From the editor: Academic freedom and national security

Academe | May 1, 2003| | Copyright

Within recent weeks, the president of a California community college has issued a memo warning professors not to discuss the current war in their classrooms. The alumni association of a prestigious, private New England university has rescinded an award to a graduating senior who joined in a protest against President Bush's visit to campus. Early last month, I saw Robert O'Neil-professor of law, former president of the University of Virginia, and contributor to this issue-discussing the merits of academic freedom on television with Bill O'Reilly, the well-known conservative host of The ...

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