One of the most irritating aspects of the entire Columbia academic freedom debate is the persistent cry of “McCarthyism” from the MEALAC department’s defenders.
At Washington University, students also engaged in school-directed lobbying of the state legislature on behalf of university-approved positions as part of a course for credit.
Back in 2000, the University of Oklahoma tried to punish Professor Deming for “sexual harassment” for writing a letter to the campus paper in support of gun rights that some people found offensive.
Student activists have taken advantage of the public attention garnered by the recent controversy to demand numerous changes on campus at a student-organized “Speak Out for an Anti-Sexist Harvard” rally.
The School of Social Work at Rhode Island College has threatened to reduce a student’s grades if he chooses not to lobby the Rhode Island legislature for policies with which he disagrees.
I know that everyone says things are “bigger in Texas,” but remember the Texas Tech “free speech gazebo” was one of the smallest free speech zones FIRE has ever seen.
In response to the outrageous violation of academic freedom at Le Moyne College, dozens of FIRE friends and supporters have written the college to urge it to readmit Scott McConnell.
Recently, I received a letter from two law students at Gonzaga University School of Law who accused the college of violating the rights of their first Christian pro-life group.
