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Should outsiders try to influence the hiring or tenuring of university faculty?
Reader comment on item: Redeeming the Wayward University [through Engagement by Outsiders]
Submitted by Del (United States), Nov 28, 2006 at 14:36
Absolutely. Freedom of speech and freedom of association should be on an equal footing. Students' freedom to attend classes is more curtailed than a professsor's freedom to indoctrinate.
Would anyone stand by while a licensed physician openly advocated a medical procedure which would more than likely kill a patient, a procedure based solely on that physician's obviously undocumented whim?
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| Redeeming the wayward Univesity : an observation [297 words] | Jaisingh Thakur | Jul 20, 2007 01:36 | 104099 | ||
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| A slightly different view [310 words] | Classmate | Nov 25, 2007 22:26 | 104099 | ||
| Wadie Said [1 words] | Worried About Wayne State University Law School | Feb 5, 2007 13:43 | 76105 | ||
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| Prof. Said [265 words] | Classmate (2) | Nov 28, 2007 10:55 | 76105 | ||
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| Campus Watch and freedom of expression [135 words] | Octavio | Dec 12, 2006 08:32 | 69238 | ||
| University is a Waste of Time [55 words] | Lance | Dec 4, 2006 20:24 | 68279 | ||
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