Colorado Bill for Academic Freedom (Need FReeper Help)

Colorado Government Website ^ | Co. Sen. John Andrews

[sweetliberty]

My daughter has recently started college in Colorado and called me up in arms about a bill before the Colorado Senate sponsored by Senate President John Andrews (although the Colorado government website says Mitchell is the sponsor). The information she had called it Academic Freedom draft bill: Academic Bill of Rights and Higher Education. Upon listening to what she read to me, my impression is that she got the "skewed" version and interpreted it to mean that contoversial topics couldn't be discussed in class and she relayed that students are very upset about it. Based on the "version" she read to me, I would say the concern was legitimate.

I looked up the actual bill, though, and as I suspected, it seems to say something entirely different from what the students are being told that it says. I told her that I would look into it and I figured a good discussion here about it would be helpful, especially from Colorado FReepers. Are there some of you who are familiar with this bill and where it stands in the Senate? What are your opinions of it? Any input and discussion would be appreciated.

Students' Rights In Higher Education

[sweetliberty]

I will be around for an hour or so. After that I will be away for a few days, probably without access, but will be checking the thread when I get back and will print and send whatever information is posted to my daughter. Thanks.

[Akira]

Sigh...

This is the Horowitz thing, you can read all about it here: http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/

In a nutshell, he wants to introduce legislation that prevents professors from bringing politics or anything else related to their ideology into an unrelated class. I.e. a physics professor can't bash Bush's Iraq policy. Horiwitz talked about this at CPAC two weekends ago. It's his way of fighting the liberals' hold on universities.

Here's a recent thread I posted on the same subject: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1060849/posts

[sweetliberty]

Thanks. I appreciate it.

[Akira]

Horowitz has good intentions, but solving this via legislation drives me crazy. Just watch, this will end up backfiring on him somehow.

I'm glad he's giving this problem exposure, I just wish he would go about it another way.

[LiteKeeper]

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