November 12, 1999

New Group Founded by Alan Kors Aims to Combat Political Correctness

Where there's smoke ...

Now there's a new foundation, started by Alan Charles Kors and Harvey A. Silverglate, to generate heat when professors and students accuse colleges of trampling on their rights. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education comes with a catchy acronym, FIRE, and a slogan: "Because Your Liberty Is a Precious Thing."

The group was born out of the public response to a book the two men wrote in 1998, The Shadow University: The

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