Supporting Academic Freedom for students and scholars in subject areas under siege.
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We're building an online institute for #AcademicFreedom following the hostile takeover of @NewCollegeofFL, which has caused 40% of the faculty to flee, leaving students in chaos. Courses under threat of censorship will be announced soon.
#SaveNewCollege @SaveNewCollege
AltLiberalArts is back! We've partnered up once more with @PENamerica to bring you a "Freedom to Learn in FL" advocacy workshop, catered to Florida students and activists.
Join us on Feb. 16 at 2:30pm EST, and visit altliberalarts.org/courses to register
Up next at AltLiberalArts: three events in three days! 🎉🎉🎉 Featuring scholars and activists like @sadowskimi, @SimoneChrissEsq, @jonfreadom, @mayawiley and @MarvinDunn4, you won't want to miss this. Visit altliberalarts.org/courses to register
We're excited to have partnered with @jonfreadom to bring you “Free Expression and Education"—a three-part lecture series on the freedom to learn and recent threats concerning public schools.
Tune in on November 7, 14 & 21, 4pm-5pm ET. To register, visit altliberalarts.org/courses
Registration details for this lecture series are now live on our website: altliberalarts.org/courses
Join us Nov. 6, 4pm - 5:30pm ET for Part 1 of our "Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth in the 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' Era" lecture series with @sadowskimi. Check our website for updates, or reach out to [email protected] to register!
On Oct. 30 at 12pm ET, we're closing out the month with a panel on "Colleges and Universities as Civic Actors" ft. @EnsignMargee and @JBeckerCCE. How can colleges serve as civic actors to address challenges + censorship in the US? Register at altliberalarts.org to learn more
Join us next week for a discussion on "The Intersection of Science & Politics" with internationally renowned science historian, @NaomiOreskes. This event is free and open to the public. Visit our website to register: altliberalarts.org/
Three events in three days! It's been a whirlwind with the launch of our four-part lecture series with @neilhimself. Join us for part three tonight at 7pm ET, and visit altliberalarts.org to learn how to register.
Tonight at 7pm ET, we kick off our four-part lecture series by award-winning author @neilhimself. It's not too late to register! Visit our website altliberalarts.org/ for more info. Students and alumni of the New College of Florida will receive free access.
Starting tomorrow! Join @neilhimself for a powerful 4 part lecture series on STORY. #academicfreedom
Free for all @NewCollegeofFl students/alumni & by donation for all others. Register and get info here: altliberalarts.org
@BardCollege @opensocietyuniv #neilgaiman
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Love books, ideas, education? Join @mandypatinkin and Kathryn Grody in speaking out against book banning. Join @penamerica @UAbookbans and @wginyc on Oct. 7 for the #BannedBooksWeek Day of Action and share your favorite banned book with the hashtag #LetFreedomRead.
Listen to us on @wusf @NPR: "New College of Florida alumni and supporters launch online learning platform as alternative to conservative makeover." wusf.org/education/2023-09-2…
As AP courses come under threat in Florida, we've partnered w @BardCollege to offer 3 free early college courses for FL high school students this fall.
Intro to African American History
Intro to Psychology
Intro to Gender Studies
Register by Oct 11:
altnewcollege.org/ap-courses
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"@NewCollegeofFL defectors launch e-learning platform: @altnewcollege."
The latest from our #HigherEducationNewsBrief.
insidehighered.com/news/quic…
DeSantis targeted @NewCollegeofFL. Here’s What’s Changed via @nytimes:
nytimes.com/2023/09/22/us/ne…
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A cache of emails from school attorneys in FL reveals chaos, confusion, and fear, over the last year, as they tried to interpret vague new state laws and whether they need to ban books. This is the #EdScare. #BookBans
“I don’t know how we protect staff here without banning every single book that has any type of coming of age story line.”
This is why “err on the side of caution” = censorship.
Thank you, @smbrugal for this reporting.
#ErrOnTheSideOfEducation miamiherald.com/news/local/e…
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The ‘shameless hatred’ behind attacks on gender, academia.
universityworldnews.com/post… / @mashagessen #judithbutler #genderstudies #academicfreedom #savenewcollege
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Do not miss the latest on book bans. They are getting worse—a 33% spike over the previous school year with Florida taking the lead with the most books banned. Children should never be taken hostage by the political agenda of politicians.
The freedom to read is under assault—particularly in public schools—curtailing students’ freedom to explore words, ideas, & books. In the 2022–23 school year, PEN America recorded 3,362 instances of book bans in US public school classrooms & libraries.
➡️pen.org/report/book-bans-pre…
