PrometheusWithLight (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Ah, unfortunate.See, what happens is, a simple few have rouined academic freedom for the others.Case in point, the intelligent design movement. The entire movement was founded to undermine science (I'm not joking; google the "Wedge Document.") These people tried abusing academic freedom in a failed attempt to teach creationism as science; a few pseudointellectuals have, I'm quite sad to say, ruined it for the res tof us.

LlamaLovesSigs (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ne1 want to chat?

milkgodnl (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Splendid .. simply Splendid .. As a TA working on a PhD, I used the term "academic freedom" to a contingent faculty member .. she loved the concept but had never heard of it. Although I teach Computer Science course(s), every semester I mention the fact that the founder of our field, Dr. Alan Turing, was gay! I hope my students will leave my class knowing that you do not have to be a Baptist from Waco to be a good Engineer or Mathematician.

ttfourme (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I would love to see this video in any clip describing the profound deceptiveness of the "Academic Bill of Rights" created by David Horwitz

B4MagiCarpeTurns2ash (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

good job.the earth is a school. the system is extremely corrupt, starting with the educational system.how sad, but true.

Frenchdoc9740 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What a great video. Cary Nelson exactly epitomizes what he talks about here. He shows us what it means to be an intellectual, to have well-reasoned arguments, to have thought through a position and to have stuff to back it up.