FacultyForYale

We are collecting signatures from any Yale faculty (from instructors to emeritus) in support of Yale re-dedicating itself to its primary mission, at FacultyForYale.Yale.edu

More analysis here. Universities will not regain credibility until they also examine their own failings. chronicle.com/newsletter/the…

To regain credibility, universities must examine their actual failings. Self-flagellation in the halls of academe chronicle.com/newsletter/the…

Panel in Institutional Neutrality @yale right now.

BREAKING: A committee has recommended that @UMich adopt institutional neutrality, and one regent (@RegentHubbard) has already indicated her support for it!

“The reason these schools are adopting institutional neutrality should never be forgotten, but it is the correct policy.” I wrote about the institutional neutrality trend for @TheHillOpinion: thehill.com/opinion/educat…

Who speaks at universities and on behalf of whom? Panel discussion regarding “institutional neutrality” open to all at Yale on Wednesday, September 18.

BREAKING: The President and Provost of Cornell have committed to not commenting on social and political events: “In furtherance of institutional neutrality and deference to the many and diverse views in the Cornell community, the President and Provost will refrain from opining on national or global events that do not directly impact the university.”

Very glad to see this message from @Tulane leadership hit my inbox, asserting a commitment to institutional neutrality and free expression:

Support for institutional neutrality, one of the features of the Faculty for Yale formation statement, appears to be growing at other universities around the USA (Columbia, UVa, Vanderbilt, UNC, etc.). chronicle.com/article/is-ins…

On institutional neutrality. discoursemagazine.com/p/the-importan…

"If certain principles were established during a time of stark injustice and bigotry, those principles must [the argument wrongly goes] necessarily be tainted by the backward mores of those times." discoursemagazine.com/p/the-importan… via @MikeStrambler

Faculty for Yale gets a shout-out for its efforts to defend academic freedom.

We have continued to add media mentions regarding our efforts related to adhering to the fundamental mission of Yale, at our website: facultyforyale.yale.edu/media

"...Faculty for Yale argue that [Yale] must return to its original mission & “insist on the primacy of teaching, learning & research as distinct from advocacy & activism”....that this is now considered brave dissent is dismaying." @FacultyForYale economist.com/leaders/2024/0…

Faculty for Yale is now up to 134 signatories who support Yale in its core mission to preserve, produce, and transmit knowledge. If you are on the faculty, join us at FacultyForYale.Yale.edu

Harvard Crimson editorial endorses adoption of institutional neutrality. Who would have imagined that a year ago? ⁦@thecrimson⁩ thecrimson.com/article/2024/3…

Registration is open for our Tuesday, March 5 event: "Institutional Neutrality in a Polarized World: What Should Harvard and Higher Ed Do?" Join us at 4PM online or in-person. radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2024-ins…

We have continued to add resources regarding matters related to adhering to the fundamental mission of Yale, at our website: facultyforyale.yale.edu/resources

The latest edition of CAFH's Column in the Crimson is out! @madras_bertha and @janet_halley opine on whether Harvard should adopt institutional neutrality.

In this interview that he gave, Rick Antle, William S. Beinecke Professor of Accounting at Yale, explains why he signed on to Faculty for Yale: foxnews.com/video/63474826…