Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University
Many concerned individuals, on campuses and beyond, have been monitoring and condemning the recent attacks on academic freedom, including the ever more aggressive incursion of partisan politics into universities' hiring and tenure practices. Today a diverse group of academics and others are joining together to collectively mark our resistance to the current abrogation of academic freedoms. To begin we are asking people to sign up so that their name may be added to the petition on our web page here, and to the petition as it will appear in the press. If you would like to join us, or for more information, please contact us at defend.university@gmail.com
In recent years, universities across the country have been targeted by outside groups seeking to influence what is taught and who can teach. To achieve their political agendas, these groups have defamed scholars, pressured administrators, and tried to bypass or subvert established procedures of academic governance. As a consequence, faculty have been denied jobs or tenure, and scholars have been denied public platforms from which to share their viewpoints. This violates an important principle of scholarship, the free exchange of ideas, subjecting them to ideological and political tests. These attacks threaten academic freedom and the core mission of institutions of higher education in a democratic society.To join us please contact: defend.university@gmail.comJoan Scott, Edmund Burke, Jeremy Adelman, Steven Caton, Jonathan Cole, Organizing Committee. | Ad Hoc Committee to Defend the University SignatoriesLinks to Related PagesClick here to send us an email with a request that your name be added to the petition signatories |
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