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April 13, 2006 [feather]
The etiquette of campus activism

At the University of Pennsylvania, a professor proudly "mobilizes" his students to demonstrate for immigrants' rights. At Penn State, the administration deplores the College Republicans' "offensive" plans to protest illegal immigration. Both cases are instructive examples of what kinds of activism are and are not acceptable on campus these days. They are also instructive examples of how astonishingly clueless both professors and administrators can be when making public statements about campus activism. Despite all the recent debate about whether college and university campuses are steeped in ideological bias, and despite the vociferous assurances on the part of higher ed admins and faculty that ideological bias on campus is a myth propagated by anti-intellectual conservatives, statements such as the ones cited here abound.

posted on April 13, 2006 10:42 AM








Comments:

Seems to me that the real question is what is Penn going to do about it. I suppose he's in the clear if no one complains.

Posted by: Allan at April 19, 2006 2:02 AM



http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06104/682184-84.stm

Posted by: Barry at April 20, 2006 2:24 PM