Colleagues’ claims are ‘so false as to seem downright psychotic’
A New York University professor is suing several colleagues for alleged defamation in relation to his unpopular views on COVID-19 interventions, including the efficacy of masks and particular treatments.
The private university opened an investigation against Mark Crispin Miller, a tenured professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communications, after 25 faculty called on the department to respond to his “ongoing harm to our students.”
Their letter refers to a September incident in Miller’s class “Mass Persuasion and Propaganda.” A female student, who has since dropped out of the course, accused him of promoting right-wing conspiracy theories about COVID-19, and the department chair quickly responded that MCC was considering “next steps.”
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A new national survey of 478 higher education institutions in the U.S. found that 9 in 10 restrict free speech in some capacity on campus but nearly half maintain policies that “impermissibly restrict online speech.”
The study was conducted by FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and sustaining the individual rights of students and faculty members at American colleges and universities. These rights include freedom of speech, freedom of association, due process, legal equality, religious liberty, and sanctity of conscience.
The report, Spotlight on Speech Codes 2021: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation’s Campuses, analyzed the written policies related to free speech at 478 top American colleges and universities. It found that 88 percent of those surveyed maintain poli
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By James P. Tucker Jr.
A law passed in the 1970s and imposed on private colleges that was intended to ensure special trteatment for “minorities” and women is back in the news again today. This time it is being pushed by the Obama administration to restrict the free speech rights of college students.
Originally, Title IX was intended to require colleges to ensure equal treatment to women and minorities. It became famous though for promoting women’s sports teams, requiring colleges to spend big bucks on girls’ softball, basketball, track and tennis. In some cases, football and men’s basketball were cut back or eliminated. These were the money sports, where ticket-buying fans also provided the revenue to finance the other teams. Few people will spend money to watch women play field hockey. Even women will buy tickets to football and men’s basketball games, but will not attend the other sports, where admission is free.