Douglas Northrop Jackson II FRSC (August 14, 1929 – August 22, 2004) was a Canadian psychology professor best known for his work in human assessment and psychological testing.
16-438: (Redirected from ESQ ) Esq or ESQ may refer to: Employee screening questionnaire, a psychological test developed by Canadian psychology professor Douglas N. Jackson Esquire (abbreviated Esq.), a modern, informal, non-royally awarded title Ensoniq ESQ-1 , a synthesizer released by Ensoniq in 1985 Infiniti ESQ , a Chinese-Japanese subcompact SUV Topics referred to by
32-607: A large variety of significant Canadian cases relating to academic freedom. According to The Globe and Mail columnist Robert Fulford , SAFS has stood up for academic freedom at a time when "fresh waves of intolerance continue to sweep across academe." Similarly, in the National Post , columnist Barbara Kay describes the Society members as "accomplished, disinterested, ruthlessly honest academics united in visceral contempt for those of their peers who are willing to bend and manipulate
48-473: A wide range of cases and issues relating to academic freedom and scholarship quite broadly. In addition to sponsoring conferences and panel discussions , the SAFS makes publicly available on its official website most of its correspondence concerning cases that it has been involved with. Such correspondences—which often include replies from university administrators, union representatives, and others—provide insight into
64-503: A wide range of issues relating to academic freedom and scholarly excellence. Although its membership is open to the general public, the Society is composed mostly of faculty and students from Canadian universities. The Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship was established in 1992 in London, Ontario . Its first newsletter was published in May 1992. The society's initial membership included
80-463: Is a Canadian non-profit organization founded to promote academic freedom and intellectual excellence on Canadian institutions of higher education (i.e., college and university campuses). It opposes campus speech codes , political and religious tests for academic hiring, hate-speech legislation that restricts academic freedom, and non- merit-based affirmative action in university hiring. The SAFS also works to promote reasoned debate on
96-524: Is composed as follows: Past presidents of the society have been: Throughout its history, SAFS has been vocal in its opposition to policies it believes are inconsistent with the goals of an open, meritocratic , academic community. It is in this context that it has spoken out against campus speech codes , hate-speech legislation that impinges on academic freedom, religious and political tests used in place of strictly academic criteria in university hiring, and non-merit-based affirmative action programs for
112-902: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Douglas N. Jackson Born in Merrick, New York , Jackson graduated from Cornell University in 1951 with a BSc in Industrial and Labor Relations and from Purdue University in 1955 with a PhD in Clinical Psychology. Jackson taught at Pennsylvania State University (1956–62) and Stanford University (1962–64) before starting at University of Western Ontario in 1964, where he taught for over 32 years. Jackson created numerous tests in his life, including: These were distributed through two companies he founded, Research Psychologists Press and Sigma Assessment Systems. He collaborated with Samuel Messick at
128-664: The Educational Testing Service , examining construct validity . Jackson also published several analyses on sex and intelligence that found males applying to medical schools had a small but nontrivial advantage in general intelligence factor and in reasoning. Jackson served on the Executive Council of the International Test Commission and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1989). He
144-472: The Board of Directors. Editors of the newsletter have been as follows: The Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship is financed solely by membership fees and voluntary donations. In its first newsletter, the SAFS listed its central goals as being the defense of intellectual freedom and the promotion of academic excellence . Specifically, it listed the society's founding purposes as being: (1) To resist
160-604: The consensus of the signing scholars on issues related to the controversy about intelligence research that followed the publication of the book The Bell Curve . Colleague J. Philippe Rushton noted that Jackson's founding of Canada's Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship was a response to "Canadian researchers challenged by ' political correctness '" and "demonstrated his personal commitment to ensuring personal liberty and freedom of enquiry for his colleagues." Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship The Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship ( SAFS )
176-600: The following founding academic officers: Since its founding, the SAFS has published a regular tri-annual newsletter (January, April, September), originally entitled the Society for Academic Freedom & Scholarship Newsletter , later renamed the SAFS Newsletter . The newsletter contains news articles and commentary relating to issues in higher education. The first issue, appearing in May 1992, contained articles by Judy Wubnig and John J. Furedy , as well as announcements from
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#1732869710698192-444: The hiring of university faculty and librarians. Moreover, unlike some other non-profit societies with similar goals, SAFS has been as much concerned with the academic freedom of university students as it has with the that of university faculty. Since its founding, the Society has regularly been called on by the media to comment on cases relating to academic freedom across Canada. The SAFS has also aspired to promote reasoned debate on
208-536: The ideological misuse of teaching and scholarship, (2) To support rigorous standards in research and teaching in university hiring practices, and (3) To preserve academic freedom and the free exchange of ideas, regardless of popular doctrine. Beginning in 2001, the Society began advertising its main purpose as helping to maintain "freedom in teaching, research and scholarship" and helping to defend "high standards of excellence in academic decision making concerning both students and faculty." The current board of directors
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240-435: The truth to serve their ideological ends." For several years the Society recognized important contributions to academic freedom through its Furedy Academic Freedom Award . Established by John and Christine Furedy in honour of John's parents, Bela and Dusi Furedy, the award recognized members of the university community, both students and faculty, who have championed academic freedom. The first SAFS Annual General Meeting
256-607: Was president of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Research from 1975–1976 and received their Saul Sells Award for Lifetime Contributions in 1997. He was President of APA 's Division of Measurement, Evaluation, and Statistics from 1989–1990 and was awarded that division's Samuel J. Messick Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions in 2004. In 1994 he was one of 52 signatories on " Mainstream Science on Intelligence ," an editorial written by Linda Gottfredson and published in The Wall Street Journal , which declared
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