Friday, March 1, 2013

Richard Redding to speak at Northwestern

Richard Redding, Professor of Law and Psychology at Chapman University, will speak on Thursday, March 7 at 12 noon in RB 150.  He will argue that the culture of political correctness has a significant influence on American higher education.

In The Politically Correct University: Problems, Scope, and Reforms (AEI Press, 2009), Robert Maranto, Richard E. Redding, and Frederick M. Hess examine how the politically correct imperative to promote "diversity"- of race, ethnicity, and gender, but not of ideas - has diverted higher education from its true purposes. The book offers empirical research on the role of conservative professors and students in the academy; explorations of how the reverence for diversity plays out in practice; the legal and educational history of “diversity,” and suggestions for how the politically correct university might be reformed, including implications for affirmative action policies as well as scholarship and teaching in the legal academy.

Please click here to see an op-ed that briefly touches on some of the issues that Prof. Redding will explore in his speech.

(Note: the time and location of this event have been updated)

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