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Nov 26, 2024 | 
heterodoxacademy.substack.com | Joe Cohn
A troubling situation is brewing at University of North Texas (UNT), where its chief compliance officer has erroneously invoked a state law to offer guidance to faculty regarding research and course instruction. The state law in question is SB 17, enacted in 2023.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
heterodoxacademy.substack.com | Joe Cohn
Last year, Indiana enacted a law, Senate Enrolled Act 202, with the stated intention of promoting viewpoint diversity and open inquiry on college campuses. Now the constitutionality of that new law and the policies Indiana University adopted to implement it have been challenged in federal court. Institutions of higher education cannot properly fulfill their academic missions without prioritizing viewpoint diversity and open inquiry.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
heterodoxacademy.substack.com | Joe Cohn
In the span of one week, three institutions recently issued significant sanctions against tenured members of their faculty. Digging into the details, we see plenty of reason for concern. Muhlenberg College fired outspoken pro-Palestinian anthropology professor Maura Finkelstein apparently for her anti-Israel bias.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
heterodoxacademy.substack.com | Joe Cohn
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
heterodoxacademy.substack.com | Joe Cohn
In a misguided attempt to protect students from anti-Semitism on their campuses, the Florida Board of Governors recently ordered all of its institutions to screen the content of their courses for antisemitism or anti-Israeli bias.
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Sep 29, 2023 | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Peter Laffin |Frederick M. Hess |Joe Cohn |Adam Carrington
Our college campuses are gripped with fear. This fear comes not so much from worry about physical safety, though such concerns certainly exist to varying degrees depending on the campus. Instead, this dread stems from the prospect of being “canceled.”The term canceled has entered the mainstream lexicon, at least online, as part of a cluster of terms describing contemporary progressive ideology as well as its enforcement against dissenting voices.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Frederick M. Hess |Joe Cohn |Travis C. Barham
Student loan payments are set to resume Oct. 1, after borrowers had a three-year break due to COVID-19. And while the Supreme Court spiked President Joe Biden’s grand gesture of student loan forgiveness, that hasn’t deterred the administration from trying to help student loan borrowers at the expense of all taxpayers. Its latest plan to “save” borrowers from repaying their loans comes in the form of an income-driven repayment program called Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE).
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Joe Cohn |Travis C. Barham |Alex Morey |Quin Hillyer
The shoutfests that pretend to be candidate debates these days have descended below embarrassing into the realm of sickening. It’s time to reestablish order and courtesy, with real enforcement. The rules should be simple and straightforward, and they should start with “no interruptions.” Period. DESANTIS SCORES CULTURE WAR WIN OVER DISNEYWithout further ado or explanation, here’s what should happen. First, all candidate microphones except that of the designated speaker should always be off.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
washingtonexaminer.com | Alex Morey |Julianna Rylko |Michael Poliakoff |Joe Cohn
Higher education is the key to upward mobility. Fostering a welcoming, discrimination-free environment in our colleges and universities helps students of all backgrounds have the chance to succeed. Academic institutions across the country have given this as their reason for investing millions of dollars in diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, programs. REPUBLICAN DEBATE: CAN GOP DEBATERS PUT PRESSURE ON TRUMP TO SHOW UP?
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Sep 13, 2023 | 
thehill.com | Nadine Strossen |Joe Cohn
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) just released yet another batch in a series of emails revealing a disturbing pattern of pressure by White House officials on Facebook and Instagram to suppress constitutionally protected speech. The First Amendment bars government officials from directly censoring the targeted speech, but it equally bars them from indirect censorship by deputizing social media companies to carry out their censorship agenda.
