Tag: academic freedom
From FIRE, Good News on Campus Free Speech
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is out now with a new report. It’s their yearly analysis of speech codes.
Breakthrough? Nature Calls for Openness in Science Education
“Diversity and doubt produce creativity; we must make room for them,” according to Jerry Ravetz.
Censors Silenced Eric Hedin, but They Couldn’t Silence David Gelernter: Here’s Why It Matters
Against Yale polymath David Gelernter, atheist Jerry Coyne had to resort to engaging the actual arguments.
Yale’s Gelernter: To Challenge Darwinism Is to “Take Your Life in Your Hands”
Fully as important as David Gelernter’s personal apostasy is his testimony about what happens to scientists who choose to “judge for themselves.”
In Massachusetts, Spreading Myths About Academic Freedom Legislation
In those few paragraphs, there’s a great deal of misinformation about academic freedom laws, how they harm science teaching and imperil students and educators.