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Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to St. Olaf College

Religion and philosophy professor removed from directing a scholarly center for inviting Peter Singer to give a public lecture.

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.25.2022 11:05 AM

Academic Freedom

The Academic Freedom Podcast #14 on Controversial Public Speech

A conversation with David Rabban about the scope of protections for extramural and intramural speech

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 4.20.2022 2:43 PM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to Princeton University

Campus administratve unit crosses a line in campaign to shame a sitting member of the faculty

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.29.2022 7:30 AM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to San Diego State University

Philosophy professor suspended from teaching his class on racism for showing a slide with examples of racial epithets

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.8.2022 11:27 AM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter on a Disinvitation at University of Dayton

The AFA calls on the University of Dayton to allow its faculty to hear from the speakers they want

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.8.2022 8:30 AM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to Concordia University Wisconsin

The AFA calls on Concordia University Wisconsin to recognize the academic freedom of Prof. Gregory Schulz

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.28.2022 6:50 PM

Academic Freedom

The Academic Freedom Podcast #13 on Texas and Tenure

A conversation with Matthew Finkin on the relationship between tenure and academic freedom

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.24.2022 9:01 AM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Alliance Statement on Tenure

The AFA responds to the Texas Lieutenant Governor's proposal to abolish tenure at state universities

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.22.2022 10:38 AM

Academic Freedom

The Academic Freedom Podcast #12 on Encouraging Campus Free Expression

A conversation with Dan Cullen about the Academic Leaders Task Force on Campus Free Expression

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.19.2022 5:03 PM

Academic Freedom

More Threats to Faculty Tenure on the Horizon

The lieutenant governor of Texas elevates the idea of ending tenure at public universities

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.18.2022 4:53 PM

Defamation

SSRN Restores Academic Publication Despite Threat of Defamation Claim

Professor Lipton's article, "Capital Discrimination" is back up on SSRN, despite the efforts of Philip Shawe's attorneys.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.15.2022 1:04 PM

Defamation

SSRN Removes Academic Paper Due to Defamation Claim

A paper by Professor Ann Lipton has been deplatformed because Philip R. Shawe does not like how it portrays his actions in a business dispute, and now a law review may refuse to publish the piece.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.12.2022 11:21 AM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Podcast #11 on SUNY and Moral Philosophy

A conversation with Oxford University's Jeff McMahan on asking difficult questions in moral philosophy

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.7.2022 6:59 PM

Academic Freedom

Faculty Letter to SUNY Fredonia in Support of Stephen Kershnar

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.4.2022 5:25 PM

Academic Freedom

Georgetown Law's actions against Ilya Shapiro lack credibility

Criticizing racial discrimination is protected by the university’s ‘Speech and Expression Policy’

David Kopel |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.3.2022 4:23 PM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to SUNY Fredonia

The AFA calls on SUNY Fredonia to reaffirm the academic freedom of Professor Stephen Kershnar

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.3.2022 1:43 PM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to Collin College

The AFA calls on Collin College to reinstate Professor Michael Phillips

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.3.2022 10:51 AM

Campus Free Speech

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to Georgetown University Law Center

The AFA calls on GULC to end its investigation of Ilya Shapiro

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 2.2.2022 3:48 PM

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First Amendment

State Lawmakers Can't Ban Critical Race Theory on College Campuses

State legislatures have leeway to regulate K-12 curriculum, but attempting the same on college campuses is a violation of academic freedom.

Corey Walker | 1.31.2022 2:36 PM

Academic Freedom

Faculty Letter Against Firing Ilya Shapiro

Will Baude |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.31.2022 1:47 PM

Academic Freedom

More on Amy Wax and Penn Law School

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.26.2022 4:01 PM

Academic Freedom

Profs Get Preliminary Injunction against University of Florida

Federal judge issues a strongly worded opinion on Florida's conflict of interest policy

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.21.2022 5:29 PM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to the University of Pennsylvania

The law school has initiated disciplinary hearings against Professor Amy Wax stemming from her appearance on Glenn Loury's podcast

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.20.2022 8:30 AM

Academic Freedom

Academic Freedom and the Mission of the University

Draft article on academic freedom now available

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.19.2022 4:02 PM

Academic Freedom

The Academic Freedom Podcast #10 on the University of Florida

A conversation with two members of Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Freedom

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 1.19.2022 3:47 PM

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Campus Free Speech

Emory Law Journal Refuses To Publish Conservative Professor's Dismissal of Systemic Racism

"The editors found my views to be 'hurtful' and refused to publish them," says Lawrence Alexander.

Robby Soave | 1.5.2022 10:00 AM

Academic Freedom

Things Get Worse at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.21.2021 10:54 AM

Campus Free Speech

The Academic Freedom Podcast #9 with Hiram Chodosh

A conversation with the president of Claremont McKenna College, the school at the top of the free-speech rankings

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.16.2021 12:42 PM

Campus Free Speech

Academic Freedom at Public Universities is in Trouble

Legislatures and regents across the country are restricting intellectual freedom

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.15.2021 9:26 AM

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Florida

University of Florida Suppresses Speech Ron DeSantis Might Not Like, Report Alleges

Keeping professors from testifying in lawsuits isn't the school's only free speech problem

Joe Lancaster | 12.13.2021 12:10 PM

Campus Free Speech

A State Attorney General Demands that a Professor be held "Accountable" for a Tweet

The Louisiana state attorney general seems unclear on the nature of free speech

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.11.2021 12:52 PM

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Academia

Brickbat: That's Not Equality

Charles Oliver | 12.3.2021 4:00 AM

Campus Free Speech

The Academic Freedom Podcast #8 with Howard Gillman

A conversation with the chancellor of the University of California at Irvine about academic freedom

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.2.2021 10:31 AM

Campus Free Speech

Controversial Researcher Driven from Campus at Old Dominion University

The Academic Freedom Alliance called on Old Dominion to protect professor from threats

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.1.2021 11:10 AM

Campus Free Speech

A "Witch Hunt" at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes UIC for its treatment of Professor Jason Kilborn

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 12.1.2021 10:26 AM

Campus Free Speech

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to the University of Rochester

English professor threatened with discipline for reading aloud from Randall Kennedy's article on the n-word

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.30.2021 11:47 AM

Campus Free Speech

Administration Trying to Bully a Professor at Indiana?

Officials would prefer to keep the university's presidential transition under wraps

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.17.2021 9:00 AM

Campus Free Speech

Academic Freedom Not Yet Safe at the University of Michigan

Some professors at UM think Bright Sheng got what he deserved and would like to do it to others as well

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.16.2021 10:01 AM

Academic Freedom

The Resolution of the University of Florida Situation

The university relents but policy reform is needed to better protect academic freedom

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.16.2021 9:27 AM

Free Speech

Academic Freedom Alliance Guidance Statement on Compelled Speech

Universities should not compel professors to affirm their belief of contested values

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.5.2021 3:04 PM

Free Speech

The Second Letter from the Academic Freedom Alliance to the University of Florida

A requirement that professors serving as expert witnesses against the state do so pro bono is still unconstitutional

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.3.2021 8:57 AM

Campus Free Speech

The Academic Freedom Podcast #7 with Hank Reichman

A conversation with a long-time leader of the American Association of University Professors about academic freedom

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.1.2021 1:33 PM

Florida

Academic Freedom Alliance Letter on the University of Florida Situation

The university's effort to suppress expert testimony in a lawsuit against the state is contrary to academic freedom and the First Amendment

Keith E. Whittington |The Volokh Conspiracy | 11.1.2021 11:38 AM

Free Speech

Univ. of Florida Blocks Professors' Expert Witness Work in Case Against Florida Government

A clear academic freedom violation, and likely a First Amendment violation as well: "A concept of loyalty that sweeps so broadly is not one that may legitimately trump compelling interests in speaking on matters of public concern."

Eugene Volokh |The Volokh Conspiracy | 10.31.2021 2:03 PM

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