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Professors' group promises to work with ACTA
Needless to say, the American Association of University Professors is not always on the same wavelength as ACTA on the big issues facing higher education. However, as the Chronicle of Higher Education reports today, an exchange on Friday between AAUP president Cary Nelson and National Association of Scholars president Peter Wood revealed one issue on which both ACTA and the AAUP can agree: speech codes. In light of Nelson's claim that he--like ACTA--had always opposed policies that unduly restrict the free speech and expression of students, ACTA president Anne D. Neal issued a challenge during the question-and-answer period: 'Will you work with us?" Nelson's answer was yes.
Given the ubiquity of speech codes--which are in force at nearly three-quarters of America's universities, according to a recent report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education--all of us who believe in freedom of expression on campus must work together to bring about reform. ACTA looks forward to doing so in partnership with the AAUP.
Posted by Sandra E. Czelusniak on January 12, 2009 at January 12, 2009 02:01 PM
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