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Tag Archives: Florida political interference

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Florida’s Blue Scare and Anti-Liberal Hysteria in Higher Education

BY GINA TIGRI Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist party? This question was famously asked numerous times in the hearings held by the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) amid the anti-Communist frenzy known as the Red Scare in the McCarthy era. A new higher education bill was recently…

April 27, 2021 in Academic Freedom, Legislative Issues.
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AAUP Statement Opposes Florida “Viewpoint Diversity” Legislation

BY THE AAUP The AAUP issued the following statement today. In an ostensible effort to protect “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” on public college and university campuses, the Florida legislature has approved legislation that, like similar proposals this year in Iowa and elsewhere, amounts to what the AAUP has repeatedly described as a “solution in…

April 13, 2021 in AAUP, Legislative Issues.

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