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Academic Freedom Podcast Returns
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (39+ words) A new episode of the Academic Freedom Podcast has been released. This episode features a conversation with Brian Soucek about his new book, The Opinionated University, and the compatibility between academic freedom commitments and DEI initiatives and institutional speech....
G. T. School's bet on gifted ed: Cash rewards, 2 hours of AI tutoring, no lectures
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (566+ words) She is also willing to articulate the case against her own project. The voucher program her school benefits from will probably bid up tuition the way federal aid bid up college costs. Bad ed-tech is worse than no ed-tech. Putting…...
How To Assess AI-Aided Students?
5+ day, 52+ min ago (6+ words) We need to reconsider oral evaluations....
Justice Scalia's Message To Law School Faculty
1+ week, 1+ day ago (13+ words) I heard Justice Scalia bestow this wisdom in 2013, and never forgot it....
Wisconsin S. Ct. Strikes Down Race-Based College Aid Program
1+ week, 1+ day ago (20+ words) The decision, in yesterday's Rabiebna v. Higher Ed. Aids Bd. , was written by Justice Annette Kingsland Ziegler, and joined by. .....
'Unmasking, naming, and shaming': This academic freedom group is pushing for campus censorship
1+ week, 3+ day ago (425+ words) A premier institution dedicated to advancing academic freedom is reportedly working to limit free speech on college campuses. But new revelations from City Journal indicate that the CDAF is not living up to its name; instead, its membership has taken…...
Why George Mason is the most fascinating Founding Father
1+ mon, 21+ hour ago (14+ words) I'm not saying that just because I teach at the university named after him....
No Heckler's Veto Allowed at School Board Meetings
2+ week, 2+ day ago (192+ words) The case arose when a public commenter "attempted to express her views regarding the school district's alleged teaching of critical race theory."...
Law Students: Interested in Helping With Cite-Checking on the Journal of Free Speech Law?
2+ week, 6+ day ago (22+ words) Our Journal of Free Speech Law is faculty-edited, and we have a part-time professional proofreader and bluebooker. Also, because most. .....
More than 1, 000 UC professors want standardized tests back
3+ week, 1+ day ago (465+ words) A growing consortium of University of California (U. C.) educators is imploring the state system to consider basic testing standards for STEM applicants. As of Thursday, more than 1, 400 U. C. faculty members have signed onto a letter calling for the reinstatement of the SAT…...