The UCOP release of faculty, staff and student names to the federal Office of Civil Rights, made public by UCB’s decision to notify the 160 named, has raised a host of questions about the reality and resilience of academic freedom in UC classrooms. BFA, UC-AFT, and BFF2L cosponsored this panel and discussion about the regulatory background, history and political issues raised by the weaponization of Title VI by the federal government and its implications for the ability to teach freely.
Panelists:
Catherine E. Lhamon, Executive Director, Edley Center on Law & Democracy, UC Berkeley School of Law, former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education.
Brian Soucek, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law and Chancellor’s Fellow, UC Davis School of Law and member of the AAUP “Committee A” on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
Asli Ü. Bali, Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of Law, Yale Law School and President of the Middle East Studies Association (MESA).
Moderated and introduced by professors Leslie Salzinger (Gender & Women’s Studies), and Zoé Hamstead (City & Regional Planning.
Cosponsors: BFA, UC-AFT, BFF2L