Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights - Revision history

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David at 11:58, 14 April 2011

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Melissa Jones: /* Activities */ typos

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David at 11:30, 4 August 2010

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David: /* Activities */

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Activities

David at 11:21, 4 August 2010

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David: /* Alleged racism case 2007 */

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Alleged racism case 2007

David at 11:19, 4 August 2010

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David: /* Notes */

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 According to an early (1996) account The Committee 'is being funded by the [[Bradley Foundation]], a Milwaukee charitable organization that supports conservative causes.'<ref name="Galloway">Jennifer A. Galloway 'UW FACULTY DEFEND FREE EXPRESSION' Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) November 15, 1996, Friday, ALL EDITIONS, SECTION: Front, Pg. 1A</ref>
 ==Impacts==
-According to [[Donald Downs]], CAFR 'served as a model for [[FIRE]] after FIRE's co-founder, [[Harvey Silvergate]], witnessed the key role that CAFR played in the proicess that led to Wisconsin's abolition of its faculty speech code by a vote of the faculty senate in March 1999.<ref>Donald Downs, 'Political Mobilization and resistance to Censorship' in Evan Gertsmann and Metthes J. Streb, ''Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century'', Stanford, California: Stanford University press, 2006, p. 72</ref>
+According to [[Donald Downs]], CAFR 'served as a model for [[FIRE]] after FIRE's co-founder, [[Harvey Silvergate]], witnessed the key role that CAFR played in the process that led to Wisconsin's abolition of its faculty speech code by a vote of the faculty senate in March 1999.<ref>Donald Downs, 'Political Mobilization and resistance to Censorship' in Evan Gertsmann and Metthes J. Streb, ''Academic Freedom at the Dawn of a New Century'', Stanford, California: Stanford University press, 2006, p. 72</ref>
 ==Notes==
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 According to an early (1996) account The Committee 'is being funded by the [[Bradley Foundation]], a Milwaukee charitable organization that supports conservative causes.'<ref name="Galloway">Jennifer A. Galloway 'UW FACULTY DEFEND FREE EXPRESSION' Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) November 15, 1996, Friday, ALL EDITIONS, SECTION: Front, Pg. 1A</ref>
+==Impacts==
 ==Notes==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Academic Freedom]]

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 ==Activities==
-CAFAR was founded in 1996 inresponse to the experience of 'speech codes' at US Universities and in particular at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  The former Clinton official Donna Shalala, as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin in the late eighties, 'proved a fervent early advocate of campus speech restrictions.'<ref name="Leo">John Leo [http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_free_speech.html Free Inquiry? Not on Campus], ''City Journal'', Winter 2007, Pg. 73-83, accessed 3 August 2010</ref>  According to the account of [[John Leo]] the conservative writers:
+CAFAR was founded in 1996 in response to the experience of 'speech codes' at US Universities and in particular at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  The former Clinton official Donna Shalala, as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin in the late eighties, 'proved a fervent early advocate of campus speech restrictions.'<ref name="Leo">John Leo [http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_free_speech.html Free Inquiry? Not on Campus], ''City Journal'', Winter 2007, Pg. 73-83, accessed 3 August 2010</ref>  According to the account of [[John Leo]] the conservative writers:
 :Though Shalala occasionally praised free speech, she and her team imposed not only a full-fledged student speech code, later struck down in federal court, but also a faculty code that provoked the first (and so far, only) pro-free-speech campus campaign strong enough to repeal such repressive restrictions. The Wisconsin faculty code was a primitive, totalitarian horror. Professors found themselves under investigation, sometimes for months, without a chance to defend themselves or even to know about the secret proceedings. One female professor said: “It was like being put in prison for no reason. I had no idea what it was that I was supposed to have done.”
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 In a case of alleged racism by an academic during a Law class at the University of Wisconsin in 2007, CAFAR issued a statement:
-:When UW Law School professor Leonard Kaplan ended his legal-process class on Feb. 15, there was no sign that he had offended anyone. There were no questions or complaints, and no one approached him afterward. Yet offend he did, during a discussion about conflicts between culture and the legal system in which he used Hmong immigrants as an example.
+:When UW Law School professor Leonard Kaplan ended his legal-process class on Feb. 15, there was no sign that he had offended anyone. There were no questions or complaints, and no one approached him afterwards. Yet offend he did, during a discussion about conflicts between culture and the legal system in which he used Hmong immigrants as an example.
 :A few days later, third-year law student KaShia Moua sent an e-mail citing four 'incredibly offensive and racist' remarks she said Kaplan had made during a '10-minute rant about the Hmong.' Among them: 'Hmong men have no skills other than killing' and 'All second-generation Hmong end up in gangs and other criminal activity.'

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 ==Funding==
-According to an early account The Committee 'is being funded by the [[Bradley Foundation]], a Milwaukee charitable organization that supports conservative causes.'<ref name="Galloway">Jennifer A. Galloway 'UW FACULTY DEFEND FREE EXPRESSION' Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) November 15, 1996, Friday, ALL EDITIONS, SECTION: Front, Pg. 1A</ref>
+According to an early (1996) account The Committee 'is being funded by the [[Bradley Foundation]], a Milwaukee charitable organization that supports conservative causes.'<ref name="Galloway">Jennifer A. Galloway 'UW FACULTY DEFEND FREE EXPRESSION' Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) November 15, 1996, Friday, ALL EDITIONS, SECTION: Front, Pg. 1A</ref>
 ==Notes==

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 ==Activities==
-CAFAR was founded in response to the experience of 'speech codes' at US Universities and in particular at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  The former Clinton official Donna Shalala, as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin in the late eighties, 'proved a fervent early advocate of campus speech restrictions.'<ref name="Leo">John Leo [http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_free_speech.html Free Inquiry? Not on Campus], ''City Journal'', Winter 2007, Pg. 73-83, accessed 3 August 2010</ref>  According to the account of [[John Leo]] the conservative writers:
+CAFAR was founded in 1996 inresponse to the experience of 'speech codes' at US Universities and in particular at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  The former Clinton official Donna Shalala, as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin in the late eighties, 'proved a fervent early advocate of campus speech restrictions.'<ref name="Leo">John Leo [http://www.city-journal.org/html/17_1_free_speech.html Free Inquiry? Not on Campus], ''City Journal'', Winter 2007, Pg. 73-83, accessed 3 August 2010</ref>  According to the account of [[John Leo]] the conservative writers:
 :Though Shalala occasionally praised free speech, she and her team imposed not only a full-fledged student speech code, later struck down in federal court, but also a faculty code that provoked the first (and so far, only) pro-free-speech campus campaign strong enough to repeal such repressive restrictions. The Wisconsin faculty code was a primitive, totalitarian horror. Professors found themselves under investigation, sometimes for months, without a chance to defend themselves or even to know about the secret proceedings. One female professor said: “It was like being put in prison for no reason. I had no idea what it was that I was supposed to have done.”

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−	The [[Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights]] was set up in ~~1997~~ by [[Donald Downs]], a Political Science Professor and other colleagues based at the [[University of Wisconsin]] in Madison, Wisconsin in the US. According to an online CV for Downs he was the Secretary, of the Committee between 1996-1999; and President, Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights, 2000- present.<ref name="lemire">[http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/witnesses/downs-curriculum_vitae.pdf Donald A. Downs, Basic Vita], posted on the 'Freedom site of [[Marc Lemire]], accessed 02 August 2010</ref>	+	The [[Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights]] was set up in 1996 by [[Donald Downs]], a Political Science Professor and other colleagues based at the [[University of Wisconsin]] in Madison, Wisconsin in the US. According to an online CV for Downs he was the Secretary, of the Committee between 1996-1999; and President, Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights, 2000- present.<ref name="lemire">[http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/witnesses/downs-curriculum_vitae.pdf Donald A. Downs, Basic Vita], posted on the 'Freedom site of [[Marc Lemire]], accessed 02 August 2010</ref>

	According to the same source 'CAFR has participated in several important public issues and individual cases involving free speech, due process, and civil liberty. It has received national recognition, and was the model for the national organization FIRE ([[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]]).'<ref name="lemire"/>		According to the same source 'CAFR has participated in several important public issues and individual cases involving free speech, due process, and civil liberty. It has received national recognition, and was the model for the national organization FIRE ([[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]]).'<ref name="lemire"/>

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 :A few days later, third-year law student KaShia Moua sent an e-mail citing four 'incredibly offensive and racist' remarks she said Kaplan had made during a '10-minute rant about the Hmong.' Among them: 'Hmong men have no skills other than killing' and 'All second-generation Hmong end up in gangs and other criminal activity.'
-:Proclaiming that Kaplan 'has violated our rights as students,' Moua called a meeting 'to hold Kaplan and our administration accountable.' Moua did not reveal she was not in the class and received her information secondhand.<ref>Jason Shepard [http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=5854 Prof pays price for causing offense: Sensitivities take precedence over truth and academic freedom] ''The Daily Page'', Thursday 03/08/2007, accessed 2 August 2010</ref>
+:Proclaiming that Kaplan 'has violated our rights as students,' Moua called a meeting 'to hold Kaplan and our administration accountable.' Moua did not reveal she was not in the class and received her information secondhand.<ref name="shepard">Jason Shepard [http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=5854 Prof pays price for causing offense: Sensitivities take precedence over truth and academic freedom] ''The Daily Page'', Thursday 03/08/2007, accessed 2 August 2010</ref>
 Downs was quoted putting the CAFAR position:
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 :The Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights, headed by Downs, released a statement over the weekend saying it was 'dismayed' by the law school's public response. 'There is a distinct possibility that the emotion and pressures surrounding this case...will have a chilling effect on honest and good-faith discussion of racial and cultural issues in class and on campus.'
-:Schweber, who like Downs teaches the First Amendment in the political science department, says several faculty have expressed 'fear of being subjected to the kind of attacks that professor Kaplan has experienced' in discussing controversial topics, especially related to race.<ref>Jason Shepard [http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=5854 Prof pays price for causing offense: Sensitivities take precedence over truth and academic freedom] ''The Daily Page'', Thursday 03/08/2007, accessed 2 August 2010</ref>
+:Schweber, who like Downs teaches the First Amendment in the political science department, says several faculty have expressed 'fear of being subjected to the kind of attacks that professor Kaplan has experienced' in discussing controversial topics, especially related to race.<ref name="shepard"/>
 According to Downs, in a comment written in April 2010, the committee has been central to campaigns on Academic freedom opposing student and other reforms:
 :The Madison campus has witnessed as many free speech and academic freedom controversies as any other campus in the nation over the course of the last two decades. We have grappled with such issues as student and faculty speech codes, anonymous complaint boxes, a Reebok speech code, several conflicts relating to the student fee system (including a 2000 Supreme Court case on this issue, Board of Regents v. Southworth), department speech codes masquerading as “professional conduct codes,” numerous student newspaper controversies, student discipline reform, and individual cases implicating faculty members and staff. Academic freedom and free speech have prevailed in these cases because of the political mobilization of faculty members, often led by a unique independent group, the Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights.<ref>Donald S. Downs [http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/protectvoice/howto/Wisconsin.htm The University of Wisconsin Counters Garcetti v. Ceballos], April 2010, accessed 2 August 2010</ref>
 ==Funding==

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-The [[Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights]] was set up in 1997 by [[Donald Downs]], a Political Science Professor and other colleagues based at the [[University of Wisconsin]] in Madison, Wisconsin in the US.  According to an online CV for Downs he was the Secretary, of the Committee between 1996-1999; and President, Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights, 2000- present.<ref>[http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/witnesses/downs-curriculum_vitae.pdf Donald A. Downs, Basic Vita], posted on the 'Freedom site of [[Marc Lemire]], accessed 02 August 2010</ref>
+The [[Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights]] was set up in 1997 by [[Donald Downs]], a Political Science Professor and other colleagues based at the [[University of Wisconsin]] in Madison, Wisconsin in the US.  According to an online CV for Downs he was the Secretary, of the Committee between 1996-1999; and President, Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights, 2000- present.<ref name="lemire">[http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/witnesses/downs-curriculum_vitae.pdf Donald A. Downs, Basic Vita], posted on the 'Freedom site of [[Marc Lemire]], accessed 02 August 2010</ref>
-According to the same source 'CAFR has participated in several important public issues and individual cases involving free speech, due process, and civil liberty. It has received national recognition, and was the model for the national organization FIRE ([[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]]).'<ref>[http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/witnesses/downs-curriculum_vitae.pdf Donald A. Downs, Basic Vita], posted on the 'Freedom site of [[Marc Lemire]], accessed 02 august 2010</ref>
+According to the same source 'CAFR has participated in several important public issues and individual cases involving free speech, due process, and civil liberty. It has received national recognition, and was the model for the national organization FIRE ([[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]]).'<ref name="lemire"/>
 ==Activities==

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−	The [[Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights]] was set up by [[Donald Downs]], a Political Science Professor and colleagues based at the [[University of Wisconsin]] in Madison, Wisconsin in the US. According to an online CV for Downs he was the Secretary, of the Committee between 1996-1999; and President, Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights, 2000- present.<ref>[http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/witnesses/downs-curriculum_vitae.pdf Donald A. Downs, Basic Vita], posted on the 'Freedom site of [[Marc Lemire]], accessed 02 August 2010</ref>	+	The [[Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights]] was set up in 1997 by [[Donald Downs]], a Political Science Professor and other colleagues based at the [[University of Wisconsin]] in Madison, Wisconsin in the US. According to an online CV for Downs he was the Secretary, of the Committee between 1996-1999; and President, Committee for Academic Freedom and Rights, 2000- present.<ref>[http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/witnesses/downs-curriculum_vitae.pdf Donald A. Downs, Basic Vita], posted on the 'Freedom site of [[Marc Lemire]], accessed 02 August 2010</ref>

	According to the same source 'CAFR has participated in several important public issues and individual cases involving free speech, due process, and civil liberty. It has received national recognition, and was the model for the national organization FIRE ([[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]]).'<ref>[http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/witnesses/downs-curriculum_vitae.pdf Donald A. Downs, Basic Vita], posted on the 'Freedom site of [[Marc Lemire]], accessed 02 august 2010</ref>		According to the same source 'CAFR has participated in several important public issues and individual cases involving free speech, due process, and civil liberty. It has received national recognition, and was the model for the national organization FIRE ([[Foundation for Individual Rights in Education]]).'<ref>[http://www.freedomsite.org/legal/witnesses/downs-curriculum_vitae.pdf Donald A. Downs, Basic Vita], posted on the 'Freedom site of [[Marc Lemire]], accessed 02 august 2010</ref>