Ep. 89 Prof. Samuel Abrams wrote an op-ed encouraging viewpoint diversity. Then came the fallout.

His office door was vandalized. He was accused of causing “harm”
to his “college community.” There was even a demand — supported
by dozens of his faculty peers — to review his tenure.

Why? Because he wrote an op-ed in The New York Times arguing for
more viewpoint diversity at his campus.


On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, Sarah
Lawrence College professor Samuel Abrams joins us to discuss the
response to his op-ed and the future of academic freedom,
viewpoint diversity, and the role of faculty in college
life.

Also joining us is FIRE President & CEO Greg Lukianoff,
author of The New York Times bestseller “The Coddling of the
American Mind,” due out in paperback edition on Aug. 20.


Show notes:


“Think professors are liberal? Try school administrators” by
Samuel Abrams

“When students want to review a tenured professor”

“DEMANDS: Westlands sit-in 50 years of shame”

“Faculty members need to reassert themselves as the people
who direct discourse on campus (opinion)” by Samuel Abrams

Viewpoint diversity on campus: A Heterodox Academy & FIRE
panel discussion



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