September 21, 2007

AAUP Goes to Bat for 'Freedom in the Classroom'

By ROBIN WILSON

The American Association of University Professors released a statement last week in response to critics who say professors regularly interject ideologically tinged material into classroom discussions and fail to present views that conflict with their own.

The statement, "Freedom in the Classroom," was written by a subcommittee of the association's Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, and is billed as a tool to help professors decide what they can and cannot safely say in the

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