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.
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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