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"Steve Dufour" |
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25 Dec 2005 10:18:59 PM |
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States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights' |
Updated: Sunday, December 25, 2005 11:01 PM EST
United Press International
States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights'
Dec. 25, 2005 at 6:13PM
Several states including Pennsylvania are considering legislation to
encourage free debate and protect students against discrimination for
political views.
David Horowitz, president of the Center for the Study of Popular
Culture, has been lobbying more than a dozen state legislatures to pass
an "Academic Bill of Rights, reported the New York Times Sunday.
Horowitz says his campaign for intellectual diversity is
nonpartisan, but the campaign appears to be fueled by studies that show
the number of Democratic professors is generally much larger than the
number of Republicans -- and by stories of students, mostly
Republicans, who say they have experienced discrimination because of
their political views.
In Pennsylvania, lawmakers have held hearings on whether the
political climate at its 18 state-run colleges requires legislation to
ban bias.
Eleven states are considering the measure or something similar,
while three states have rejected comparable efforts.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights' |
25 Dec 2005 10:37:45 PM |
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Professors - especially in social-studies fields - talk a lot about
"academic freedom." But they cannot expect the taxpayer to be forced
to give them a captive audience and facilities to propagandize.
"Academic freedom" was a concept that evolved during the Middle Ages -
when NOBODY but students were forced to pay to fund colleges!
No $4 to park! No $6 admission! http://www.INTERNET-GUN-SHOW.com
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| User: "Gray Shockley" |
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| Title: Re: States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights' |
09 Jan 2006 10:00:58 PM |
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On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:37:45 -0600, wrote:
Professors - especially in social-studies fields - talk a lot about
"academic freedom." But they cannot expect the taxpayer to be forced
to give them a captive audience and facilities to propagandize.
"Academic freedom" was a concept that evolved during the Middle Ages -
when NOBODY but students were forced to pay to fund colleges!
No $4 to park! No $6 admission! http://www.INTERNET-GUN-SHOW.com
We now have an entry for weirdest posting of the month.
Perhaps "nutpath" was misspelled.
Gray Shockley
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It is better to live on your feet
than to die on your knees.
- Robert Anson Heinlein
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights' |
10 Jan 2006 10:56:17 AM |
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In article <0001HW.BFE88D9A00470F85F0284550@news.giganews.com> writes:
On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:37:45 -0600, wrote:
Professors - especially in social-studies fields - talk a lot about
"academic freedom." But they cannot expect the taxpayer to be forced
to give them a captive audience and facilities to propagandize.
"Academic freedom" was a concept that evolved during the Middle Ages -
when NOBODY but students were forced to pay to fund colleges!
No $4 to park! No $6 admission! http://www.INTERNET-GUN-SHOW.com
We now have an entry for weirdest posting of the month.
I would usually agree, but the post I read immediately before this
one been from somone who was channeling St. Aquinus.
-- cary
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| User: "Gray Shockley" |
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| Title: Re: States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights' |
10 Jan 2006 12:01:37 PM |
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:56:17 -0600, Cary Kittrell wrote:
In article <0001HW.BFE88D9A00470F85F0284550@news.giganews.com>
grayshockley@gmail.com writes:
On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:37:45 -0600, wrote:
Professors - especially in social-studies fields - talk a lot about
"academic freedom." But they cannot expect the taxpayer to be forced
to give them a captive audience and facilities to propagandize.
"Academic freedom" was a concept that evolved during the Middle Ages -
when NOBODY but students were forced to pay to fund colleges!
No $4 to park! No $6 admission! http://www.INTERNET-GUN-SHOW.com
We now have an entry for weirdest posting of the month.
I would usually agree, but the post I read immediately before this
one been from somone who was channeling St. Aquinus.
-- cary
Oh?
I didn't see that.
I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't
see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that.
I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't
see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that.
I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't
see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that.
I really, really didn't see that.
But if I had, I would have wondered why Tom A. I mean, after all,
if one were doing a Christian saint, how 'bout a fourth prophecy of
Fatima? Or a look forward to Saint Pat of Robertson or Saint Jerry
of Falwell. Hm,m,m - that's assuming that these two saints are
being promoted to upstairs.
++ gray
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| User: "Cary Kittrell" |
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| Title: Re: States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights' |
10 Jan 2006 12:06:22 PM |
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In article <0001HW.BFE952A10021F922F0284550@news.giganews.com> writes:
On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 10:56:17 -0600, Cary Kittrell wrote:
In article <0001HW.BFE88D9A00470F85F0284550@news.giganews.com>
writes:
On Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:37:45 -0600, wrote:
Professors - especially in social-studies fields - talk a lot about
"academic freedom." But they cannot expect the taxpayer to be forced
to give them a captive audience and facilities to propagandize.
"Academic freedom" was a concept that evolved during the Middle Ages -
when NOBODY but students were forced to pay to fund colleges!
No $4 to park! No $6 admission! http://www.INTERNET-GUN-SHOW.com
We now have an entry for weirdest posting of the month.
I would usually agree, but the post I read immediately before this
one been from somone who was channeling St. Aquinus.
-- cary
Oh?
I didn't see that.
I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't
see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that.
I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't
see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that.
I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't
see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that. I didn't see that.
I really, really didn't see that.
But if I had, I would have wondered why Tom A. I mean, after all,
if one were doing a Christian saint, how 'bout a fourth prophecy of
Fatima? Or a look forward to Saint Pat of Robertson or Saint Jerry
of Falwell. Hm,m,m - that's assuming that these two saints are
being promoted to upstairs.
Or how about Saint Augustine?: "Hey, know all this ***** I said?
JUST KIDDING!!!".
-- cary
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights' |
27 Dec 2005 03:40:58 AM |
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Steve Dufour wrote:
I can see Horowitz's 'academic bill of rights' being used by
a physics student who doesn't believe in gravity.
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| User: "CPTFreedm" |
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| Title: Re: States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights' |
27 Dec 2005 10:18:04 AM |
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wrote:
Steve Dufour wrote:
I can see Horowitz's 'academic bill of rights' being used by
a physics student who doesn't believe in gravity.
I can't imagine a public University where *ACTUAL* diversity of thought
and intellect were *allowed*. The SBOR will help foster that.
You have a right to say what you will, no matter how stupid (use your
own post as an example), inane or even *gasp* insulting.
You *DO NOT* have any right to not be offended. Just as you shouldn't.
CPT
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: States mull 'Academic Bill of Rights' |
10 Jan 2006 09:59:25 PM |
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CPTFreedm wrote:
I can see Horowitz's 'academic bill of rights' being used by
a physics student who doesn't believe in gravity.
I can't imagine a public University where *ACTUAL* diversity of thought
and intellect were *allowed*. The SBOR will help foster that.
You have a right to say what you will, no matter how stupid (use your
own post as an example), inane or even *gasp* insulting.
You *DO NOT* have any right to not be offended. Just as you shouldn't.
No, but I have a right to tell loonies why they're loony.
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