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From the Group | A word on tutorial freedom and institutional orthodoxy
There was an excessive amount of dialog in our neighborhood just lately over a movement launched within the School Senate. A number of articles have appeared in The Stanford Every day, and tensions had been excessive on the School Senate assembly on Could 11. Transferring anecdotes have been shared in response to the suggestion that […]
From the Group | Doerr College confuses wealth and fame for management and information
What group of individuals is greatest positioned to advise a brand new faculty of sustainability? On June fifth, we received Stanford administration’s reply. The Doerr College’s Dean introduced the varsity’s Advisory Council’s new membership. The Council now counts 22 members, over half of whom are both billionaires or their spouses, and half of whom are […]
From the Group | Shared Governance
I used to be happy to see that the Provostial Search Committee had illustration from the undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral scholar communities. I used to be one of many voices calling for that illustration. On the threat of being accused of transferring the goalposts, I do take concern with how the choice occurred. On the […]
From the Group | After demise threats towards its Vietnamese group, Stanford stayed silent.
Content material warning: This message references anti-Asian violence/racial violence. Earlier this quarter, a person was discovered and detained on campus after threatening to enact violence towards Stanford’s Vietnamese group. After posting a sequence of on-line threats and racially charged feedback towards Stanford’s Vietnamese college students, the person bodily confirmed up on campus — and was […]
From the Neighborhood | That Good day Spirit
We don’t have to let you know will we? Since you really feel it — each time you stroll round with out your shut mates or with out your AirPods in. Do you are feeling welcome in every single place on campus? Do you are feeling like Stanford has a powerful sense of group? Universities […]
From the Group | A parable of educational freedom
Pricey Prof. Berk, Along with Prof. Lipsick, I introduced earlier than the School Senate, in its Could 11 session, the decision that requires the dissolution of the ties between our College and Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Mercer. I really feel obliged to reply to your criticism of our decision within the op-ed printed in The […]
From the Neighborhood | SEIU 2007 helps Stanford Graduate Employees Union
Our Union, SEIU 2007, has represented greater than 1200 Stanford staff since 1970. We proudly help the Stanford Graduate Employees Union marketing campaign to unionize graduate pupil staff. The continuing points they face, together with lower-than-living wages, spiraling healthcare prices and intensely excessive housing costs, are the identical points that confront all of our SEIU […]
From the Neighborhood | Why did we suggest a decision in regards to the affiliation of Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Mercer with Stanford?
On Might 11, 2023, we proposed a decision within the School Senate requesting that the affiliation of Rupert Murdoch and Rebekah Mercer in all positions of duty or honor at Stanford College be terminated attributable to promulgation of harmful, racist and antisemitic disinformation on platforms they personal or management. The motivation for our decision was […]
From the Neighborhood | Letter to our comunidad about El Centro Chicanx/Latinx
Querida Comunidad, The pictures of scholars carrying indicators utilizing profanity towards El Centro and Centro Director Elvira Prieto and calling for workers firing from the Might 5th incident throughout Cafecito at El Centro have been devastating. Intimidation, identify calling and aggressive confrontation will not be how we resolve variations in our comunidad. The checklist of calls […]
From the Neighborhood | Thought police or ethical integrity?
It’s been an thrilling yr within the College Senate. A quick overview for individuals who have missed the latest kerfuffle: Professor Jakovljevic and Professor Lipsick, who sits on the College Senate Steering Committee, introduced ahead a movement requesting that Rebekah Mercer and Rupert Murdoch be terminated from all affiliation with Stanford. Ms. Mercer and Mr. Murdoch are on […]