Tenured Professors Are Getting Fired for Criticizing Their Schools

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An underreported campus speech scandal is how easy (and common) it is for administrators to punish or terminate whistleblower instructors.

Published Feb. 18 2023 11:17PM EST

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Earlier this month, Shakespeare scholar Daniel Pollack-Pelzner received a substantial settlement in a whistleblower suit against his former employer, Linfield University. Given the Oregon private school’s notorious

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Tenured Professors Are Getting Fired for Criticizing Their Schools

An underreported campus speech scandal is how easy (and common) it is for administrators to punish or terminate whistleblower instructors.

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