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The U.S. Started Investigating a Professor’s Pro-Palestine Speech. Then She Was Fired.
The Office for Civil Rights said it didn’t ask for the firing as part of a probe into how Muhlenberg College handled complaints related to a professor who allegedly made “pro-Hamas statements."
Professor Who Was Secretly Taped, Then Fired, Sues Chapel Hill
The now-former University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor whose classes the business school secretly recorded, and whose contract...
Opinion
Institutional Neutrality Doesn’t Go Far Enough
It doesn’t matter if the president is neutral if no one else in the university is, Peter C. Herman writes.
Prof. Accused of Being White Supremacist Leaves Austin Peay
An assistant professor of counseling psychology has left Austin Peay State University after antifascists accused him online of being a...
Tenured Jewish Professor Says She’s Been Fired for Pro-Palestinian Speech
Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still receiving a salary.
U of Chicago Receives $100M Gift to Support Free Speech
An anonymous $100 million gift will help the University of Chicago expand its efforts to support free expression and advance...
Researcher Support Consortium Launched to Fight Intimidation
To help scholars and their employers prepare for and respond to intimidation and harassment from outside their institutions, two professors...
Penn Professor Amy Wax Punished for ‘Derogatory’ Statements but Won’t Lose Job
After years of a disciplinary procedure, the lightning-rod law professor accused of “incessant racist, sexist, xenophobic and homophobic actions and statements” is now being punished.