Article: Instructional Practices
Save the World on Your Own Time
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Martha’s
Recommendation
Stanley Fish argues that a faculty member should stick to the boundaries of their professional work, which does not include political activism.
The unfettered expression of ideas is a cornerstone of liberal democracy; it is a prime political value. It is not, however, an academic value, and if we come to regard it as our primary responsibility, we will default on the responsibilities assigned us and come to be what no one pays us to be -- political agents.