Academic Freedom

Chapman and professor who spoke at Jan. 6 pro-Trump rally break ties amid mounting pressure on university to take action.

At Texas A&M, complaints about professors' protected speech turned into investigations into their classroom conduct, with career-altering results.

Audience member interrupts panelist at last week's historical archaeology conference -- and gives her the Nazi salute when she tries to redirect the conversation.

Scholars pledge not to speak at University of Mississippi until it reinstates a colleague who publicly questioned why his chair rejected a grant, allegedly for political reasons.

Discrimination against a race is vastly different from discrimination against an ideological viewpoint, argues Jennifer Ballengee.

Professor who studies pederasty sues students who've said he's sympathetic to pedophiles. Fellow classicists argue that he's treading into dicey legal and ethical territory in trying to police expression.

The most discriminated-against higher ed employees -- those on the right or center-right -- are ignored in public universities ostensibly but falsely obsessed with diversity, argues Richard E. Vatz.

University of Miami law professor says he's being fired for his controversial views. Some colleagues have spoken out against him, but some worry about making him a martyr.