Lots more at the link, including this great video featuring five of PEN America's Champions of Higher Education: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dok_...
YouTube video by PEN America
Also in 2024, efforts to censor higher education moved away from flashy press conferences about the "war on woke," and instead focused on stealth strategies to exert ideological control over all aspects of university life, including those that don't require new laws.
We've got a comprehensive list of all educational gag orders and higher ed censorship bills passed in 2024, an updated Index, and lots of charts, analysis, etc. A big takeaway: for the first time, more higher ed bills sought to restrict university autonomy vs. classroom speech.
NEW REPORT - OUT NOW: Legislation censoring higher ed hasn't gone away in 2024 -- in fact, it's more dangerous than ever -- but it's gone into stealth mode, Jeffrey Adam Sachs and I explain in this PEN America report on the 2024 state legislative sessions. pen.org/report/ameri...
America's Censored Classrooms 2024 explores how lawmakers are refining educational censorship through informal intimidation and pressure.
How did state legislatures censor higher education in 2024? Our latest PEN America report offers a comprehensive analysis. It's due out in ONE WEEK. Journalists: want an advance (embargoed) copy? Send me a DM.
Also, I would humbly suggest to Stanley Fish that being an uncritical mouthpiece for Richard Corcoran is not a good use of his 80s.
I had some 🔥🔥🔥 things to say about New College's destroying the library of its student-run Gender and Diversity Center. www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Here's a Ms. Magazine interview with Amy from last week: msmagazine.com/2024/08/16/n...