Clarissa's Blog

Two pieces of good news have come in on the heels of recent discussions on this blog.

1. Saint Louis University decided to withdraw its proposal to abolish tenure.

2. CUNY’s Karen Steele has apologized for her threats to punish the members of the English department for exercising their academic freedom.

This is precisely why it is so crucial that we raise a mighty stink whenever anybody tries to infringe on our rights. Activism works, and nowadays it is especially easy to engage in productive activism because we can use the Internet to make our ideas as widely known as possible. Only this year there have been many cases where unfair and wrong policies were stopped at the very beginning by the efforts of everybody who denounced them online.

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