Inside Higher Ed: Reframing the Debate About What Professors Say
From a legislative perspective, the movement for the “Academic Bill of Rights” hasn’t led to the enactments of bills that many professors feared. Hearings have been held, and bills introduced — and some have even advanced. But the movement hasn’t produced new laws. That’s not to say, though, that it hasn’t had an impact. Plenty of legislators, talk radio hosts, bloggers and others have picked up the arguments put forth by David Horowitz and other proponents of the measure — namely that many professors are not only liberal, but are committed to indoctrinating students and punishing those who don’t accept their views.