Tag Archives: Academic Freedom

Disgusta State University to Professor: Change Your Beliefs or Get Out!

Based on events alleged to have taken place at Augusta State University, Augusta, Georgia. DISGUSTA, Ga. — Attorneys with the National Uncivil Liberties League (NULL) filed suit against Disgusta State University Wednesday on behalf of a counseling professor told that her beliefs are unethical and incompatible with the prevailing views of the counseling profession. The …

July 23, 2010 – 2:59 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , | Comments (7)

Dancing On An IDEA’s Grave?

Not long ago Allen MacNeill, professor of biology at Cornell, wrote a blog post crowing over the apparent death of IDEA Centers around the country. IDEA centers are, or were, connection points for college students interested in Intelligent Design. By examining activity on their websites, MacNeill showed that the IDEA Center movement seemed to be …

March 19, 2009 – 10:15 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , | Comments (10)

Slaughter of the Dissidents–Book Review

Book Review I suppose I ought to start this review on a more positive note, but here I go anyway: If you didn’t like the movie Expelled, you are really not going to like Jerry Bergman’s Slaughter of the Dissidents: The Shocking Truth About Killing The Careers Of Darwin Doubters. It’s one thing to sit …

December 18, 2008 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, The Faith, Unfiled | Tagged , , , | Comments (3)