“Much of colleges’ rush to judge and punish in the wake of social media ‘cancellation’ attempts is driven by concern for public relations,” Murnane said. Murnane added that alumni have “enormous potential” to fight for free speech because institutions depend on alumni for word-of-mouth endorsements, and that could be hurt when there are conflicts over speech on campus. He said alumni are gaining “self-awareness” to fight for free speech on campus as guardians of those values. Poliakoff noted there needs to be a “correction” to the way institutions tend to look at alumni, which is mainly as checkbooks. “I have no doubt that other alumni groups are going to begin to form and really insist that they be seen as more than a revenue stream, but as the people who will be the voice of the values that helped to form them.” “It really has sounded an alarm,” Poliakoff said. Michael Poliakoff, president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni, which also focuses on free speech and academic freedom, said he was happy the alliance was taking a stand. Penn State Denounces Appearance by Antigay Provocateur.A review of the week in admissions news.U of Florida's critics aren't satisfied by pro bono policy.Keith Whittington, chair of the Academic Freedom Alliance, said the new alliance is unusual because alumni groups don’t typically focus on free speech, and when they do, they are often on the side of restricting speech on college campuses. “That leaves alumni as the only university stakeholders with the numbers and clout to lead the defense of free speech, academic freedom and viewpoint diversity in campus environments,” Taylor and Yingling wrote in the Journal. Additionally, university trustees, presidents and other administrators “are often too timid to push back against the culture of intolerance on their campuses,” they wrote in a press release announcing the alliance’s formation. and Yingling wrote in The Wall Street Journal that alumni need to take up the fight because students and faculty may feel “too exposed to attacks to take a stand against campus culture.” Student free speech groups don’t have many members, and faculty may feel outnumbered, they wrote. Higher Education’s Role in the Era of the Great ResignationĪlliance co-founders Stuart Taylor Jr.Goddard College sends cease-and-desist notice to alumni.
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