It’s an anti-free speech manifesto that sounds like a pronouncement from the government of a banana republic.
The Board of Regents truly should back up, take a deep breath, and decide on something that meets the needs of its great universities.
This first try was ghastly, pure and simple, and should be stricken down immediately.
– “New Regents policy really bad idea,” Manhattan Mercury, 22 Dec. 2013.
Since the Mercury is subscriber-only (in its on-line version), I’ve taken the liberty of posting a photograph of the full editorial below. If the Mercury would like me to take it down, I’m glad to comply.
Link to piece on Manhattan Mercury website (subscribers only).
Further information:
- Full set of links (regularly updated), at bottom of my initial post on the subject.
- Kansas Board of Regents Revokes Right to Freedom of Speech (my initial post, 18 Dec. 2013)
- Higher Education is Not a Reality TV Show; or, How A&E’s “Duck Dynasty” Differs from the Kansas Board of Regents (20 Dec. 2013)
- “Editorial: Curbing Speech,” Lawrence Journal-World, 22 Dec. 2013.
- Kansas State University Faculty Senate Responds to Kansas Board of Regents’ Social Media Policy, 21 Dec. 2013.
- Kansas Universities’ Faculty and Staff Against Regents Speech Policy (Facebook group)