Campus Reform

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  11/17/2020
  

  The Outrage Peddlers Are Here to Stay

  Campus Reform seeks to "stoke outrage at ‘liberal’ professors, with the political intent of creating a viral sensation that circulates through a highly partisan right-wing media ecosystem, and into the broader public discussion,” says Isaac Camola, a political science professor who has been active in organizing professors who are targeted by outrage campaigns.

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• SOURCE: KERA
  10/21/2020
  

  Collin College Professor’s Tweet About Vice President Sparks Debate Over Academia And Free Speech

  “I just wish I had become infamous for a more clever tweet,” Burnett said. “I have plenty of those.”

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• SOURCE: American Historical Association
  10/20/2020
  

  AHA Issues Letter Defending AHA Member’s Right to Free Speech

  "We trust that Collin College will respect and protect Dr. Burnett’s rights under the First Amendment to the US Constitution."--Jim Grossman, AHA Executive Director

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• SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
  10/19/2020
  

  Educating the Powerful

  by Matt Reed

  In the wake of a political movement consciously designed to denigrate any expertise outside of making money, calming anxious trustees an uphill battle. But it’s necessary. Anyone with a grasp of history knows that there’s no appeasing a purity movement; one kill simply whets its appetite for the next one.