Report: Significant Amount of Faculty Today Self-Censor Due to Fears of Reprisal
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 1, 2023
Faculty members are more likely to self-censor today than social scientists did during McCarthy era of the 1940s and 50s, according to a recent report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). Dr. Sean Stevens At the end of the Second Red Scare in 1955, 9% of social scientists said they toned down their writing for fear of causing controversy.
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