SAN JOSÉ, Calif., July 26, 2010—Nearly three years after terminating her over her protected classroom speech, the San José/Evergreen Community College District (SJCCD) has agreed to pay adjunct professor June Sheldon $100,000 in lost earnings in exchange for dismissal of her First Amendment lawsuit. In 2007, Sheldon had led a brief discussion about the nature/nurture [...]

“They So Despise Her Politics” – Do Conservative Faculty Candidates Get a Fair Shake? July 12, 2010 By Peter Wood and Ashley Thorne Two years ago the University of Iowa gained some notoriety after Mark Moyar, a highly credentialed and well-published historian, was passed over for appointment in the history department. It appeared then and [...]

U. of Ill. instructor fired over Catholic beliefs The University of Illinois has fired an adjunct professor who taught courses on Catholicism after a student accused the instructor of engaging in hate speech by saying he agrees with the church's teaching that homosexual sex is immoral. The professor, Ken Howell of Champaign, has taught at [...]

During the 2008 presidential campaign, I got caught up in the controversy regarding whether or not Senator Barack Obama was really a law school professor.  Obama referred to himself as a “law professor,” but – in truth – he had only served as a Senior Lecturer.  (This was a non-tenure track [...]