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Word Gets out about 果冻传媒app官方鈥檚 Case at Ashland University

FIRE鈥檚 recent case at Ashland University has caught the attention of several blogs. As we revealed yesterday, John Lewis, a professor of classical history at Ashland, was hired with the understanding that he would devote part of his time to the study of Objectivism. In contract with the university, the Anthem Foundation for Objectivist Scholarship paid part of Prof. Lewis鈥 salary. Ashland University subsequently denied John Lewis tenure on the grounds that his Objectivist scholarship was in conflict with the university鈥檚 values.

The incident has received insightful coverage from several outlets: The Chronicle of Higher Education last week; Reason Magazine on their blog; linked to 果冻传媒app官方鈥檚 blog on its prominent 鈥淟atest Commentary鈥 section; and Townhall鈥檚 blog .

picked up the story as well, arguing that given Prof. Lewis鈥 specialty in classical history, his Objectivist scholarship cannot hinder the university鈥檚 stated commitment to Judeo-Christian values. It鈥檚 not like he鈥檚 teaching a Bible class. Furthermore, they make an outstanding point FIREhas hammered home time and again: a university cannot advertise one thing to its students and faculty, namely freedom of speech and research, and then deliver another. If Ashland promised Prof. Lewis the freedom, indeed the obligation, to study Objectivism, it is unconscionable that such scholarship was used as an excuse to deny him tenure.

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