Should U-M Adopt “Institutional Neutrality”?: A Faculty Perspectives Panel
Join us for a panel about institutional neutrality at the University of Michigan.
EVENT DETAILS
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 1-2pm.
MODERATOR:
- Lucy Hartley, Professor of English Language and Literature
SPEAKERS:
- Kristina Daugirdas, Francis A Allen Collegiate Professor of Law; Chair of Subcommittee III of the Advisory Committee on the U-M Principles on Diversity of Thought & Freedom of Expression
- Hank Reichman, Professor Emeritus of History, California State University, East Bay
- Silke-Maria Weineck, Grace Lee Boggs Collegiate Professor of Comparative Literature and German Studies
- Basit Zafar, Professor, Economics
RECOMMENDED READINGS:
- Full Report of the Advisory Committee on the University of Michigan Principles on Diversity of Thought & Freedom of Expression
- Subcommittee III from the Report of the Advisory Committee
- “Public comments sought on Regents’ Bylaw about institutional neutrality,” University Record, October 7, 2024
- PROPOSED: Regents’ Bylaw 14.08 Institutional Neutrality
- AAUP Committee on Government Relations, “Campus Free-Speech Legislation: History, Progress, and Problems,” April 2018.
- Silke-Maria Weineck, “When Politicians Pressure Presidents to Find Prejudice: A Campaign to Root Out Antisemitism Goes Awry,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 10, 2024.
- Anton Ford, “The Cynicism of Institutional Neutrality,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 29, 2024.
- Keith E. Whittington, “On Institutional Neutrality and the Purpose of a University,” April 20, 2024.
