"I don't think the government should be involved." The government is already involved. It is a Public University, funded in part by tuition and fees and a lot of government money. What faculty and staff retire, they are part of the government retirement plan.
Now, I don't want thought police in the classroom monitoring professors. Ideally, the university would police itself. If students complain that a prof isn't teaching, the university should investigate. If true, then they should urge him or her too. If complaints continue, they should take harsher actions. If they do not take action, then it would be the job of State to hold someone in the administration accountable. "Let's take the smoking bans. I agree that restaurants are very nice being smoke free, but I don't think the government should mandate it." I couldn't agree more. One difference. Ninety-nine point nine percent of restaurants are privately owned. "Universities should be free to create whatever educational value proposition they like and consumers should be free to choose." Let me give you an example of why I disagree with this. Suppose a professor at a college says he has the perfect solution to the problems in the Middle East. This professor says there should be another holocaust and all of the Jewish people in Israel and the world should be executed. Suppose people complain but the college does nothing about it. As much I would like this to be a fictional story, it is not. There was a professor at a college here in NC who said this. The professor even created a class about the subject. This professor actually trained with some militant Islamic groups. The college was a small private school so the State really has no say in the issue. If it were a State college, I it would be the state's duty to calm the rhetoric in my opinion. State employees should not be allowed to say crap like that. "So, then, in your system, who determines what is political speech? What criteria do they measure by?" It's not my system. I have no idea. Your questions form the most difficult process if something like this were instituted. In the case above, I believe it is pretty obvious. In others, it would almost be impossible to decide. In some parts, professors are hired because of their opinions. For example, a university decides to hire a new economics professor because his opinions and ideas about the economy are new and revolutionary. You would expect him or her to use this opinions in class. However, I do not believe many university hire professors to talk about exterminating a whole race of people. I am not pro censorship. I just want stuff like I mentioned above and the example the other Jerry mentioned stopped when they happen at State supported schools. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228793 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
