George Washington University Backpedals After Agreeing To Investigate Critics of China
"Upon full understanding, I do not view these posters as racist; they are political statements," said university president Mark Wrighton.
Campus Free Speech
Academic Freedom Alliance Letter to Georgetown University Law Center
The AFA calls on GULC to end its investigation of Ilya Shapiro
Academic Freedom and Debate About Race-Based Appointments, Hiring, Admissions, Etc.
What do you think Georgetown faculty should be free to say in the public debate about such matters?
Georgetown Suspends Ilya Shapiro, Student Protesters Demand Place to Cry
More than 100 law professors agree that "academic freedom protects Shapiro's views."
Colorado State University Sign Directs Students 'Affected By a Free Speech Event' To Seek Help
"If you (or someone you know) are affected by a free speech event on campus, here are some resources..."
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.
Hong Kong's Politicians and Cops Use Pandemic Justifications To Do Beijing's Bidding
What happens in places where the pandemic is a transparent guise for seizing more state power?
First Amendment Clearly Protects Student Encouraging Classmates to Negatively Evaluate Professor
The school told the student she was "restricted from discussing Dr. Lazorski with any student in the CHE 1800 course or any of Dr. Lazorski's classes."
When the CCP Threatens International Students' Academic Freedom
Pandemic-era technologies like Zoom hold great promise, but also create unexpected problems for international students sent back to their home countries.
Bob Corn-Revere: How Today's Censors Hide Behind Science and Psychology
In The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder, the legendary First Amendment lawyer exposes the tricks of today's "anti-free speech movement."
"This Case Stems from the Suppression of Academic Scholarship at the University of North Texas"
University’s removal of professor from journal editorship may violate First Amendment, holds a federal court in the Journal of Schenkerian Studies controversy.
UW Administrator Says Prof Created "Toxic Environment" with His Land Non-Acknowledgment
The Director of the UW School of Computer Science & Engineering said Prof. Stuart Reges's statement is "not relevant to the content of the course he teaches"—but the school encourages professors to include its own preferred view, which is just as irrelevant to the course content.
Emory Law School Student Government Refuses to Recognize an Emory Free Speech Forum Student Group,
citing the "harm that could result from ... discussions," especially about "race and gender."
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.
Dismissed Professor vs. Student Libel Lawsuit Leads to Sanctions Requests, Denied All Around
"The statements include that Hubbard ... has been 'advocating for pederasty (pedophilia) for as long as he has taught at the University of Texas.'"
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
Academic Freedom at Public Universities is in Trouble
Legislatures and regents across the country are restricting intellectual freedom
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
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
"Trouble Brewing [at Yale] After 'Dehumanizing' Artisanal Coffee Remark"
"The letter condemns Satel for having 'the audacity to challenge Reverend Al Sharpton, an exemplary individual and activist.'"
Socialist Students Want Arizona State University To Expel 'Racist Murderer' Kyle Rittenhouse
So much for education being a universal human right.
The Academic Freedom Podcast #8 with Howard Gillman
A conversation with the chancellor of the University of California at Irvine about academic freedom
Controversial Researcher Driven from Campus at Old Dominion University
The Academic Freedom Alliance called on Old Dominion to protect professor from threats
A "Witch Hunt" at the University of Illinois at Chicago
Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes UIC for its treatment of Professor Jason Kilborn
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
University Official Fired for Discriminating Against Police Chief Who Voted for Trump
The official was the Vice President for Student Affairs and Diversity at the University of North Dakota.
"Yes, This Is a Witch-Hunt: A University's Office for Access and Equity Launches a Full-Scale Persecution Campaign"
From leading liberal constitutional law professor Andrew Koppelman (Northwestern), in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Administration Trying to Bully a Professor at Indiana?
Officials would prefer to keep the university's presidential transition under wraps
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
From Akhil Amar, David Lat, and Simon Lazarus on TrapHouseGate and the Broader Climate at Yale Law School
Amar: The Yale Law School administration has been "dilatory, duplicitous, disingenuous, downright deplorable."
Emerson College Conduct Board Finds "China Kinda Sus" Stickers to Be Forbidden "Discriminatory Conduct"
Appalling that an American university, which had publicly committed itself to free expression, would thus censor criticism of a foreign government (whether China, Israel, or any other).
Nicholas Christakis: How To End the Covid Pandemic
Misinformation and bad policy can only be defeated by robust, open debate in the public square.
University of Florida Bans Professors From Testifying Against State Voting Law
"Outside activities that may pose a conflict of interest to the executive branch of the State of Florida create a conflict for the University of Florida," said the university in a statement.
