Saturday, August 15, 2009

A Bit Surprising Statement From the AAUP

A Bit Surprising Statement From the AAUP

The August 14, 2009
Inside Higher Education includes this rather gratifying criticism of Yale University Press from, all groups, the American Association of University Professors:
The American Association of University Professors issued a statement Thursday sharply criticizing a decision by the Yale University Press, first reported by The New York Times, to exclude from a book about the controversy over cartoon images of Muhammad the images themselves. The AAUP statement said that Yale's position effectively was: "We do not negotiate with terrorists. We just accede to their anticipated demands."
The last email that I saw from AAUP's head was so PC that I am startled to see such a gutsy statement from them.

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