Legislative efforts to address teachings on race pose threats to academic freedom
Last year, the White House issued an Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping that FIRE warned could create a chilling effect on how race and sex would be taught and discussed at institutions of higher education. The executive order instructed federal agencies to condition grants they administer on the recipient institution’s certification that it will not use those funds to “promote” interpretations of race and sex stereotypes that the administration deems “divisive.” It then set forth a list of the ideas on race and sex that it deemed divisive.
PilieroMazza’s M&A Team Advises Senture in Its Sale to Kingswood Capital, March 3, 2021
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Federal Trade Commission Updates HSR Thresholds, February 4, 2021, David Shafer
The Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (HSR) requires that certain mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures be cleared by the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice if they exceed certain valuation and monetary thresholds.
University of Iowa dean apologizes to conservative student after stifling freedom of speech
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Karen TownsendPosted at 11:31 am on February 6, 2021
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The dean of the UI College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics at the University of Iowa issued an apology to a conservative dental student this week. The kerfuffle happened back in October over an executive order signed by President Trump in September to end some diversity and inclusion training on federally funded college campuses. The dean criticized Trump’s action and then tried to deny a conservative student’s right to voice his opinion of the dean’s behavior.
Unsafe just because they disagree : University of Iowa dean apologizes for infringing on rights of conservatives on campus
The Iowa House of Representatives had launched an investigation after the university s College of Dentistry spoke out against a Trump administration executive order last fall and threatened a student with a disciplinary hearing after he spoke out in defense of the Trump administration s actions.
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Officials with the University of Iowa s College of Dentistry had objected to Trump s Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping, which called for an end to training that, it said, promote stereotyping based on race or sex.