This archived ACTA publication, published in 2006, examines the controversy surrounding former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill and the broader questions it raised at the time about academic freedom, faculty responsibility, and higher education governance. It is preserved as part of ACTA’s historical archive and reflects the issues and context of its original publication. For ACTA’s current research and policy work, please visit our more recent resources.
ACTA in the NewsIntellectual Diversity
Nearly six years after Ward Churchill compared some American victims of terrorism to Nazi bureaucrats, the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado voted Tuesday night to fire him. But the controversial ethnic-studies professor said he was “ready to roll” into the next stage of his struggle with the university: a court of law. […]
ACTA in the NewsIntellectual Diversity
The debate over bias in the academy usually follows a predictable pattern. Conservatives tout a survey or study that says American college campuses are teeming with pinkos. Liberals assail the report as conservative propaganda. Conservatives mock liberals for denying the obvious. The most recent skirmish in this cycle involves a report released in January, “The […]
ACTA in the NewsIntellectual Diversity
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni has released a study of college and university courses that are aimed more at indoctrination than instruction, at least as judged by their course descriptions or syllabi. The title is How Many Ward Churchills? and it is loosely pegged to his case in particular. I think that may […]
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