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| | Yale Must Find Balance of Views on Academic Freedom |
 | | Last week's cover article for the Yale Herald ("When professors bring politics to class," 9/17) highlighted the concern of many students such as myself -- that discussion of the upcoming election and political preferences has no place in the classroom, outside of a respectful, structured and balanced discourse within a pertinent course or subject area. |
 | | Too many times at Yale, though, are the left-leaning political tendencies of professors exposed in this atmosphere of expressive freedom, sometimes almost unconsciously to them, via off-the-cuff remarks or subtle comments that can leave students in the minority opinion uncomfortable and, at times, intimidated. |
 | | To be fair, the Yale faculty does feature prominent conservatives who get political in the classroom -- it's just that they represent such a miniscule minority of professors, and not only at Yale, but also throughout the country as a whole. |
| www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org /archive/October2004/YalemustfindbalanceBroussard100504.htm (895 words) |
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