collide, Choose Truth: Why I’m resigning from my professional society. (Chronicle, 9/23/22)— by Jonathan Haidt
Academic Administrators Are Strangling Our Universities* (Tablet, 9/18/22)
I Committed Journalism, and Princeton Told Me Not to Communicate (WSJ, 9/23.22)
The Charade of Political Neutrality: Colleges are in the middle of the culture wars, whether they like it or not. (Chronicle, 9/16/22)
New Podcast Episode: Interview with Mitch Daniels* (AFA podcast, 9/15/22)
All US students are afraid to speak – and we should be worried* (Times Higher Ed, 9/19/22) —by Harvard Alum Samuel Abrams (AM 07, PHD 10)
MIT moves forward with ‘freedom of expression’ statement (College Fix, 9/16/22)
My High School’s ‘Antiracist’ Agitprop* (WSJ, 9/15/22)
Public comment period for Biden’s Title IX proposal is over. What’s next? (Higher Ed Dive 9/15/22)
Threats Left and Right: A Conversation with David Greenberg (AFA, 9/15/22)
UChicago Is America’s Best College for Free Speech, FIRE Says (Chicago Thinker, 9/10/22)
2022 Free Speech Rankings are Release* (College Pulse, FIRE, 9/8/22)