INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY

UMich latest university to adopt institutional neutrality

‘We must open the way for our individual faculty’s expertise, intelligence, scholarship and wisdom to inform our st…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Oct 21, 2024

Conservative prof tapped to lead new intellectual diversity center at Ohio State

Lee Strang, a law professor at the University of Toledo, will serve as the executive director of the Salmon P. Chas…

By Austin Browne '24
Aug 11, 2024

Purdue University adopts ‘institutional neutrality’ in wake of Indiana intellectual diversity bill

‘[T]his policy provides that the university will refrain from taking an official institutional position on a govern…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 1, 2024

ACLU sues Purdue University over intellectual diversity law

The law in question denies tenure to professors who are ‘unlikely to foster a culture of free inquiry, free express…

By Alexia Bianchi '22
Jun 6, 2024

Indiana governor signs law to protect intellectual diversity at public universities

The law mandates that DEI offices and officials have to promote ‘both cultural and intellectual diversity.’

By Patrick McDonald '26
Apr 13, 2024

Harvard faculty call on school to commit to free inquiry

A group of Harvard faculty members issued a statement claiming that ‘[e]very member of the academic community shoul…

By Pedro Rodriguez '25
Feb 13, 2024

Five Ohio campuses set to receive funding for 'intellectual diversity' centers

The most recent Ohio state budget included Senate Bill 117, which will establish intellectual diversity centers at …

By Austin Browne '24
Aug 3, 2023

Ohio State board passes guidelines affirming free speech and intellectual diversity

The OSU Board of Trustees voted in favor of a new pro-free speech campus policy and a resolution to encourage indep…

By Austin Browne '24
May 26, 2023

Lawsuit over intellectual diversity surveys law heard by judge

On January 9, a federal judge began hearing testimony for a lawsuit over HB 233, a law that requires the state of F…

By Thomas Stevenson '23
Jan 17, 2023

NYU prof argues Gen Z is too 'fragile,' causing 'national crisis'

Members of Gen Z, according to Jonathan Haidt, are experiencing a profound mental health crisis due to a number of …

By Ben Cook, PhD
Jan 4, 2023

New university hosting 'forbidden courses' in effort to promote intellectual freedom

University of Austin's ‘forbidden courses’ program seeks to expose students to different opinions on controversial …

By Blake Boudreaux '25
Dec 31, 2022

OPINION: I benefit from affirmative action, but it needs to end

Recently, my university’s president penned an opinion piece arguing that if Emory were forced to drop its affirmati…

By Robert Schmad '23
Nov 2, 2022

OPINION: Universities have no clue what a diverse campus truly looks like

When universities spend countless time and resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, the kind of d…

By Logan Dubil '23
Oct 5, 2022

WATCH: Schwerha criticizes Harvard faculty's lack of viewpoint diversity

In its recent annual survey, Harvard University’s student-run newspaper, The Harvard Crimson, found that 'nearly 80…

By Rachel Kennedy
Aug 15, 2022

Ted Cruz issues the ultimate challenge to 'young socialists' (VIDEO)

The Texas senator implored them to "engage with defenders of free enterprise."

By Jon Street
May 23, 2019

EXCLUSIVE: SD lawmakers mount free speech pressure campaign

One question attempts to gauge the BOR’s thoughts on possible policy additions, such as a chair in Conservative Tho…

By Adam Sabes
Oct 19, 2018

CA bill would protect students who expose biased profs

After a student was suspended for recording a professor calling Donald Trump’s election an “act of terrorism,” one …

By Peter Van Voorhis
May 3, 2017

Prof denies that college campuses are 'liberal echo chambers'

A Colby College professor is railing against the idea of liberal echo chambers on campus, claiming it is just an “a…

By Amber Athey
Dec 22, 2016

Conservatives are shut out on college campuses

Few conservatives are invited to serve as commencement speakers at America's top 100 universities.

By Diana Stancy
Apr 15, 2015