[M]ost professors, even conservative ones, will avoid institutions they know are restricting academic freedom. They know that in such places, because of whom it might upset, they may not be able to engage in the research they wish to explore and cover topics relevant to their academic discipline.
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UD calls Florida Little Hungary: Like that country, it’s shutting down its best schools (Hungary hounded out Central European University) to make the world safe for professors like John Eastman.
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Texas is the other state you don’t want to be in if you’re a self-respecting academic. Look how the state’s lieutenant governor started blubbering when one of Texas A&M’s most impressive professors said something negative about him.
OTOH: Take a trip down memory lane here at UD about the filthy jockshop which is A&M, and recall that ganging up on professors while kissing the ass of characters like Johnny Manziel is Job One at that school.
July 25th, 2023 at 8:38PM
Are there any US colleges that get the University Diaries seal of approval?
July 25th, 2023 at 11:10PM
Dmitry: Yes, a lot of them. St John’s College, Annapolis. Berea College, Kentucky. New College, Florida, before the Visigoths sacked it. Spelman College, Atlanta. University of Chicago. Hopkins. The Ivies. Many others.
July 26th, 2023 at 1:01AM
I will have to look up many of these. Annapolis is the naval college isn’t it?
July 26th, 2023 at 1:46AM
My error. I now see that St. John’s College is /in/ Annapolis.
July 26th, 2023 at 5:12AM
Yes – Naval Acad is right next door to St John’s – a curious culture clash.
The two schools meet each year for an epic croquet game.