An exodus of staff at New College of Florida, the refusal of a trumpeted hire to come to Texas A&M and the fallout there are, Nicholas Mitchell writes, manifestations of the culture and political clashes over academic freedom.
This is unfair to the students whose matriculation is being delayed through no fault of their own and may drive down university enrollments,In the case of journalism students at Texas A&M, they won’t get to be led by one of the best in the field.
To be clear, so-called progressive faculty aren’t the ones who cherish academic freedom. A “conservative” professor can be assumed to have the same concerns about staying at or coming to a university where their research or teaching may run afoul of whatever the ruling party line is. As a curriculum theorist, I recognize that these fights are not new. Nor are they that different than the clashes that we see over how race, gender and sexuality should be taught in K-12 schools and the ongoing diversification of curriculum with knowledge from marginalized communities that began in desegregation. The blowback to the diversification of the curriculum has revealed a cultural and political fissure in American society over what universities should teach.
A “conservative” professor can be assumed to have the same concerns about coming to a university where their teaching may run afoul of the party line.“the freedom of a teacher or researcher in higher education to investigate and discuss the issues in his or her academic field, and to teach or publish findings without interference from political figures, boards of trustees, donors, or other entities,” is the intellectual cornerstone of American higher education.
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