Colleges Being Remade Into "Repress U"?

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 22, 2008 @10:42AM from the don't-speak-out dept.

The Nation has up a sobering article from its upcoming issue about how colleges and universities are being turned into homeland security campuses, in the name of preventing homegrown radicalization. Quoting: "From Harvard to UCLA, the ivory tower is fast becoming the latest watchtower in Fortress America. The terror warriors, having turned their attention to "violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism prevention' — as it was recently dubbed in a House of Representatives bill of the same name — have set out to reconquer that traditional hotbed of radicalization, the university."

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Foundation for Individual Rights in Education by Kohath · 2008-01-22 11:40 · Score: 5, Informative

The main watchdog for campus rights abuses is FIRE.

Speech codes and anti-harassment "respect" policies are the most common culprits when it comes to violating individual rights at colleges.