Jan Blits

Jan H. Blits
Born (1943-04-06) April 6, 1943
Education St. John's College, New School for Social Research
Awards Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation's Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award (2011)
Scientific career
Fields Education
Institutions University of Delaware
Thesis All the sway of earth: the politics of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1975)

Jan H. Blits (born April 6, 1943) is an American educational researcher and professor emeritus in the University of Delaware School of Education. He is also the president of the Delaware chapter of the National Association of Scholars (NAS). He received the Prometheus Award from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education in 2009, and the Jeane Kirkpatrick Academic Freedom Award from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation in 2011. He is known for, along with his colleague Linda Gottfredson, helping to expose a controversial Residence Life Program at the University of Delaware in 2007. After critics described the program as "appalling" and an attempt at indoctrination, the program was quickly shut down by the University.[1][2] Blits also fought alongside Gottfredson against the University's attempts to ban them from receiving research funding from the Pioneer Fund in the early 1990s. Ultimately, they were successful in their attempts to be allowed to accept such funds.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "NAS Delaware Head Jan Blits Keynotes Tomorrow at FIRE Conference". National Association of Scholars. 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  2. ↑ "NAS Delaware Affiliate President Jan Blits Receives Academic Freedom Award". National Association of Scholars. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  3. ↑ "U. Delaware Reaches Accord On Race Studies". The Scientist. 1992-07-06. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  4. ↑ Tierney, John (2016-10-14). "The Real War on Science". City Journal. Retrieved 2017-10-21.


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