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Of Course Faculty Will Take Political Positions in the Classroom

We argue that "faculty members could hold strong viewpoints and yet act in accordance with the highest professional standards." We state emphatically that "it is not possible to make faculty experts refrain from articulating any political viewpoint" while adding that "it is possible to require that they limit the viewpoints expressed in classes to those that are academically justifiable and germane, and to create a space in class where other defensible positions can be expressed."

Higher education

Mental health

fromwww.theguardian.com

3 weeks ago

My cultural awakening: Losing My Religion by REM helped me escape a doomsday cult

A woman spent two decades in the Children of God cult, enduring strict control, sexual regulation, propaganda, and growing disillusionment as apocalyptic prophecies failed.

Philosophy

fromApaonline

3 weeks ago

The Limits of "Indoctrination" Talk

Debates over education often conflate ideological disagreement with genuine indoctrination; principled procedural criteria can help distinguish indoctrination from legitimate education.

Humor

fromThe New Yorker

2 months ago

Just As You Feared-Life in Zohran Mamdani's New York

A dystopian, socialist-ruled New York enforces state-run distribution, ideological education, confiscation of property, and public hostility toward perceived bourgeois citizens.

US politics

fromwww.mediaite.com

6 months ago

Indoctrination Factories!' Bill Maher Hypes Trump Putting Hot Poker' Up Academia's A**'

Bill Maher supports Trump's criticisms of academia, labeling universities as indoctrination factories needing reform.