Reluctant foot soldiers: America's undergraduates rebuff opponents of academic freedom

From: Academe | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Opponents of academic freedom are trying to recruit students to their cause. Their arguments have so far fallen on deaf ears.

Writing for the conservative National Review Online, contributing editor and Hoover Institute fellow Stanley Kurtz recently argued, "The war [on terrorism] has unquestionably brought a new level of scrutiny to our politically correct campuses." Neoconservative activists claim to champion the First Amendment by bringing "scrutiny" to the "unbalanced" speech on campus. At the same time, since September 11, 2001, they have increasingly criticized curricula that challenge ...

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