I haven't really been following the fluff-up about Ward Churchill and Hamilton College, but I greatly enjoyed this essay about the exchange of ideas, meaning of tenure, and who gets the blame for bad academic hiring decisions (hint: the subtitle of the essay is "Why is Bill O'Reilly chairing our faculty meetings?"). Read it through to the end; it makes some great general points.
I am reminded of the following quote from Ursula LeGuin: "Good ideas are like grass; they thrive from being walked upon." Indeed.
(via Rebecca's Pocket)
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Oh, thank you for this link, acm. What a refreshing read, especially as I'm gearing up for a big battle about academic freedom on my campus. (I'm not ready to go public with the details yet, but I learned Friday of an attempt to censor my research on my own campus.)
Elle
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