Taking a Stand
Inside Higher Education
May 2, 2012 – 3:00am
By Kaustuv Basu
Individual faculty members regularly weigh in on public debates. They write op-eds. They speak out at forums. Typically they do so as individuals, and many professors go out of their way to say that they aren’t speaking for their institutions. The issue is much more complicated when faculty members voice their opinions as a group, or pass a resolution collectively on a matter of public importance….
