A newly reported document shows how a faculty committee analyzed Wax’s speech and teaching outside normal channels, conveniently allowing Penn to sidestep the academic freedom standards that protect controversial faculty expression.
The University of Wisconsin System terminated long-time chancellor of the UW-La Crosse campus, Joe Gow, after discovering his involvement in the adult film industry.
While the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” may offend some listeners, feeling offended is hardly adequate cause to circumvent First Amendment protections for freedom of speech.
Free speech fallout continues from the disastrous congressional testimony on campus anti-Semitism given earlier this month by the presidents of Penn, MIT, and Harvard.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sent a letter warning the presidents of colleges and universities in New York promised “aggressive enforcement action” against any institution failing to prohibit and punish speech calling for genocide.
The University of Massachusetts Boston has eliminated mandates for faculty applicants to express particular views about diversity, equity, and inclusion after months of back-and-forth with FIRE.