“[M]any colleges and universities do not limit themselves to the narrow definition of ‘harassment’ that is outside the realm of constitutional protection. Instead, they abuse the term to prohibit broad categories of speech that do not even approach actual harassment. And they persist despite the fact that many such policies have been struck down by federal courts.”
Spotlight on Speech Codes 2006: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation’s Campuses
"[T]he most depressing moments I have had [in my association with Dartmouth], was when talented men and women failed to reach their potential, because they took security in a state of dependence on the status quo, were too captive to the established mindset, and lacked the freedom--or the independence, if you will--to understand John Sloan Dickey's description of the nature of a Dartmouth edcation as the 'liberating arts.'
"According to the registrar's website, Dartmouth's economics department is offering 39 courses this term. Some 35 have capped enrollments, but only nine of those caps are set at under 20 [students]. Of the 35 capped courses, as of April 8, 11 had enrollments that met or exceeded their caps, and another 13 were within three students of their caps. Those data speak for themselves. For an institution that sells itself on its supposedly small and accessible classes, the facts are pathetically out of line."
--The Dartmouth, Apr. 16, 2007
available at http://thedartmouth.com/2007/04/16/opinion/priorities/print/
"Where is the outrage over the low position that academics seems to occupy in Dartmouth's current set of priorities?
