Academic Freedom Commission Advocates Restrictions on Professors’ Speech !!
The Commission on Academic Freedom, in a report to the Association of American Colleges on this day, recommended that the speech of college professors on controversial issues be restricted.
Restrictions, the report explained, should be only made in deference to the “immaturity” of students. Respecting the “special doctrines” of groups supporting certain colleges (presumably religious groups) could also justify restrictions on the discussion of controversial subjects.
The New York Times story on the report did not include any mention of criticisms of the recommendation from faculty or students from around the country.
Find the latest edition of the official American Association of University Professors (AAUP) “Redbook” on Academic Freedom here.
Read about the freedom to teach from the American Federation of Teachers here
And the freedom to learn: Carl Rogers and H. Jerome Freiberg, Freedom to Learn (1994)