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Jan. 18
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/01/18/ucla
The New Class Monitors
In a move that some professors see as a new low in efforts to monitor their classroom activities, a conservative group is offering students at the University of California at Los Angeles money to tape lectures and turn over materials distributed by professors.
While several conservative groups invite students at various colleges to file reports about professors, these students have not been paid. Faculty members at UCLA said that the pay may violate the intellectual property rights of professors — and that the tactic is an attempt to intimidate scholars.
This is the opening of the Capitol Weekly article:
http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=434
Bruin Alumni Association Targets 'Radical' Faculty
By Malcolm Maclachlan
E-mail article
(published January 17th, 2006)
An organization calling itself the "Bruin Alumni Association" that has no
official affiliation with the University of California has published an
online list of UCLA professors it deems "radical." The Association also
posted an online offer to pay students for evidence proving that instructors
have been espousing left-wing views in class, in violation of University of
California rules.
The Association lists an advisory board of UCLA alumni that includes Senator
and current Congressional candidate Bill Morrow, R-San Diego, former
Congressman Jim Rogan, and former California Republican Party head Shawn
Steel. The group's founder is Andrew Jones, a 2003 UCLA graduate who has
worked as a research assistant to David Horowitz, the right-wing commentator
closely identified with criticizing universities for being too liberal.
The Web site, www.uclaprofs.com, lists 31 current and former professors in
disciplines such as African-American studies, Chicano studies, education,
history and political science. These names are linked to detailed profiles
of professors and their activities. There is also a ratings system in which
faculty are rated from one to five "black power" fists to indicate how
radical they are.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla18jan18,0,4943877.story?coll=la
UCLA Alumni Group Is Tracking 'Radical' Faculty
By Stuart Silverstein and Peter Y. Hong, Times Staff Writers
A fledgling alumni group headed by a former campus Republican leader is offering students payments of up to $100 per class to provide information on instructors who are "abusive, one-sided or off-topic" in advocating political ideologies.
The year-old Bruin Alumni Assn. says its "Exposing UCLA's Radical Professors" initiative takes aim at faculty "actively proselytizing their extreme views in the classroom, whether or not the commentary is relevant to the class topic." Although the group says it is concerned about radical professors of any political stripe, it has named an initial "Dirty 30" of teachers it identifies with left-wing or liberal causes.
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Jan. 18
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/01/18/ucla
The New Class Monitors
In a move that some professors see as a new low in efforts to monitor their classroom activities, a conservative group is offering students at the University of California at Los Angeles money to tape lectures and turn over materials distributed by professors.
While several conservative groups invite students at various colleges to file reports about professors, these students have not been paid. Faculty members at UCLA said that the pay may violate the intellectual property rights of professors — and that the tactic is an attempt to intimidate scholars.
This is the opening of the Capitol Weekly article:
http://www.capitolweekly.net/news/article.html?article_id=434
Bruin Alumni Association Targets 'Radical' Faculty
By Malcolm Maclachlan
E-mail article
(published January 17th, 2006)
An organization calling itself the "Bruin Alumni Association" that has no
official affiliation with the University of California has published an
online list of UCLA professors it deems "radical." The Association also
posted an online offer to pay students for evidence proving that instructors
have been espousing left-wing views in class, in violation of University of
California rules.
The Association lists an advisory board of UCLA alumni that includes Senator
and current Congressional candidate Bill Morrow, R-San Diego, former
Congressman Jim Rogan, and former California Republican Party head Shawn
Steel. The group's founder is Andrew Jones, a 2003 UCLA graduate who has
worked as a research assistant to David Horowitz, the right-wing commentator
closely identified with criticizing universities for being too liberal.
The Web site, www.uclaprofs.com, lists 31 current and former professors in
disciplines such as African-American studies, Chicano studies, education,
history and political science. These names are linked to detailed profiles
of professors and their activities. There is also a ratings system in which
faculty are rated from one to five "black power" fists to indicate how
radical they are.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla18jan18,0,4943877.story?coll=la
UCLA Alumni Group Is Tracking 'Radical' Faculty
By Stuart Silverstein and Peter Y. Hong, Times Staff Writers
A fledgling alumni group headed by a former campus Republican leader is offering students payments of up to $100 per class to provide information on instructors who are "abusive, one-sided or off-topic" in advocating political ideologies.
The year-old Bruin Alumni Assn. says its "Exposing UCLA's Radical Professors" initiative takes aim at faculty "actively proselytizing their extreme views in the classroom, whether or not the commentary is relevant to the class topic." Although the group says it is concerned about radical professors of any political stripe, it has named an initial "Dirty 30" of teachers it identifies with left-wing or liberal causes.
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