I am pleased to announce that our special issue on “The
University in the Crossfire: Quandaries over Neutrality, Moral Responsibility,
Corporatization, and the Protection of Free Speech in Difficult Times,” is now
online at the Journal of Educational Controversy. Here is a
direct link: https://cedar.wwu.edu/jec/
Authors responded to the following controversial
scenario:
Is institutional neutrality enough? Caught between students
and donors, our institutions of higher learning have sought refuge from hard
moral choices by moving to a role as neutral observers, facilitating the
expressions of their individual members but not of the institutions themselves.
Is this position adequate? Are there no universal principles the university
should advocate? There are particular reasons underlying the existence of
universities that differentiate them from corporations of other kinds. Have we
lost our understanding of how we are distinct? Are we of such neutrality that
we cannot articulate our distinct societal identity? In that identity may lie
our reason for being.
We invite authors to bring clarity and understanding to this
issue that again has found itself in the public debate with the recent student
protests and testimony of university presidents at a contentious hearing before
the U.S. Congress on the balance between neutrality, moral responsibility, and
protecting free speech. We welcome
papers that will elevate the public discussion of this issue.
Below is the table of contents from the journal:
Editorial
The
University in the Crossfire: Quandaries over Neutrality, Moral Responsibility,
Corporatization, and the Protection of Free Speech in Difficult Times
Lorraine Kasprisin
Vol. 17, Iss. 1
Theme: The University in the Crossfire: Quandaries over Neutrality, Moral
Responsibility, Corporatization, and the Protection of Free Speech in Difficult
Times
Articles in Response to Controversy
Caught
in the Crossfire: Navigating Institutional Neutrality Amidst Campus Controversy
& Competing Demands
Jamie Herman and Sally Moore
Vol. 17, Iss. 1
Theme: The University in the Crossfire: Quandaries over Neutrality, Moral
Responsibility, Corporatization, and the Protection of Free Speech in Difficult
Times
Advancing
Conservative Agendas Under the Guise of Neutrality: An Analysis of Utah’s
Higher Education System
Brianne Kramer
Vol. 17, Iss. 1
Theme: The University in the Crossfire: Quandaries over Neutrality, Moral
Responsibility, Corporatization, and the Protection of Free Speech in Difficult
Times
Freedoms
and Rights of Academic Citizenship are Essential. Reflections on the Situation
at Universities in Denmark
Asger Sørensen
Vol. 17, Iss. 1
Theme: The University in the Crossfire: Quandaries over Neutrality, Moral
Responsibility, Corporatization, and the Protection of Free Speech in Difficult
Times
Student
Activism in the Age of Deportability: Toward the Coalition Between Immigrant
and International Students Beyond Divisive Rhetoric
Akira Sawata
Vol. 17, Iss. 1
Theme: The University in the Crossfire: Quandaries over Neutrality, Moral
Responsibility, Corporatization, and the Protection of Free Speech in Difficult
Times
About the Authors
About the Authors
Vol. 17, Iss. 1
Theme: The University in the Crossfire: Quandaries over Neutrality, Moral
Responsibility, Corporatization, and the Protection of Free Speech in Difficult
Times
