Apparently the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education launched a civil rights investigation at Taft College due to “misgendering”. What horrific events spurred the investigation? The student’s professors tried to use the plural pronouns but didn’t always succeed. It is understandably difficult for someone delivering collegiate-level instruction to remember to refer...
The most interesting one appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education (reposted on Medium), where the author argued that activist faculty have screwed themselves. For many years the courts have deferred to academia, but political behavior by faculty and universities during the past couple of decades has resulted in a more interventionist approach: Unfortunately, universities are giving courts...
The Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled against me 2-1. The ruling was widely seen as substantially restricting the academic freedom of professors in the 4th Circuit (MD, NC, SC, VA and WV); I’ve included links to some media mentions below. The dissenting judge wrote a strong dissent, part of which I’ve quoted: Our job, however, is not to appraise the value of Porter’s speech...