by Rikki Schlott
Elite higher education is a hot mess. But at least someone in the belly of the beast is trying to change that.
As campuses explode with bigotry and illiberalism, Yale professors are banding together to form a coalition defending academic freedom and free speech.
They’re the latest to join a growing movement across the country. Faculty at Columbia, Dartmouth, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Princeton and the University of Chicago have all formed similar groups over the past year.
The latest initiative out of New Haven, called Faculty for Yale, has garnered the signatures of more than 100 professors who agree that “Yale must rededicate itself to its fundamental mission: to preserve, produce, and transmit knowledge.”
The group is calling for a reaffirmation of free speech principles, greater transparency from the administration and institutional neutrality. Read the rest at nypost.com.
In the Poison Ivy League, along with most universities today, “free speech” means lefties can say any lies they want 24-7. However, if a conservative, pro-MAGA or pro-Trump person says one word not to the lefties’ liking, it’s big trouble for those evil racist bastards.