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CU regents deserve praise
ACTA's report Protecting the Free Exchange of Ideas urges trustees to incorporate the crucial issue of intellectual diversity into institutional statements and policies, praising the many institutions that have done so in recent years -- including Old Dominion University, Boston University, Amherst College, Rhodes College, and the University of Colorado, among others. At its February meeting, CU's Board of Regents took action to strengthen its policies even further, incorporating the following into a list of the university's guiding principles that will become part of the Regent Policies: "Promote faculty, student and staff diversity to ensure the rich interchange of ideas in the pursuit of truth and learning, including diversity of political, geographic, cultural, intellectual and philosophical perspectives." This is an excellent addition and other boards should take note.
Posted by Anne D. Neal on March 08, 2010 at March 8, 2010 01:25 PM
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