![]() ![]() In Heterodox Academy’s 2020 Campus Expression Survey, 62% of sampled college students agreed that the climate on their campus prevented students from saying things they believe. The picture among undergraduates is even bleaker. ![]() Four out of five American PhD students are willing to discriminate against right-leaning scholars, according to a report by the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology. Over a third of conservative academics and PhD students say they had been threatened with disciplinary action for their views. ![]() ![]() Nearly a quarter of American academics in the social sciences or humanities endorse ousting a colleague for having a wrong opinion about hot-button issues such as immigration or gender differences. The numbers tell the story as well as any anecdote you’ve read in the headlines or heard within your own circles. From Pano Kanelos, its president:īut in these top schools, and in so many others, can we actually claim that the pursuit of truth-once the central purpose of a university-remains the highest virtue? Do we honestly believe that the crucial means to that end-freedom of inquiry and civil discourse-prevail when illiberalism has become a pervasive feature of campus life? What terrific news! I knew this was coming, and today it’s official: the University of Austin is here. ![]()
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