Tag: authoritarianism
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University of Utah Cans History and Philosophy of Science Major Amidst Political and Administrative Chaos
One way public universities in Utah can earn back part of the $60 million in funding that the state legislature took from their budgets…
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West Point Philosophy Professor Resigns After Trump’s Incursions on Academic Freedom (updated)
“I will be resigning after this semester from my tenured position at West Point after 13 years on the faculty. I cannot tolerate these…
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AAPT Board Condemns Trump’s Attacks on Higher Education
The board of directors of the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT) has issued a statement condemning “a series of Trump administration attacks on…
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Judge Orders ICE to Free Philosophy Major it Abducted
Mohsen Mahdawi, the graduating philosophy major at Columbia University who was taken into custody by hooded and masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents…
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New Ohio Law Ends Philosophy Major at Univ. of Toledo
In order to comply with Senate Bill 1 of the Ohio Legislature (SB1), the University of Toledo will no longer be allowing students to…
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University Presidents Against “Government Overreach”
“As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering…
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Columbia Philosophy Statement on Mahdawi / Fundraiser
The Department of Philosophy at Columbia University has issued a statement about Mohsen Mahdawi, the philosophy major taken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
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Philosophy Major Snatched by ICE During Citizenship Interview (updated)
Mohsen Mahdawi, a philosophy major at Columbia University who is due to graduate later this semester, was attending a US citizenship application interview in…
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Harvard “will not negotiate over its independence” (updates)
“The University will not negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights.”
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Will Columbia Be Taken Over by the Federal Government?
Columbia University is “one of the most premier research and teaching institutions in the world, and that institution dies tomorrow.”
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On “Chilling Effects” and the “Rowdiness” of Free Speech
“Whatever reasons there are that might justify the state saying that free speech is not being protected, the fact that some people felt intimidated…
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Philosophers’ Books among those Banned from US Naval Academy Library (updated)
In January, Donald Trump issued an executive order banning various books on race, gender, and other topics from public schools for kindergarten through grade…
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AAUP & AFT Sue Departments of Justice, Education, and other Federal Agencies
Last week, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) filed a lawsuit to “challenges the Trump administration’s…
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Defending Freedom of Speech & Thought at Universities
“Freedom of thought and expression is indispensable to the mission of a modern research university.”
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Philosophy Lecturerer Allegedly Involuntarily Committed for Supporting Protestors
According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), Wu Yanan, a philosophy lecturer at Nankai University in Tianjin, China, was taken by authorities under false pretenses and confined…