Interview with ACTA’s Michael Poliakoff and Steven McGuire
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) is launching a Campus Freedom Initiative. The Cornell Review conducted this interview to learn more about the campaign at Cornell.
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ACTA Launches Campaign to Promote Free Expression and Academic Freedom at Cornell
ACTA’s President Michael Poliakoff said, “We chose Cornell because, by all appearances, it is in trouble but can still make the course correction it urgently needs. It’s clear that Cornell suffers from a stifling monoculture.
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Academic Freedom Drawing Defenders
Cornell’s DEI advocates have thus far monopolized faculty debates. Although Cornell has adopted a similar, weaker, version of the Chicago Statement, the university has yet to adopt the Kalven Report.
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Beyond Cayuga's Waters | Campus | Opinion | Politics | World
Cornell’s China Entanglements Ignore the Current Realities
Day Hall must now conduct a similar cost-benefit analysis of PRC involvement based on these latest disclosures.
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Cornell’s Land Acknowledgment is a Waste of Time and Webpage Pixels
Mandatory statements, mechanically recited as if prayers at the start of events or on departmental websites will persuade no one. Nor does the current land acknowledgement appease either the AIISP or the advocates of indigenous land claims.
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Kops Lecture Drifts from Press Freedom to “Land Grab”
The aptly named “The 2022 Kops Lecture on Freedom of the Press” was supposed to be about press freedom, but instead the Sept. 13 lecture featured a professor from Cambridge University and an indigenous American writer who collaborated on a website linking Morrill Act land grants to indigenous dispossession.
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Faculty Notified of Recent Cornell DEI Moves
An email sent to Cornell faculty on Thursday renews controversy about key Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives at Cornell.
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Cornell and Other Ivies Score Low on Free Speech Rankings
New survey data shows that Cornell ranks below average in the area of free speech.
