Academic freedom

An article titled “What Is Hate Speech?,” by Alan Dershowitz, discusses the idea that anything said by anyone could be seen as hate speech. The article is almost twenty-three years old and its question still remains unanswered. Recently, hate speech has become an issue on college campuses across the nation. This is because they feel the need to protect their students from hateful speech while at the same time uphold their First Amendment rights. This causes universities to be stuck in a limbo…

key to helping us give our young minds the history and education they need to succeed in the world. According to People for the American Way “Between 1990 and 2000, there were 6,364 challenges reported to or recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom. Seventy-one percent of the challenges were to materials in schools or school libraries. Another twenty-four percent were to material in public libraries. Sixty percent of the challenges were brought by parents, fifteen percent by patrons, and…

“Freedom of speech”. This contentious combination of scribbled visuals and vertebrate vocalizations varying throughout globalized groups of grown gorillas has been an agent of domestic conflict in contemporary countries since the Enlightenment Era. The definition is clear and yet, the interpretations are blurred. A sheltered college freshman enslaved to supposed honor will proclaim themselves to be the great progressive defender of the disenfranchised and demand that the rights of their fellow…

scrawled on campus property.” This goes on to summarize how messages such as, “Build A Wall” and “Donald Trump 2016” were frightening and threatening to them. The president of Emory, James W. Wagner released a statement regarding the matter “As an academic community, we must value and encourage the expression of ideas, vigorous debate, speech, dissent and protest, at the same time, our commitment to respect, civility and inclusion calls us to provide a safe environment that inspires and…

to be fair to the everyone, including the accuser and the defendant. Any misleading process can lead to the case being dropped or not processed completely, resulting in a retrial. The American Association of University Professors Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Governance receives at least a dozen complaints a year from professors accusing their university of…

In the article titled, “Kindly Inquisitors: The New Attacks on Free Thought,” Jonathan Rauch concludes that hate speech should not be censored on campus. Rauch believes that students have a right to academic freedom. He believes that students will not feel free to explore or question topics that may be taboo, if they are fearful of reprimand, limiting their ability to learn about the world during a crucial time in their education. First Rauch argues that gaining knowledge is painful and…

The Pursuit of Happiness For many years’ people have criticized the existence of homosexuality in the world. Homosexuals have caused quite a stir within many religious societies, especially with gay marriage being legalized in the United States. American states are trying to pass a bill that allows religious business owners to refuse services to homosexuals. If homosexuals can live in perfect harmony with religious people without having a problem with them, why can religious people not do the…

Group 12 Drew David, Marcus Brion, Sadie Krause, Jamie Theobald BUS 230, Murray Introduction and Methods Background Freedom of Speech is America's first amendment and holds significant importance to American citizens. Recently, nationwide events have been causing a lot of uproar entailing issues of free speech. Although these events are known nationally, not all American's know what is happening on college campuses related to free speech issues. We found that free speech allows people to…

means. Eva: It's a sign of respect... for you. All of Ms. Gruwell students show respect her because she was the only person every in there life to support them and show that education is the key to be succeed in life. IN the Yosso text and the freedom writers there where some kind of support that help the children’s out in order to succeed. With anyone support you then you can be successful in live all you need is support, and it prove in both the text and the film that they bet the school…

Freedom Writers In the movie “Freedom Writers” (2007), a female teacher tries to make a racial difference by separating students in a class occupied by black, Latino and Asian high school freshmen. Her markings lead to a clear indication of diversity and a sense of racial disparity within the society. As part of the review of freedom writers’ movie, I will discuss racial disparity and diversity issue while trying to connect the content of the movie to the current state of the society. As such,…