Because private colleges have such broad freedom to determine their own policies, and because state laws vary so widely, it is safest to speak of having only “potential” rights on a private campus.
The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science suspended professor Michael J. Joyner for failing to adhere to the college’s “prescribed messaging” when speaking to media in his personal capacity.
Faculty members are often shocked to learn that many of the same rules that apply to employees of the postal service also apply to professors at public universities.
The best protection from restrictions on faculty classroom speech may come not from the First Amendment, but from the school’s individual academic freedom policy.
University of Washington banned professor Aurel Bulgac from campus, framing its decision as a “form of protection” but failed to provide a clear timeline or indication of when he could return to in-person teaching.
As trust in America’s colleges and universities has declined, 鶹ýIOS compiled the following report to observe key metrics of some campuses where trust has fallen the most.
Since the October 7, 2023 Hamas terror attacks against Israel, and the subsequent war in Gaza, 鶹ýIOS has written dozens of articles and commentary explaining what forms of expression are (and are not) protected by the First Amendment.
Lars Jensen is a math professor at Truckee Meadows Community College in Reno, Nevada, who was suspended for speaking about against falling math standards.