Restoring Free Speech and Liberty on Campus 9780521839877, 0521839874
This book deals with the decline of respect for free speech, academic freedom, and civil liberty that has swept higher e
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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Preface......Page 17
Part I Introduction and background......Page 25
1 The Return of the Proprietary University......Page 27
New Threats to Free Speech and Civil Liberty......Page 32
The Purpose of This Book and My Change of Mind......Page 36
Examples......Page 40
Counterexamples......Page 43
The Return of the Proprietary University......Page 44
The Mobilization of Resistance and Change......Page 47
The Outline of the Book......Page 49
2 The Rise of Ideologies against Free Speech and Liberty......Page 51
The Art Department Wars: A Representative Case......Page 52
Key Cases and Assumptions of the New Episteme......Page 56
New Political Theories and the Rise of Progressive Censorship......Page 60
New Legal Theories of Progressive Censorship: Skokie and MacKinnon......Page 63
New Ideologies of Sensitivity and the New Administrative Elite......Page 67
Postmodernism and the Cult of Marginality......Page 72
The Rise of Codes: Racial Incidents on Campus......Page 75
The Motivations, Purposes, and Types of Codes......Page 78
Harassment Codes: A Special Case......Page 82
Part II Case studies in the politics of civil liberty on campus......Page 89
3 Columbia’s Sexual Misconduct Policy......Page 91
The Issue of Sexual Assault......Page 92
The Politics of Solidarity......Page 95
Previous Incarnations of the Policy......Page 98
More Reform......Page 101
The Task Force Speaks: The Return to Dean’s Discipline......Page 104
Rejection......Page 105
The November 12 Meeting: Solidarity and Student Power......Page 106
A New Special Tribunal for Sexual Misconduct......Page 110
Dissent Begins to Stir......Page 111
The Final Vote......Page 112
Victory with Little Dissent......Page 115
Organized Dissent from Within......Page 122
The Forum......Page 124
The Trustees Start to Move......Page 125
Toward the Final Product......Page 126
Conclusions......Page 128
4 Berkeley and the Rise of the Anti–Free Speech Movement......Page 131
The Crisis of the Public Forum......Page 136
Background Issues......Page 138
Gunfights at the Daily Cal: The Lessons of Freedom......Page 141
The Horowitz Incident......Page 143
Hit from the Other Side......Page 146
Horowitz’s Forum......Page 147
Renewal......Page 150
The “Thieves of Liberty”: New Critiques of Progressive Censorship......Page 155
Lepawsky’s Prophecy......Page 157
Background......Page 159
Post-209 Politics at Boalt......Page 162
Students Speak Out......Page 164
Encounters outside the Classroom......Page 166
The Classroom......Page 168
Students and Faculty Critiques and Assessments......Page 172
Boalt Conclusions......Page 175
5 Undue Process at Penn......Page 178
Some Background......Page 179
The Diversity Agenda at Penn......Page 181
Racial Issues......Page 183
Two Codes for All Seasons......Page 187
The Road to the Water Buffalo......Page 188
Penn’s Waterloo: The Water Buffalo Case......Page 192
Enter Kors......Page 196
Questionable Process......Page 198
Resolution......Page 204
The Abel Report......Page 205
The “Speech Code” Dies......Page 208
Other Successes......Page 210
6 Renewal......Page 214
The Rise of Codes at Madison......Page 216
New Codes......Page 221
Legal Problems......Page 225
Revision of the Code......Page 227
Revising the Student Code, Revisiting the Faculty Code......Page 230
Stage 1. The 1992 Senate Vote and Its Aftermath......Page 231
Stage 2. The Forging of a Movement......Page 236
Stage 3. The Ad Hoc Committee......Page 246
Stage 4. On to the Senate......Page 252
New Ideas and the Question of Federal Funding......Page 258
The February Meeting......Page 261
The Revival of Abolition......Page 264
Stage 5. The Senate Vote......Page 266
The Aftermath......Page 271
Further Efforts and Successes......Page 272
The Badger Herald and the Horowitz Affair......Page 275
Part III Conclusions......Page 283
Pragmatism and Absolutism......Page 285
The Importance of Politics......Page 287
Speech and Civility at the University......Page 294
There Is No One Group That Benefited Exclusively from Its Fruits......Page 299
The Historical Precedents Used to Justify the Reparations Claim Do Not Apply, and the Claim Itself Is Based on Race Not Injury......Page 300
Reparations to African-Americans Have Already Been Paid......Page 301
The Reparations Claim Is a Separatist Idea That Sets African-Americans against the Nation That Gave Them Freedom......Page 302
Index......Page 305
Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
Contents......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 13
Preface......Page 17
Part I Introduction and background......Page 25
1 The Return of the Proprietary University......Page 27
New Threats to Free Speech and Civil Liberty......Page 32
The Purpose of This Book and My Change of Mind......Page 36
Examples......Page 40
Counterexamples......Page 43
The Return of the Proprietary University......Page 44
The Mobilization of Resistance and Change......Page 47
The Outline of the Book......Page 49
2 The Rise of Ideologies against Free Speech and Liberty......Page 51
The Art Department Wars: A Representative Case......Page 52
Key Cases and Assumptions of the New Episteme......Page 56
New Political Theories and the Rise of Progressive Censorship......Page 60
New Legal Theories of Progressive Censorship: Skokie and MacKinnon......Page 63
New Ideologies of Sensitivity and the New Administrative Elite......Page 67
Postmodernism and the Cult of Marginality......Page 72
The Rise of Codes: Racial Incidents on Campus......Page 75
The Motivations, Purposes, and Types of Codes......Page 78
Harassment Codes: A Special Case......Page 82
Part II Case studies in the politics of civil liberty on campus......Page 89
3 Columbia’s Sexual Misconduct Policy......Page 91
The Issue of Sexual Assault......Page 92
The Politics of Solidarity......Page 95
Previous Incarnations of the Policy......Page 98
More Reform......Page 101
The Task Force Speaks: The Return to Dean’s Discipline......Page 104
Rejection......Page 105
The November 12 Meeting: Solidarity and Student Power......Page 106
A New Special Tribunal for Sexual Misconduct......Page 110
Dissent Begins to Stir......Page 111
The Final Vote......Page 112
Victory with Little Dissent......Page 115
Organized Dissent from Within......Page 122
The Forum......Page 124
The Trustees Start to Move......Page 125
Toward the Final Product......Page 126
Conclusions......Page 128
4 Berkeley and the Rise of the Anti–Free Speech Movement......Page 131
The Crisis of the Public Forum......Page 136
Background Issues......Page 138
Gunfights at the Daily Cal: The Lessons of Freedom......Page 141
The Horowitz Incident......Page 143
Hit from the Other Side......Page 146
Horowitz’s Forum......Page 147
Renewal......Page 150
The “Thieves of Liberty”: New Critiques of Progressive Censorship......Page 155
Lepawsky’s Prophecy......Page 157
Background......Page 159
Post-209 Politics at Boalt......Page 162
Students Speak Out......Page 164
Encounters outside the Classroom......Page 166
The Classroom......Page 168
Students and Faculty Critiques and Assessments......Page 172
Boalt Conclusions......Page 175
5 Undue Process at Penn......Page 178
Some Background......Page 179
The Diversity Agenda at Penn......Page 181
Racial Issues......Page 183
Two Codes for All Seasons......Page 187
The Road to the Water Buffalo......Page 188
Penn’s Waterloo: The Water Buffalo Case......Page 192
Enter Kors......Page 196
Questionable Process......Page 198
Resolution......Page 204
The Abel Report......Page 205
The “Speech Code” Dies......Page 208
Other Successes......Page 210
6 Renewal......Page 214
The Rise of Codes at Madison......Page 216
New Codes......Page 221
Legal Problems......Page 225
Revision of the Code......Page 227
Revising the Student Code, Revisiting the Faculty Code......Page 230
Stage 1. The 1992 Senate Vote and Its Aftermath......Page 231
Stage 2. The Forging of a Movement......Page 236
Stage 3. The Ad Hoc Committee......Page 246
Stage 4. On to the Senate......Page 252
New Ideas and the Question of Federal Funding......Page 258
The February Meeting......Page 261
The Revival of Abolition......Page 264
Stage 5. The Senate Vote......Page 266
The Aftermath......Page 271
Further Efforts and Successes......Page 272
The Badger Herald and the Horowitz Affair......Page 275
Part III Conclusions......Page 283
Pragmatism and Absolutism......Page 285
The Importance of Politics......Page 287
Speech and Civility at the University......Page 294
There Is No One Group That Benefited Exclusively from Its Fruits......Page 299
The Historical Precedents Used to Justify the Reparations Claim Do Not Apply, and the Claim Itself Is Based on Race Not Injury......Page 300
Reparations to African-Americans Have Already Been Paid......Page 301
The Reparations Claim Is a Separatist Idea That Sets African-Americans against the Nation That Gave Them Freedom......Page 302
Index......Page 305
