You Can't Teach That!
The Battle over University ClassroomsA timely analysis of the historical and legal battles over academic freedom and the control of classroom discourse in American higher education, exploring how current legislative restrictions echo past conflicts.
"Among the broader public, free expression is selling books. Scholars such as Yale University political scientist Keith E. Whittington, author of the recent book You Can’t Teach That!, have challenged campus groupthink in the most damning and effective way, by pointing out that enforced conformity of thought strikes at the heart of the academic enterprise: the advance of knowledge through, and only through, the collision and constant comparison of alternative views."
Washington Post"an effective warning and encouragement for the protection of academic freedom."
Law and LibertyThe publication of this book on academic freedom "by [one] of the nation’s leading First Amendment scholars could not be more timely"
New York Review of Books"This timely and urgent book provides the best available overview of the most aggressive attack on academic freedom since the McCarthy era. Everyone who cares about American higher education should read it."
Jonathan Rauch, Brookings Institution"A robust and authoritative overview of the fierce debates over academic freedom in America."
Floyd Abrams, Senior Counsel, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP"You Can’t Teach That! is an important and timely book. The recent wave of state legislative restrictions on academic freedom is a dangerous development, and Keith Whittington makes a strong case that these laws are inconsistent with the best understanding of First Amendment freedoms."
Thomas M. Keck, Syracuse University