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For his colleagues and the union alike, the case provided a difficult example of the clash of shared academic values and the right to speak. Here four participants in the controversy  \n–from NTEU’s National President to colleagues – reflect on the thorny matters at issue.  \nBeyond ‘political correctness’  \nCarolyn Allport  \nOver the last few years universities,both here and abroad,have seen a contesting of traditional ideas of the meaning of academic freedom. S uch contests have come from within the academy (from all sides of the political spectrum), from increasing commercialism within universities, from government in terms of increasing direct intervention in the operation of universities, from research funding councils in their creation of‘community’ representatives to assess the ‘relevance’ of research projects, and from new anti-terrorism legislation including the crime of sedition.  \nIn North America and Australia there have been disturbing and troubling signs of moves to redefine the meaning of academic freedom, and place on to its traditional meaning an action agenda. Such an agenda would, as our sister organisations in the United States argue, highly limit rights under the name of diversity. This has become an important movement on American campuses, although it could also be seen as part of the older ‘political correctness’debate.  \nThe leader in this movement is David Horowitz, described as a ‘former radical leftist who has  \nUniversities’ responses to these contests have varied, ranging from clear support for the principles of academic freedom in teaching and research to immediate suspension of individual academics, censorship and new codes of conduct aimed at limiting dissent.  \nThere is so much in play and  \nThe expectations of our society are clearly that teaching and research staff at Australian universities have the right, as well as the responsibility, to speak out.  \nabandoned his leftist roots for the extreme political right’. Horowitz is campaigning for an ‘Academic Bill of Rights’to counter the perception that American colleges and universities are hiring too many liberals and democrats, and that students who do not share liberal views are discriminated against. The campaign  \nso many enter the contest believing that their intentions are not just good, but also correct. Freedom of speech has always been difficult to defend when the stakes are high – witness the McCarthy era investigations. Is it any surprise that the film Goodbye and Good Luck has been received so warmly by Australian theatre goers, and at such a time?  \nincludes a ‘Students for Academic Freedom’ website2 where students are able to download complaint forms and advice on tape-recording ‘partisan’professors. They are also encouraged to report ‘abuses’by professors. The ultimate purpose of such reports are to directly influence the hiring practices ofAmerican universities.  \nBeyond ‘political correctness’, Carolyn Allport vol 48, no 2, 2006 9  \nA U S T R A L I A N U N I V E R S I T I E S R E V I E W  \nThe Australian situation is a little different, but our institutions have found that they too can be trapped within ‘political correctness’ politics. As our contributors detail, debates around the situation of Macquarie University and a member of the Law School, Andrew Fraser, show us that there is little to gain by debating labels such as ‘left’and‘right’.  \nOur institutions need to take their responsibilities seriously, and not act in a knee-jerk way. The recent decision by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) to introduce a policy on the ‘Expression and Practice of Religious, Political and other Values, Beliefs and Ideas at UTS’, is one such example of reactive policy making. As NTEU members at UTS h","cbCaiaSRc623udqd","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaSRc623udqd","pdf",385559,"English","# Fight for your right to say it?\n## Beyond ‘political correctness’","[{\"question\":\"What controversy is the article referring to at the start?\",\"answer\":\"It describes an incident at Macquarie University where a Macquarie academic faced outrage over supposed links between race and criminality, raising a clash between shared academic values and the right to speak.\"},{\"question\":\"How do universities respond to challenges to academic freedom, according to the article?\",\"answer\":\"Responses range from clear support for academic freedom in teaching and research to suspension of academics, censorship, and new codes of conduct aimed at limiting dissent.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is “political correctness” criticized in the article?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that political correctness and overt partisanship are alien to professional debate standards and can discourage free inquiry while shifting priorities toward protecting particular beliefs rather than rights to investigate and speak.\"}]","Australian Universities Review - Fight for your right to say it? | PDF",1792081036,15]