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A northern Colorado high school ruled to keep the poem Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl' in the school curriculum. The family challenging the poem’s inclusion has just hired a lawyer who says the poem is “offensive, lewd, and lascivious": https://bit.ly/2DjJJjL via @craig_press.
I had such a great conversation about free speech in higher ed with the terrific @TerriGivens that she made it into a podcast! 🙂
Learn more about our work @PENamerica and the great work being done by @center_higher by listening in.
https://soundcloud.com/highereducationleadership/higher-education-leadership-podcast-episode-7-with-jonathan-friedman
Indiana University condemned a professor's reprehensible tweets but did not fire him: http://bit.ly/37q1qM1. How should universities respond if asked to fire a professor over #freespeech? Learn more with our #CampusFreeSpeech Guide: http://bit.ly/2OBtmnT.