Government investigations vs. Academic Freedom

March 1, 2004

Two stories in The Chronicle of Higher Education this week paint a picture of government agencies investigating colleges without apparent justification.

“…U.S. attorney subpoenaed Drake University last month for records of a student group and followed that up with a gag order…” after an anti-war demonstration.

At the University of Texas at Austin four U.S. Army officials visited the campus in February seeking information about a conference on “Islam and the Law: The Question of Sexism?”

The articles are available online to subscribers.

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