I just received the following from an organization called Food Democracy Now, and I thought that some of you might find it of interest. Make a Call for Academic Freedom Last week, Washington State University announced that it was pulling Michael Pollan’s best-selling book The Omnivore’s Dilemma from its required Common Reading Program for all […]
Tag Archives: academic freedom
Agribusiness over academic freedom
Posted in Food, Sustainability Also tagged agribusiness, development, Food Democracy Now, higher education, Michael Pollan, Omnivore's Dilemma, TED 6 Comments
So, what’s up with tenure?
A few days ago, we started debating an opinion piece that ran in the New York Times on higher education reform. The author of that piece, as you may recall, among other things, suggested that the institution of tenure be dissolved. As you can imagine, several readers of this site, many of whom work at […]
Posted in Michigan, Observations, Other, Science Also tagged Assistant Professor, bold initiatives, grants, research, scientists, tenure, University of Michigan 90 Comments
Bush administration sought to discredit local academic, Juan Cole
I don’t imagine that much will come of it, but the New York Times has learned that, during the Bush administration, employees of the CIA were instructed to unearth information that might be used to delegitimize the work of U-M professor Juan Cole, a well-regarded critic of the war in Iraq. The following clip comes […]