Academic Freedom
Professor's Rhetorical Question About Rape Draws Firestorm of Protest
A petition demands censure of a University of Rochester scholar who mused on a blog: Should rape be illegal if the victim is unconscious and no harm results?
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You Are Never a Sure Thing
Sometimes, departmental reviews of an assistant professor's work can be cryptic or misleadingly positive.
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Do Poor Career Prospects Radicalize Imams?
A doctoral student at Harvard says Muslim clerics with weak professional networks are more likely to preach violence. -
Why Do Historians Insist on Dividing Us?
Human relations have been characterized by contact and interconnection more than by conflict and antagonism.
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Writing With Soul
One of the problems with much scholarly writing is that it often seems to come straight from central processors.
More on Academic Freedom
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Bias Charges Divide Jewish Groups
Increasing reports of anti-Semitic words and deeds raise issues of academic freedom, and the groups disagree over when and how to complain.
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As Beef Cattle Become Behemoths, Who Are Animal Scientists Serving?
The financial ties between pharmaceutical companies and agricultural schools have grown deep. And even at public colleges, they're often kept secret.
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Legal Dispute Pits Washington State U.'s Journalism School Against Free-Speech Groups
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A Professor From the Big City Scrutinizes His Iowa Home
- 5 Minutes With the Leader of a Catholic-College Group That Opposes a U.S. Ruling on Contraceptives
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Copyright Goes Philosophical
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Atheists and Christians at Salisbury U. Chalk Up Points in Debate Over Scripture
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Petition Calls on Baylor U.'s President to Stop 'Persecution' of Jewish-Studies Professor
