Sep. 27, 2007
Cowering From Conflict
Forum Column - By Peter Scheer - The University of California's leaders showed a deficit of courage last week, bowing to political pressure from conservatives over UC Irvine's hiring of Erwin Chemerinsky and from liberals over a speech by former Harvard president Lawrence Summers.
Peter Scheer
By Peter Scheer
The best that can be said about the University of California's leaders is that they are neutral in their spinelessness: In the face of political pressure, they are quick to surrender the university's academic freedom - its lifeblood - whether that pressure comes from the ideological right or the left.
From the right, UC Irvine was criticized for its hiring of law p...
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