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...instance.” Skocpol enumerated several broad grievances against Summers’ leadership style, saying that he had used “fear and manipulation” against Harvard staff and that his handling of professors violated “elementary norms of academic freedom...
...meeting was Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature Ruth R. Wisse, who said, to subdued applause, “This is a show trial to beat all show trials.” Wisse denounced the faculty movement as a battle to stifle academic freedom in the name of political correctness...
...learned from my experiences there that journalists walk a fine line between unbiased reporting and concerns for the feelings and well being of those affected by their stories. The First Amendment and freedom of speech notwithstanding, a journalist needs to weigh his or her zeal to right what is wrong with the world against the unintended victims of their coverage. The recent riots caused by Newsweek’s article about desecrating the Quran is a great example of insensitive reporting based on “unnamed sources...
...Without a direct link that they plagiarized, it seems to me these light slaps on the wrist were the best Harvard could do without additional evidence,” says Mark S. Frankel, director of the Scientific Freedom, Responsibility, and Law Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science and an expert on legal and ethical issues associated with research misconduct...
...differently, giving them a disadvantage in science and math. These suggestions were taken from the studies of other scientists, but the potential veracity of the statements does not make the address any less controversial. We firmly support academic discourse on controversial subjects and would not want to limit this freedom. However, Summers has a dual role—as an academic, and, more importantly, as president of Harvard University. The choices Summers makes in regard to such discussions come across as official positions of the University, not just as his personal views...