Harvard faces backlash as faculty members and commentators criticize a dean's actions to sanction faculty for publicly criticizing the university. Concerns are raised about the impact on free speech rights and trust in the dean's leadership. Op-eds and articles from various sources highlight the controversy.
Can Harvard Faculty and Students Trust a Dean Who Wants to Punish Speech? — Minding The Campus https://t.co/61QFaspOpc One social science professor at Harvard illustrated the problem perfectly. The person told the Boston Globe that Bobo’s argument “represents an authoritarian…
“Bobo’s op-ed should not affect his position as a faculty member at Harvard, but it is unclear how faculty can trust a dean who thinks faculty should be punished for publicly criticizing the university.” @SamuelAbramsAEI and I wrote more about Dean Bobo: https://t.co/E3DmOUQW5i
A Harvard Dean's Assault On Faculty Speech, @chronicle op-ed by @kewhittington @Princeton https://t.co/BRANkoFSl6 @jflier @harvardmed @TheAtlantic @jadler1969 @CWRU_Law @JonathanTurley @gwlaw @ljstprof @AmherstCollege @WSJopinion @WSJ https://t.co/Hv02W2GUOG
"There are many reasons why sanctioning faculty who speak out against the university is dangerous. "Most obviously, it would gut their expressive rights to publicly criticize Harvard’s shortcomings or abuses." @1AMorey (@TheFIREorg) https://t.co/kslswoO84N
"That a leader of Harvard would sanction a faculty member—with or without a large platform—for criticizing the actions of other members of the Harvard community or the university itself is outrageous," @jflier writes: https://t.co/ApLA78Mj8N