Academic Freedom: Wrap-up

Doug Bremner — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:23:18 +0000

Those who have been following this blog know that last month I was told to remove the name of my university from this blog and then a few days ago my university backtracked and said I could use the name (not the letterhead, which I never disputed). The incident attracted the attention of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) who wrote a followup article on it here after the reversal of the decision as well as abel pharmboy on scienceblogs. There was also a humorous post by Margaret Soltan on University Diaries, who follows university politics, here, where she wrote a limerick (she is an English professor I think, so that makes sense). My friends perform it below. That’s Billy Tauzin in the middle, head of PhRMA, with of course the always lovable lolcat:

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Academic Freedom: Wrap-up