Most depts do have some kind of official review, but it's more of a formality. I think they're also concerned about how students would react if they suggest that academia isn't for them directly. So instead they resort…
I actually really like the analogy. You are running a "business" of ideas. You are competing against a lot of other very smart people who are also trying to start their own ideas business and competing for a very…
I keep seeing people swear by the NY Times' Wirecutter and they do have a much more upfront set of standards for reviewing products, but I've actually been pretty underwhelmed by the recommended buys from them. Still, I…
The professor who wrote that book, interestingly, ended up being denied tenure and was subsequently unable to get another academic job despite years of trying. Here's a recent podcast with him:…
Many codes of conduct and various other speech codes do, in fact, violate freedom of speech and have often been struck down as violations of freedom of expression. Appeals to "courtesy" and "civility" tend to be used…
And in other contexts, you can imagine supporting the right of Communists to speak and organize even if you find Communism abhorrent and misguided. Note too the benefits of allowing/supporting the right of [insert…
Plus the highest suicide rate in the US by far comes from white men: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7108a7.htm And women not only outnumber men in college, but that divide is increasing rapidly and now…
Not allowing college professors to choose what readings they want to assign in class is, in fact, stifling free speech. The essay is advocating against "forced" speech in terms of only allowing consideration of one…
Most depts do have some kind of official review, but it's more of a formality. I think they're also concerned about how students would react if they suggest that academia isn't for them directly. So instead they resort…
I actually really like the analogy. You are running a "business" of ideas. You are competing against a lot of other very smart people who are also trying to start their own ideas business and competing for a very…
I keep seeing people swear by the NY Times' Wirecutter and they do have a much more upfront set of standards for reviewing products, but I've actually been pretty underwhelmed by the recommended buys from them. Still, I…
The professor who wrote that book, interestingly, ended up being denied tenure and was subsequently unable to get another academic job despite years of trying. Here's a recent podcast with him:…
Many codes of conduct and various other speech codes do, in fact, violate freedom of speech and have often been struck down as violations of freedom of expression. Appeals to "courtesy" and "civility" tend to be used…
And in other contexts, you can imagine supporting the right of Communists to speak and organize even if you find Communism abhorrent and misguided. Note too the benefits of allowing/supporting the right of [insert…
Plus the highest suicide rate in the US by far comes from white men: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7108a7.htm And women not only outnumber men in college, but that divide is increasing rapidly and now…
Not allowing college professors to choose what readings they want to assign in class is, in fact, stifling free speech. The essay is advocating against "forced" speech in terms of only allowing consideration of one…