This is one of the most thoughtful pieces I have ever read on the political problems besetting the professor of higher education (where "higher" is taken to mean something a little more substantive than "above high school"). It is by Leonard Kaplan, the Wisconsin law professor who was, last year, ensnared in a controversy over remarks he allegedly made about the Hmong (southeast Asian) minority in his state. In setting those remarks in their intellectual context, he makes a number of valuable points about pluralism, humans rights, and the duty of professors to tackle controversial issues that we (especially here in Toronto), face every day. I hope you read it.
http://insidehighered.com/views/2007/12/14/kaplan Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his or her views." - Melissa Lane, in a /Guardian/ obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton ================================= ---
