Goats in New York, Changes in Canada, C.K. Williams
PLUS: Unrecognized Donkey Benefits, A Uniquely Terrible New DEI Policy, Harvard Dishonesty Researchers Caught Lying
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Conor Friedersdorf | The Atlantic | October 13, 2023
At stake: the First Amendment rights and academic freedom of 61,000 professors who teach 1.9 million students. โIโve never seen a policy that threatens academic freedom or First Amendment rights on a greater scale than what is now unfolding in this countryโs largest system of higher education: Californiaโs community colleges. ...[California] is implementing new DEI rules, mandated by state bureaucrats, that trample on free speech while coercing faculty members on how to teach their subjects, which scholarly conclusions to reach, and even what political positions to advocate.โ
Gideon Lewis-Kraus | New Yorker | September 30, 2023
They Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie? Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino became famous for their research into why we bend the truth. Now theyโve both been accused of fabricating data.
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