A third of faculty say they self-censor their written work, nearly four times the number of social scientists who said the same in 1954 at the height of McCarthyism.
However difficult it might be for universities to reestablish these norms after decades of encouraging the opposite, failing to do so will have dire consequences.
FIRE wrote the UNC School of Medicine about recommendations from a DEI task force report that, if implemented, would violate faculty members’ First Amendment rights.
FIRE commends The Ohio State University for not requiring applicants for either faculty or staff positions to submit diversity statements as a condition of hiring.
The College of Psychologists of Ontario is threatening to revoke Peterson’s psychology license if he refuses to undergo reeducation, for an unspecified duration, over complaints about his tweets.
