<p>logicalidea (objectiveperson?) - there was another thread like this - the Kalven Report isn’t extremist, and certainly not enough to make the Presidential Library a “blatant violation” of the Report itself. As discussed in the other thread, the Kalven Report is actually worded quite broadly, and is simply a reflection of the free speech principles that govern lots of universities. </p>
<p>The Kalven Report, like the pedagogical approaches of Columbia, Stanford, etc., allow for partisan and agenda-driven wings to arise (e.g. the Hoover Institute at Stanford, the Institute for Israel at Columbia), as long as the university overall - as an institution - does not adopt a particular view.</p>
<p>Put another way, the Hoover institute may have very particular inclinations about certain topics, but, overall, Stanford would be neutral on these topics. Same would hold for UChicago if the Obama Library took root in Hyde Park.</p>