Virginia Association of Scholars Readings, Week of Sept. 5

Nadine Strossen on the importance of academic freedom and freedom of speech:  https://academicfreedom.org/seeking-justice-seeking-truth-a-conversation-with-nadine-strossen/Conflicting goals of public education:  https://www.manhattan-institute.org/new-yorks-parents-are-exercising-their-school-optionsOhio law moves universities to support free speech:  https://campusreform.org/article?id=20075Heritage report on DEI takes similar approach to ours:  https://www.heritage.org/education/report/diversity-university-dei-bloat-the-academyReport documents failure of DEI to achieve goals:  https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/industries/education/our%20insights/racial%20and%20ethnic%20equity%20in%20us%20higher%20education/racial-and-ethnic-equity-in-us-higher-education-executive-summary.pdf?shouldIndex=falseMore science is now an ideology:  https://quillette.com/2022/08/28/the-fall-of-nature/And:  https://spectatorworld.com/topic/follow-science-became-politicized-anthony-fauci/DEI diagnostic tool from Oregon Scholars:  https://www.thecollegefix.com/new-tool-helps-parents-students-assess-dei-sickness-level-at-schools/Wokeness is about providing jobs for an expanding managerial class:    https://www.city-journal.org/wokeness-the-highest-stage-of-managerialismMedical schools seek students devoted to DEI:  https://www.nationalreview.com/news/top-med-schools-weed-out-applicants-who-dont-support-dei-new-report-says/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=river&utm_content=featured-content-trending&utm_term=secondWebsite of interest:  https://www.dissidentprof.comRoundup of DEI impact on universities:  https://dailycaller.com/2022/09/05/universities-diversity-vet-students-faculty/?utm_medium=email&pnespid=p797DiNWO69Fh..OvTvqF8zT4Q6oU4t4fO_u3Lp4tUxmofLqskBnSVxTZGi49bxIK7a_AQxRFeferal judge orders more discovery in censorship case:  https://nclalegal.org/2022/09/ncla-suit-uncovers-army-of-federal-bureaucrats-coercing-social-media-companies-to-censor-speech/FIRE university free speech rankings:  https://rankings.thefire.org/rank.  W&M, GMU and UVA Listed as “above average”Pressure to remove Youngkin appointee to UVA Board:  https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/09/09/uva-students-speak-out-against-new-board-member?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=6a541eb8ab-DNU_2021_COPY_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-6a541eb8ab-237273337&mc_cid=6a541eb8ab&mc_eid=6bd7136c25The new “loyalty oaths” are widespread:  https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/higher-ed-new-woke-loyalty-oaths-dei“… colleges are not, in fact, left-wing institutions:”. https://www.chronicle.com/article/colleges-must-stop-trying-to-appease-the-right?cid2=gen_login_refresh&cid=gen_sign_in&cid2=gen_login_refreshCensorship at Claremont-McKenna:  https://unherd.com/2022/09/how-my-college-is-censoring-me/?tl_inbound=1&tl_groups[0]=18743&tl_period_type=3&mc_cid=adf15d26e7&mc_eid=e0b24d655a