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1 Feb 2024, 4:57 am
[My new article on the First Amendment and controversial faculty speech] The new issue of the Case Western Reserve Law Review with a symposium on the First Amendment and classrooms has now arrived, and with it my article, "What Can Professors Say in Public? [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]
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]
16 Nov 2021, 7:01 am
[Some professors at UM think Bright Sheng got what he deserved and would like to do it to others as well] The University of Michigan opened this academic year with an academic freedom scandal. [read post]
10 Jan 2022, 8:19 am
I'm happy to announce the public launch of a new initiative at Princeton University. [read post]
16 Oct 2023, 10:18 am
After spending more than two decades in the Department of Politics at Princeton University, I'm pleased to announce that I will joining the faculty of Yale Law School in the fall of 2024. [read post]
31 Jan 2023, 12:20 pm
[The Florida governor unveiled some big new ideas -- not all of them good] Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference this morning to discuss his proposed higher education reforms. [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]
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]
9 Jan 2023, 3:44 pm
[Legislative restrictions on ideas and viewpoints that can be advocated in the classroom undermine free inquiry] The Academic Freedom Alliance has issued a new guidance statement. [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]
25 Apr 2022, 8:05 am
[Religion and philosophy professor removed from directing a scholarly center for inviting Peter Singer to give a public lecture.] [read post]
26 Mar 2025, 12:57 pm
[A conversation with David Cole] A new episode of the Academic Freedom Podcast has been released. [read post]
6 Jul 2022, 9:01 am
[A conversation with Eugene Volokh about the Shapiro controversy and political statements by university leaders] A new episode of The Academic Freedom Podcast from the Academic Freedom Alliance is now available. [read post]
10 Mar 2023, 9:18 am
I noted earlier that the Republican majority leader in the lower chamber of the North Dakota state legislature had introduced a bill that would effectively gut faculty tenure in the state's public universities. [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]
25 Feb 2023, 5:29 am
[Some of the proposals pose real threats to free inquiry] At the end of January, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference to announce a package of higher education reforms. [read post]
18 Feb 2025, 9:07 am
[Conversations on campus free speech with Timothy Zick, Jennifer Ruth, and Michael Berube] In recent weeks, the Academic Freedom Podcast has released two new episodes focusing on campus free speech issues. [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]
21 Dec 2021, 7:54 am
The University of Illinois at Chicago seems unable to correct course and respect the academic freedom commitments that it has made to its faculty. [read post]
