By John Warner. So, apparently a team of Georgia Tech graduate teaching assistants working IBM’s Watson platform managed to produce a glorified interactive FAQ for their 300-person online “artificial intelligence” course and now we can look forward to a future without teachers. More...
By Scott Jaschik. After a year of constant debate and considerable divisiveness, three texts seek to make the discussion more productive. More...
By Scott Jaschik. The Brookings Institution has released survey results showing that many college students lack understanding of or support for the legal principles of the First Amendment. More...
By Scott Jaschik. Survey that attracted attention with its findings on student attitudes on First Amendment and violence turns out to have been opt-in, leading experts to criticize it as, in the words of one, “junk science.” More...
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A nationwide “free speech” tour of colleges was starting its circuit at American University on Thursday – but the event needed to happen off campus. The organizers blame the institution, which said that a facility was never properly booked. Spiked, a British magazine that writes about contemporary issues from a libertarian perspective, was due to launch its “Unsafe Space” college tour at American, with the discussion on Thursday involving Title IX, feminism and censorship on campuses. More...
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. An ACLU official was the latest to be blocked from speaking on campus, this time by William & Mary students affiliated with Black Lives Matter. The college condemns the action, but punishment, if any, is unclear. More...
By Nicola Jenvey. The concept of #FeesMustFall and the notion that South African higher education should be provided without cost to students has substantial merit in the current environment, but also calls on the government to institute a clear funding model backed by the political will to implement it. More...
Free to Think 2017 is the third installment in SAR’s reporting of attacks on higher education communities, analyzing 257 reported attacks on higher education communities in 35 countries, from September 1, 2016, to August 31, 2017.
“Over the past year, we have witnessed a continuing global crisis of attacks on higher education communities as documented in our previous reports. What has become increasingly clear this year is an anti-democratic fear of universities as spaces in which everyone is free to think, question, and share ideas,” said Robert Quinn, SAR’s Executive Director. According to Mr. Quinn, Free to Think 2017 “highlights the toll of these attacks on individual lives and serves as a clarion call to meaningful action for states and civil society to ensure the security, well-being, and sustainable future of the university space.” More...
By Elizabeth Redden. Leaders of 10 Hong Kong universities issued a statement condemning “recent abuses” of free expression and opposing Hong Kong independence following the display of pro-independence banners and posters on various campuses, the Hong Kong Free Press and South China Morning Post reported. More...
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