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1 Dec 2021, 7:26 am
[Academic Freedom Alliance rebukes UIC for its treatment of Professor Jason Kilborn] Nearly a year ago, University of Illinois at Chicago law professor Jason Kilborn came under criticism from students, administrators and colleagues for including a hypothetical on his civil procedure exam involving an individual telling an investigating lawyer that former co-workers "expressed their anger at Plaintiff, calling her a "n____" and "b____" (profane expressions for African… [read post]
8 May 2023, 6:38 am
[Revised SB 18 has major problems] Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has been set on killing tenure at Texas state universities ever since the University of Texas faculty senate had the temerity to object to his proposed ban on critical race theory. [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 11:04 am
[Regardless of what one thinks about CRT, legislators should not try to suppress ideas in academia] Areo, the online culture and politics journal, is currently highlighting issues of free speech and intellectual freedom. [read post]
19 Sep 2011, 10:45 am
Oral argument argued before the Eighth Circuit U.S. [read post]
1 Sep 2021, 5:44 am
[A conversation about fighting for free speech on campus and the trouble with legislative restrictions on it.] [read post]
17 Nov 2021, 6:00 am
[Officials would prefer to keep the university's presidential transition under wraps] Indiana University recently got a new president. [read post]
26 Aug 2022, 7:35 am
[Diversity statements have become common in university admissions and hiring, and that's a problem] Earlier this week, the Academic Freedom Alliance released a new public statement. [read post]
24 Jul 2019, 12:34 pm
[That did not quite go as expected] "Not everybody will read the book, but people will watch the movie," said a Democratic staff member on the Judiciary Committee, who requested anonymity to discuss preparations for the hearing. [read post]
8 Mar 2022, 5:30 am
[The AFA calls on the University of Dayton to allow its faculty to hear from the speakers they want] The Academic Freedom Alliance released a public letter to the University of Dayton calling on the university to reaffirm its own commitments to freedom of thought after an unfortunate administrative intervention into a scholarly conference organized by members of its faculty and held on the university campus. [read post]
6 Jul 2020, 11:29 am
The Supreme Court did its best to leave things as they were in the faithless electors case. [read post]
26 Jan 2022, 1:01 pm
I have an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer on the controversy surrounding Professor Amy Wax at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 10:07 am
I more often note when universities behave badly—or threaten to behave badly—by sanctioning members of the campus community for expressing unpopular opinions. [read post]
10 Dec 2021, 2:24 pm
Today was independence day, in a manner of speaking. [read post]
17 Oct 2022, 5:30 am
[Organic chemistry professor fired because students at NYU thought the grades were too harsh] The Academic Freedom Alliance released a statement regarding the decision of New York University not to renew the contract of organic chemistry professor Maitland Jones. [read post]
18 May 2022, 2:47 pm
[Fifth Circuit panel finds several constitutional problems with the Securities and Exchange Commission] In Jarkesy v. [read post]
28 Feb 2022, 3:50 pm
[The AFA calls on Concordia University Wisconsin to recognize the academic freedom of Prof. [read post]
12 Oct 2020, 6:53 am
At the New York Times, I have a new piece about Professor Amy Coney Barrett's writings on precedent and stare decisis. [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 7:38 am
[Professor suspended for criticizing policies of Texas lieutenant governor] The Academic Freedom Alliance released a public letter to the Texas A&M University System regarding its suspension and investigation of Prof. [read post]
22 Aug 2016, 11:04 am
Back in January, I posted an entry about Kristine Guerra's "Stolen Freedom," a series of stories that examined "the issue of wrongful imprisonment and shares the stories of people who have suffered this injustice. [read post]
21 Jan 2022, 2:29 pm
[Federal judge issues a strongly worded opinion on Florida's conflict of interest policy] The professors who were blocked by the University of Florida from offering expert testimony in a voting rights lawsuit against the state have won a significant legal victory for their academic freedom claims. [read post]
