Scholars Under Fire

[ll74]

I listened to a recent podcast by politicology discussing free speech on campus. They mentioned a database collecting professors and researchers who have been sanctioned or attempted to be sanctioned.

The trend is clear - university professors and researchers are under increasing attacks for their speech and work being done.

A few tidbits:
*1,080 scholar sanction attempts occurred between 2000 and 2022.
*The annual number of attempts has increased dramatically over time, from four in 2000 to 145 in 2022.
*Almost two-thirds of attempts resulted in sanction, including 225 terminations (698 of 1,080, or 65%).
*Nearly three-quarters of terminations involved untenured, rather than tenured, scholars (165 of 225, or 73%).
More than one-third of attempts were initiated by undergraduates (402 of 1,080, or 37%).

https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/scholars-under-fire-attempts-sanction-scholars-2000-2022

We used to be tolerant and open and curious in our education. The internet has changed that.

 

[dkovic77]

I listened to a recent podcast by politicology discussing free speech on campus. They mentioned a database collecting professors and researchers who have been sanctioned or attempted to be sanctioned.

The trend is clear - university professors and researchers are under increasing attacks for their speech and work being done.

A few tidbits:
*1,080 scholar sanction attempts occurred between 2000 and 2022.
*The annual number of attempts has increased dramatically over time, from four in 2000 to 145 in 2022.
*Almost two-thirds of attempts resulted in sanction, including 225 terminations (698 of 1,080, or 65%).
*Nearly three-quarters of terminations involved untenured, rather than tenured, scholars (165 of 225, or 73%).
More than one-third of attempts were initiated by undergraduates (402 of 1,080, or 37%).

https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/scholars-under-fire-attempts-sanction-scholars-2000-2022

We used to be tolerant and open and curious in our education. The internet has changed that.

Free speech unless you are speaking out against the gestapo state that MAGA wants for us. The sheeple in MAGA nation don’t even see it.

 

[ll74]

I just realized I may have posted a link to the podcast in another thread. I wanted to focus more on FIRE and their database here.

 

[ll74]

Free speech unless you are speaking out against the gestapo state that MAGA wants for us. The sheeple in MAGA nation don’t even see it.

The database actually shows that this type of behavior is more prevalent on the left.

Individuals and groups from the political left of the scholar have initiated more sanction attempts than those from the political right of the scholar (560 of 1,080, or 52%; 442 of 1,080, or 41%).

 

[Dribble]

I listened to a recent podcast by politicology discussing free speech on campus. They mentioned a database collecting professors and researchers who have been sanctioned or attempted to be sanctioned.

The trend is clear - university professors and researchers are under increasing attacks for their speech and work being done.

A few tidbits:
*1,080 scholar sanction attempts occurred between 2000 and 2022.
*The annual number of attempts has increased dramatically over time, from four in 2000 to 145 in 2022.
*Almost two-thirds of attempts resulted in sanction, including 225 terminations (698 of 1,080, or 65%).
*Nearly three-quarters of terminations involved untenured, rather than tenured, scholars (165 of 225, or 73%).
More than one-third of attempts were initiated by undergraduates (402 of 1,080, or 37%).

https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/scholars-under-fire-attempts-sanction-scholars-2000-2022

We used to be tolerant and open and curious in our education. The internet has changed that.

No...the Fascist Party has changed that.

But one needs to be honest here...the entire education system...just like all other systems...political, judicial, law enforcement, medical...you choose...all of them are tragically broken. And I am of the belief that none of the other systems would be broken if the educational system wasn't broken. How else can you get a populous too stupid to see what is happening?

I left academia almost 10 years ago. I loved teaching. It was fun watching the light click on in your students. But that reward was not enough to offset the bullshit. So understand...when I say the academic system is broken...this is not saying teachers suck. Although there are some shitty teachers. It is saying the rules the teachers must follow suck. Like all things capitalistic...decisions based on money always fail.

 

[jaF0]

There SHOULD be a national registry of all licensed professionals.

Teachers, professors, lawyers, doctors (and other medical professionals), public safety officers, civil engineers, all of them. It's far too easy for one who has sanctioned or disciplined to simply move to another location and start over.

Background checks should be mandatory.

 

[dkovic77]

The database actually shows that this type of behavior is more prevalent on the left.

I mean, acres of misinformation from the alt-right should be challenged.

 

[ll74]

I mean, acres of misinformation from the alt-right should be challenged.

Yes, I agree misinformation should be challenged. Sorry that I misunderstood your point. The problem is that (both right and left) professors are being driven from universities rather than challenged in their perspectives.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach.

 

[Dribble]

People need to understand...if I teach CRT in the state I live in...I would be sanctioned

 

[ll74]

Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach.

Denigration of teachers is noted and discarded.

 

[JohnnySavage]

Denigration of teachers is noted and discarded.

Sounds rough.