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9780060977726

The Shadow University

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  • ISBN13:

    9780060977726

  • ISBN10:

    0060977728

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-09-03
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publications
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Summary

Universities once believed themselves to be sacred enclaves, where students and professors could debate the issues of the day and arrive at a better understanding of the human condition. Today, sadly, this ideal of the university is being quietly betrayed from within. Universities still set themselves apart from American society, but now they do so by enforcing their own politically correct worldview through censorship, double standards, and a judicial system without due process. Faculty and students who threaten the prevailing norms may be forced to undergo "thought reform." In a surreptitious aboutface, universities have become the enemy of a free society, and the time has come to hold these institutions to account.The Shadow Universityis a stinging indictment of the covert system of justice on college campuses, exposing the widespread reliance on kangaroo courts and arbitrary punishment to coerce students and faculty into conformity. Alan Charles Kors and Harvey A. Silverglate, staunch civil libertarians and active defenders of free inquiry on campus, lay bare the totalitarian mindset that undergirds speech codes, conduct codes, and "campus life" bureaucracies, through which a cadre of deans and counselors indoctrinate students and faculty in an ideology that favors group rights over individual rights, sacrificing free speech and academic freedom to spare the sensitivities of currently favored groups.From Maine to California, at public and private universities alike, liberty and fairness are the first casualties as teachers and students find themselves in the dock, presumed guilty until proven innocent and often forbidden to cross-examine their accusers. Kors and Silverglate introduce us to many of those who have firsthand experience of the shadow university, including: The student at the center of the 1993 "Water Buffalo" case at the University of Pennsylvania, who was brought up on charges of racial harassment after calling a group of rowdy students "water buffalo" -- even though the term has no racial connotations. The Catholic residence adviser who was fired for refusing, on grounds of religious conscience, to wear a symbol of gay and lesbian causes. The professor who was investigated for sexual harassment when he disagreed with campus feminists about curriculum issues. The student who was punished for laughing at a statement deemed offensive to others and who was ordered to undergo "sensitivity training" as a result. The Shadow Universityunmasks a chilling reality for parents who entrust their sons and daughters to the authority of such institutions, for thinking people who recognize that vigorous debate is the only sure path to truth, and for all Americans who realize that when even one citizen is deprived of liberty, we are all diminished.

Author Biography

Alan Charles Kors is professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania Harvey A. Silverglate is a criminal defense attorney and civil liberties litigator who writes regular columns for the Boston Phoenix and the National Law Journal and has taught at Harvard Law School.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. 1
The Assault on Liberty
The Water Buffalo Affairp. 9
Free Speech in a Free Societyp. 34
What Is Academic Freedom?p. 50
Marcuse's Revengep. 67
The Moral Reality of Political Correctnessp. 97
The Assault on Free Speech
The Assault on Faculty Speechp. 113
"Shut Up," They Reasoned: Silencing Studentsp. 147
The Assault on the Individual
Individual Identity: The Heart of Libertyp. 187
American Thought Reformp. 210
Double Standards: Some Are More Equal than Othersp. 233
The Assault on Due Process
The Rules of Civilizationp. 265
The Courts of Star Chamberp. 289
"Not on My Watch"p. 312
Restoring Liberty
Sue the Bastards?p. 339
"Sunlight Is the Best Disinfectant"p. 355
Notesp. 375
Indexp. 401
About the Authorsp. 415
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