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Intellectual Freedom Interest Group (IFIG)

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IFIG Common Read: Institutional Neutrality

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Deep Dive: Institutional Neutrality

Policy Papers

University of Chicago. (1967). Report on the University's Role in Political and Social Action ["The Kalven Report"]. https://provost.uchicago.edu/reports/report-universitys-role-political-and-social-action

Vile, J. R. (2024, July 2). Kalven Report. First Amendment Encyclopedia. https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/kalven-report/

Princeton Principles for a Campus Culture of Free Inquiry. https://jmp.princeton.edu/princeton-principles-campus-culture-free-inquiry

Trade

[video] Heterodox Academy. (2023, Oct. 30). Should university leaders be neutral? [Video, 1 hr.] YouTube. https://youtu.be/TptdFmrbGFw?si=JM0NJhVMMvCQtrxv

Ruth, J. (2023, Oct. 24). The uses and abuses of the Kalven Report. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-uses-and-abuses-of-the-kalven-report

Pescovitz, O. (2024, Sept. 24). Oakland University president: Stop using institutional neutrality as a crutch. The Detroit News. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2024/09/24/oakland-university-president-stop-using-institutional-neutrality-as-a-crutch/75360704007/ [archive link]

Simovski, N. B. (2024, Oct. 12). Barbaro: Institutional neutrality helps universities put questions before answers. The Detroit News. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2024/10/12/barbaro-institutional-neutrality-helps-universities-put-questions-before-answers/75631355007/ [archive link]

Discussion Questions: Institutional Neutrality

  • How do you view the relationship between institutional neutrality, academic freedom, and intellectual freedom?