The devil’s in the details
So I’ve looked at the “academic bill of rights” introduced in the Florida legislature, and there’s something very curious about it, as I noted earlier: there’s absolutely nothing in it either about the academic freedom of faculty or about the freedom of the institution from legislative meddling, which does appear in the so-called model language […]
And it just keeps coming
Two news stories reminds us all that the attacks on academic freedom and campus speech can come from anywhere. The sloppily-written so-called Academic Bill of Rights (ABOR) has been introduced in the Florida legislature as House Bill 837—something I need to write about, given my views about faculty needing to advocate for universities. For now, […]
On academic fraud and credentials
In response to one of the allegations swirling around Ward Churchill, Ralph Luker has a poignant and thoughtful story about Martin Luther King and Luker’s mentor at Drew University that raises some good questions about academic credentialism. I’m not sure I agree with Luker’s conclusions, but he’s right to point out the mote in our […]
On taking things out of context
If I’m going to slam a conservative for taking my writings out of context, I should note that it’s not a feature of life that’s bounded by partisan or ideological leanings. As Dispatches from the Culture Wars makes clear, the criticism of Jada Pinkett Smith’s appearance at a Harvard University forum on diversity is as […]
Working for boba…
By Sherman Dorn on March 5, 2005
I’m currently in the north Tampa Boba Internet Cafe, having fled my office after a few hours of isolation (and good work on my chapter for the Imagined Communities book). I’ve seen it several times while driving past and decided to try it. It serves “bubble drinks,” or sweetened teas or fruit drinks with tapioca […]
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