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"Classroom Implications of Enacting an "Academic Bill of Rights"

Wednesday, November 2

Bob Entenmann, History and Asian Studies Greg Kneser, Dean of Students Paul Zorn, Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science (MSCS) guest: Sen. Tom Neuville (MN Senate District 25)

(co-sponsors: Dean of the College, Dean of Students)

Responding to charges that colleges and universities have insufficient intellectual diversity on our campuses, legislators across the country have introduced bills that propose an "academic bill of rights." Two related resolutions have been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. This lunch discussion will begin with the content of legislation currently under consideration in the MN Legislature, but will move quickly to discuss its pedagogical implications. How would adopting the proposed academic bill of rights affect our teaching? Looking more broadly, how should we preserve a respect for different viewpoints and a commitment to scholarly inquiry? What do we expect of ourselves and our students?