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FIRE
The Eternally Radical Idea
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When I talk to people about FIRE’s work they’re often surprised when I say that a lot of FIRE’s cases involving students are not your stereotypical examples of right-on-left or left-on-right censorship of political or “politically incorrect” speech. While those kinds of cases certainly do exist, it’s extremely common for a case to involve speech with little political valence so common that I call this the “big middle” of FIRE cases.
This dovetails directly from what I discussed in my tenth CUWC installment on the “Strong Corporatism Theory:” that “[h]igher education is harmed any time universities choose concerns like ranking, donations, staff morale, tuition dollars, federal grants, fear of liability, etc, over teaching and research goals.” In the following examples from FIRE’s case history and
‘Fear Is Not a Core Value’: Protesters call on Collin College board to act after 3 professors pushed out
The faculty members had been critical of the school’s COVID-19 plan, free speech issues.
Kristi Lara, with Our Revolution Texas, received a warning from Collin College police Officer W. McNurlen about using a PA system during a protest at the Collin Higher Education Center in McKinney on March. 2, 2021.(Matt Strasen / Special Contributor)
Collin College has a culture of fear and retaliation, speakers told the school’s trustees Tuesday night.
Dozens of professors, students and supporters protested outside of the college’s board meeting, decrying the administration’s decision to push out three professors who questioned the school’s handling of COVID-19 and other issues.